military budget What the Bundeswehr spends 50 billion euros a year on The Bundeswehr uses the special fund to finance the purchase of new "Puma" armored personnel carriers © Swen Pförtner / DPA Even before the special fund for the Bundeswehr, the defense budget has been steadily increasing since 2014. But what is the Bundeswehr spending all the money on so far? A look at the military budgets of the past few years. The new Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius...
The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, on the steps of the Elysée Palace on January 23, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP " We will scrutinize all public spending. » In an interview given to Sunday newspaper (JDD) and published on Sunday January 29, Bruno Le Maire announces that the 2024 State budget will provide for “significant reductions”. “At the end of the third quarter of 2022, the French debt reached 113% of our national wealth. With the President...
Before an industry meeting with Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Armin Papperger calls for an increase in the German defense budget, independent of the 100 billion euro special fund. "We need decisions about the budget," said the manager on Friday. source site-1
A commitment of nearly 120 billion euros. Faced with the military, during his New Year's greetings, Emmanuel Macron promised to increase the budget of the armies to 413 billion euros over seven years, within the framework of the future military programming law (LPM). This is a third more than the previous LPM, which amounted to 295 billion euros."The military programming law reflects the country's efforts in favor of its armies" and "these efforts will be proportionate to the dangers, that...
Rich people cause more greenhouse gases with their lifestyle. For years, scientists have been proposing a CO2 budget per capita - in order to meet climate targets. This is met with rejection. The podcast 11KM explains why. audio source site
Grafing's mayor Christian Bauer (CSU), as a former treasurer, can look back on a long financial history of his city. So when he speaks of "one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult budget," as he did on Tuesday evening in the finance committee, that may mean something. And indeed: A little later, chamberlain Veronika Kainz just put the bad news together.The first, namely the withdrawal from reserves, which was unavoidable this year, was still bearable at a...
Status: 01/18/2023 7:42 p.m The new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives is determined: they do not want to agree to a further increase in debt - they want spending cuts. Does the dispute lead to insolvency? By Ralf Borchard, ARD Studio Washington It's actually routine: the US Treasury Secretary is asking Congress to urgently raise the debt limit. Janet Yellen did that in fall 2021, now she's doing it again. BR logo Ralph Borchard ARD Studio Washington...
Status: 01/13/2023 11:04 a.m The German state spent around 100 billion euros more than it took in last year. The state budget is thus 2.6 percent in the red. In previous years, however, the deficit was even larger. The German state spent more money than it took in last year. Based on the total economic output, the deficit of the federal, state, municipal and social security funds in 2022 was 2.6 percent, as announced by the Federal Statistical Office. Expenditure...
Status: 01/12/2023 06:00 a.m As a measure against global warming, climate researcher Schellnhuber proposes limiting the amount of CO2 per capita and enabling private emissions trading. Minister Habeck rejects this. By Oda Lambrecht and Christian Baars, NDR In order to prevent the worst consequences of the climate crisis, many countries - including Germany - have committed themselves to stopping global warming at well below two degrees. In order to achieve this goal, only a limited amount of the greenhouse gas...
- Towards the end of the housing tax : collected for the benefit of local authorities, its amount varies from one municipality to another and the local authorities vote on its tax rate. Taxpayers no longer have to pay it. Please note that this reform does not apply to secondary residences. To fight against empty housing, some municipalities apply an increase in housing tax on these uninhabited residences. - Extended disability compensation benefit : from 1 January, people who are...
