Breakthrough in the traffic light dispute - Now live: What Scholz, Habeck and Lindner have to say about the agreement on the 2024 budget
After days of negotiations, the leaders of the traffic light coalition have reached an agreement on the federal budget for 2024. The first details are to be announced on Wednesday afternoon. A coalition committee is also planned for the afternoon. Almost four weeks after the ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, a solution to the budget crisis, which has put the coalition government under considerable pressure, has thus been found. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have since been discussing how to plug a 17 billion euro hole in the budget for the coming year.
Initially, it was not known what solution the leaders of the coalition government agreed on. Among other things, the suspension of the debt brake for 2024 was discussed. The press statement by Scholz, Habeck and Lindner, which is planned for 12 noon, is therefore eagerly awaited.
Follow the statements by the leaders of the traffic light coalition here in the live blog.
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- Following the agreement on the 2024 budget, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), alongside Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens), will discuss the strategy to fill the 17 billion euro gap in the budget for the upcoming year within the coalition committee.
- Though the details of the budget agreement are yet to be announced, sources indicate that the suspension of the debt brake for 2024 could be one of the solutions considered by Robert Habeck, Olaf Scholz, and Christian Lindner to ease the budget crisis facing the traffic light coalition.
- As the leaders of the traffic light coalition, including Robert Habeck, Olaf Scholz, and Christian Lindner, share their perspectives on the budget agreement at the 12 noon press conference, household budgets will be closely monitoring the potential consequences on their household finances.
Source: www.stern.de
