CDU: Postpone decision on the state budget for 2024/25
The CDU is calling for the decision on the 2024/25 state budget to be postponed until the beginning of the new year. The chairman of the opposition CDU parliamentary group, Franz-Robert Liskow, explained that there are fears that the federal government could stop or reduce numerous financial transfers to the federal states following the Constitutional Court's ruling on the climate and transformation fund. The Union also sees potential legal problems.
The double budget for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is to be adopted by the state parliament at the beginning of December. The final discussion in the Finance Committee is planned for this Thursday.
The Federal Constitutional Court had halted plans by the traffic light to shift 60 billion euros from unused coronavirus loans to the Climate and Transformation Fund. The federal government now wants to make savings.
"We can't pretend that nothing is wrong," said Liskow. It is currently impossible to say with certainty what legal consequences the ruling will have for the application of budgetary law in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. "There is still final clarity about numerous programs that are fully or partially funded by the federal government." It would be of no use to anyone to launch a budget this year "that could already be largely a waste of paper in February".
The state government is currently evaluating the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court and the consequences of the federal government, according to a government spokesperson. The cabinet is expected to discuss the result in the coming week. This Thursday, however, the state parliament's finance committee will be taking a final look at the state government's draft budget.
The CDU in the federal Parliament expresses concerns about potential changes in financial transfers to state households due to the Constitutional Court's ruling on the climate and transformation fund. The CDU chair of the parliamentary group, Franz-Robert Liskow, argues that postponing the decision on the 2024/25 state budget until the new year would mitigate risks for parties involved, given the uncertainty surrounding the ruling's impact on budgetary law.
Source: www.dpa.com
