Bremen government prepares new supplementary budget for 2023
Following a momentous ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court and a lawsuit against the supplementary budget 2023 of the Bremen state government, the government has announced that it will present a new budget. This was agreed by the Senate on Tuesday, as detailed in a press release. The draft is to be put to a vote in the Bremen state parliament in December.
On November 15, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the second supplementary federal budget for 2021 was unconstitutional. "With the new supplementary budget for 2023, we are implementing the recent requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court," said Bremen's Senator for Finance Björn Fecker (Greens). The government will comply with the principles of annuality and annuality of budgetary law, he said. The court had addressed the principles.
In August, Bremen's CDU parliamentary group filed a lawsuit against the supplementary budget for 2023 at the State Court because it considers the suspension of the debt brake to be unlawful. The debt brake is enshrined in the Basic Law and the state constitution. As a rule, it stipulates a balanced budget without new borrowing. However, the debt brake can be suspended in the event of natural disasters or other emergency situations.
The state government used the exemption rule for the supplementary budget for 2023, justifying its decision with the climate crisis in connection with the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis. The government wanted to provide three billion euros in loans until 2027 to combat the crises.
The lawsuit filed by Bremen's CDU parliamentary group against the supplementary budget 2023 challenged the suspension of the debt brake, considering it unlawful. Despite this, Bremen's Senator for Finance Björn Fecker mentioned that the new supplementary budget for 2023 will adhere to the principles of annuality and annuality of budgetary law, as required by the Federal Constitutional Court, focusing on household finances to address the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine, and the ensuing energy crisis.
Source: www.dpa.com
