To Start of budget week in the Bundestag Green budget politician Sven-Christian Kindler has made noticeable changes to the Submission of the Federal Government announced. “The Bundestag will of course make relevant improvements to the cabinet draft for the next budget,” he told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). “Parliament is the budget legislator.”
He expects a constructive cooperation with the traffic light partners FDP and SPD. “We are in complete agreement with the budget politicians of the SPD and FDP that we will work in a concentrated and rapid manner and come to good solutions,” said Kindler.
After the summer break, the Bundestag resumes its work with the traditional budget week. On Tuesday, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) that only The laboriously crafted budget law for 2025 in Parliament. The draft budget provides for expenditure of more than 488 billion euros, of which 51.3 billion euros are to be financed through new debt.
With regard to the financing gap, Kindler called on the Union in particular to negotiate a reform of the debt brake in the Basic Law“In view of the many turning points that are currently taking place, investments in climate protection, infrastructure and internal and external security are now necessary,” the Green budget expert told the RND. CDU leader Friedrich Merz should not refuse to hold talks on a reform of the debt brake. The debt brake only provides for a very limited net borrowing. (dpa)
