In an environment of difficult majorities, the Thuringian state parliament is debating the draft budget for the coming year 2022 for the first time on Friday (9 a.m.). The government coalition of the Left, SPD and Greens lacks four votes in parliament to decide the budget itself and is therefore looking for votes the ranks of the CDU or FDP.
Erfurt - A farewell is not planned for Friday, but the first discussion of the draft.
So far, it provides that Thuringia will not take on any new debts for the coming fiscal year.
According to the plans, the budget is expected to be around 12.03 billion euros - around the same level as this year.
Finance Minister Heike Taubert (SPD) even provides a total of around 171 million euros for debt repayment.
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After weeks of controversial debate, Thuringia's state government wants to present the draft for the state budget for 2022 on Tuesday (1 p.m.).
According to Finance Minister Heike Taubert (SPD), it is expected to have a volume of around twelve billion euros.
It should get by without borrowing, Taubert had said after the end of the talks with her cabinet colleagues.
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Greens do not expect a special session of the state parliament on the budget
The parliamentary special session on the budget in mid-October, suggested by the parliamentary group chairmen of Red-Red-Green, may not take place.
"It looks like this at the moment," said the leader of the Greens, Astrid Rothe-Beinlich, on Thursday in Dachwig (Gotha district).
The draft budget, which the government intends to present on October 5, will probably not be discussed until the regular state parliament session at the end of October.
Greens do not expect a special session of the state parliament on the budget
The FDP and CDU insist that no further debts be taken on.
CDU parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt let it be known at a CDU state party conference that his parliamentary group would insist on adequate funding for the municipalities if they even consider approving the budget - which is by no means a foregone conclusion.
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