Bundestag approves debt brake and supplementary budget
The Bundestag reacts to the Karlsruhe budget ruling and declares an extraordinary emergency situation. Criticism and the question remain: Is the supplementary budget unconstitutional? The Bundestag has approved a supplementary budget for the current year. Parliament suspended the debt brake again. According to the Karlsruhe budget ruling, it puts the budget for 2023 on a […]
Budget resolution 2023: Federal government suspends debt brake
The Bundestag reacts to the Karlsruhe budget ruling and declares an extraordinary emergency situation. The debt brake has been suspended and the supplementary budget for 2023 has been approved. On Friday, the Bundestag approved an exception to the debt brake for the 2023 financial year and the supplementary budget. In this way, Parliament is reacting […]
According to budget verdict | Budget 2023: First step towards suspending the debt brake
It is the first far-reaching consequence of the Karlsruhe budget ruling: the cabinet is preparing to suspend the debt brake for 2023. With a final repair, the federal government wants to make the current year’s budget constitutional. The cabinet launched a supplementary budget on Monday – and thus initiated the first steps towards the renewed […]
Cabinet approves supplementary budget for 2023: more than 40 billion
More than 40 billion Cabinet approves supplementary budget for 2023 Updated on November 27th, 2023 – 7:17 p.m. Reading time: 3 min. Friedrich Merz on the supplementary budget for 2023 (Source: Reuters) The federal government has decided on a supplementary budget in response to the Constitutional Court’s ruling. This is about the energy price brakes […]
These are the reasons against the debt brake
The traffic light must subsequently repair the federal budget for 2023 – and to do so by bypassing the debt brake again. Documents show how the political groups justify the step. Everything should now happen very quickly: With the votes of the traffic light factions of the SPD, Greens and FDP, the Bundestag should subsequently […]
Friedrich Merz sharply criticizes traffic lights
The Constitutional Court declares the 2021 supplementary budget null and void. Now opposition leader Friedrich Merz is sharply criticizing the traffic light coalition. After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 void, opposition leader and CDU leader Friedrich Merz sharply criticized the traffic light government. “Karlsruhe has stopped the self-service mentality […]
Federal Constitutional Court overturns supplementary budget – 60 billion loss
The Federal Constitutional Court overturns a controversial budget trick by the traffic light government. The coalition is now facing the next crisis. The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the reallocation of Corona loans for climate projects to be unconstitutional. Members of the Union faction had expressed doubts about the legality of the rezoning and therefore […]
Federal Constitutional Court ruling on the debt brake – that’s what Friedrich Merz says
The Constitutional Court declares the 2021 supplementary budget null and void. Now opposition leader Friedrich Merz is sharply criticizing the traffic light coalition. After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 void, opposition leader and CDU leader Friedrich Merz sharply criticized the traffic light government. “Karlsruhe has stopped the self-service mentality […]
Karlsruhe judgment | Economists: Reforming the debt brake would be an option
After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 void, economists are bringing a reform of the debt brake into play. This sets strict limits on the federal government’s new debt. “A reform of the debt brake with new, clearly defined debt windows would be a better way than constantly testing the […]
Constitutional Court overturns second supplementary budget for 2021
Due to a violation of exceptions to the debt brake, the Federal Constitutional Court has declared the second supplementary budget for 2021 unconstitutional and void. With the budget change, the federal government wanted to invest loans in climate protection that were originally intended for Corona measures. The size of the “climate and transformation fund”, in […]
