Judgment from Karlsruhe:The countries’ extra pots
Berlin has precisely justified the reasons for the special fund of five billion euros, says Economics Senator Franziska Giffey (SPD).
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Not only the federal government finances projects through special funds, but also many federal states. What does the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling mean for you?
By Tim Frehler, Jan Heidtmann and Ulrike Nimz, Munich/Berlin/Hamburg
After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the federal government’s second supplementary budget from 2021 null and void on Wednesday, attention is turning to the state budgets. Finally, some governments have also made use of special funds there. Are they threatened with a similar fate as the federal government?
