Olaf Scholz: "We have a discussion ahead of us that is worth every effort" Federal and state governments had agreed that the federal government would initially increase the refugee lump sum to the states by one billion euros for 2023. The fundamental decision on permanently higher federal funds for the was postponed to a meeting next November.
"We are going in there as an open process and no one can predict the outcome," says the German Chancellor, who is a member of the Social Democratic Party.