Government circles: Ampel coalition reaches agreement in budget dispute
Details of the agreement were not initially disclosed. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) had put the financial gap in the budget at 17 billion euros.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz(SPD) had been negotiating a solution with Linder and Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) for days. The SPD demanded until the very end that the debt brake should also be suspended next year. However, the Liberals strictly rejected this.
Read also:
- This will change in December
- German activists speak out in Dubai on suffering in Israel and the Gaza Strip
- Nuclear fusion - hype or solution to energy problems?
- Budget crisis fuels debate on citizen's income - Bas warns against populism
- The Traffic light coalition, composed of the SPD, FDP, and Greens, announced that they have reached an agreement in the budget dispute, as reported by government circles.
- Despite the SPD's persistent demand to suspend the debt brake next year, Christian Lindner of the FDP vehemently disagreed in the government circle discussions about the budget dispute.
- The budget dispute between the Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) was a topic of concern within the Federal Chancellery as well as other government circles.
- The agreement reached in the budget dispute by the Ampel coalition will be closely watched by the Federal Constitutional Court, which has the authority to evaluate its compliance with constitutional principles.
- Although initial details of the budget agreement were not disclosed, Christian Lindner and Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) had been engaged in intense negotiations within the government circle to address the budget gap of 17 billion euros.
Source: www.stern.de