Bundestag discusses supplementary budget 2023 - opposition has constitutional concerns
CDU budget expert Mathias Middelberg said that the traffic light coalition must draw the consequences from its "failed budget accounting technique". The CDU/CSU still had "constitutional concerns" about this, as other special funds continued to be booked past the regular budget.
AfD MP Peter Boehringer called the 2023 budget "still simply unconstitutional". The traffic light coalition is now declaring an emergency at the end of the year to suspend the debt brake, which nobody had previously noticed. Ultimately, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is thus creating the conditions to suspend the debt brake in the coming year as well.
Lindner was actually supposed to take part in the debate. However, according to Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD), he fell ill at short notice.
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Source: www.stern.de
