The Bundestag will approve the 2024 budget with important cuts on Friday. But some austerity measures cannot come into force for the time being because the CDU and CSU in the Federal Council are taking advantage of a glitch in the SPD.
It began in chaos and is now ending in chaos: The Bundestag began its final discussions on the 2024 federal budget on Friday after almost a year of coalition disputes and weeks late. The budget provides for spending of 477 billion euros, 31 billion more than originally planned. The new debt is said to be 39 billion euros. The law was scheduled to be passed at noon.