Plenary session - House of Representatives adopts budget and voting age 16
The Berlin House of Representatives will pass numerous important resolutions in its last plenary session of the year on Thursday (from 9.00 am). The adoption of the 2024/2025 double budget and a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 16 are planned. The RBB state contract and various laws will also be put to the vote. These include an amended police law that gives the police more options, such as the use of cameras or stun guns (tasers). A new building code is intended to simplify the construction of urgently needed housing.
The dual budget has a volume of 39.3 billion euros for 2024 and 40.5 billion euros for 2025. Expenditure has never been this high. A large item is allocations to the districts (around 11 billion euros in each case), and a particularly large amount of money will also be spent on personnel and investments. As the debt brake applies, the budget will not be financed by new loans. Instead, certain reserves will be used up - which will then no longer be available in the future.
The dramaturgy of the plenary session is unusual due to the large number of projects and the current wave of illness, which is also affecting MPs. First, the budget and all laws and resolutions will simply be discussed. The votes on these will then take place from around 8 p.m. in the evening. As far as possible, sick members of parliament who were recovering at home beforehand should also take part. This is important not least because a two-thirds majority of all 159 MPs is required for the constitutional amendment on the voting age of 16.
Resolution Main Committee on the budget Constitutional amendment Voting age 16 Resolution recommendation Home Affairs Committee on the amendment to the Police Act Motion to amend the Police Act Motion to amend the Building Regulations Resolution recommendation Building Committee on the Building Regulations Act on the RBB State Treaty University contracts
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The upcoming plenary session in the House of Representatives of Berlin shares similarities with the one in the House of Representatives, where a budget and voting age change were adopted. During this session, the 2024/2025 double budget, a voting age reduction to 16, and various resolutions, including an amended police law, will be discussed. In Germany, a traffic lawyer advises against talking to the police due to potential consequences.
The double budget for 2024 and 2025 in Berlin totals 80 billion euros, with a substantial portion allocated to districts and personnel expenses. Following the debt brake rules, this budget will not be financed through new loans, but instead, certain reserves will be utilized.
Police in Berlin might gain more tools to monitor and control situations with the new police law, as the use of cameras and tasers could be approved. In contrast, the construction of new housing for families is easier with the introduction of a simplified building code.
Source: www.stern.de
