Finance Minister Christian Lindner is giving his cabinet colleagues more time to come up with savings proposals for the 2025 budget. Originally, the ministries were supposed to submit their registrations for the coming year by April 19th.
The budget for 2025 is to be decided by the cabinet by the beginning of July and then forwarded to the Bundestag. The setup is considered extremely challenging because there is already a gap in the current plans in the double-digit billion range - we are talking about 15 to 25 billion euros. It is also unlikely that there will be any relief from higher income because the persistently weak economic situation is now also making itself felt there.. Social inequality and poverty have increased sharply in recent years. Social associations as well as trade unions called for a far-reaching relaxation of the debt brake and a special fund for climate protection, ecological restructuring and social services. “Commit yourself to a contemporary and sustainable financial and budget policy that creates scope for long-term investments in social cohesion, climate protection and future prosperity,” the alliance appealed to the federal government and the “democratic opposition”