Relief package, nuclear power plant dispute and Ukraine aid: Scholz and Merz are now meeting in a general debate

Created: 09/07/2022, 09:02

Will meet in the general debate: Friedrich Merz (left) and Olaf Scholz © von Jutrczenka;Nietfeld/dpa

Four hours are scheduled for the discussion of the chancellor's budget and the course of the traffic light coalition.

News ticker for the general debate in the Bundestag.

• General debate

  in the

  Bundestag

  : the high point of the budget deliberations

• Speeches

  with potential for

  dispute

  : exchange of blows between Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz?

• Relief package

  and

  nuclear power plant dispute

  : criticism not only from the opposition

• This

  news ticker

  for the

  general debate on September 7

  is continuously updated.

First report from September 7

: Berlin – The four-hour debate is the highlight of the week-long budget deliberations in Parliament: The general debate will take place in the Bundestag on Wednesday (09:00 a.m.).

The coalition and opposition traditionally use the handling of the chancellor's budget to exchange blows on government policy.

Exchange of blows between Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz?

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) will speak.

This year, the latest relief package from the traffic light coalition with a total volume of 65 billion euros is likely to play a central role.

The federal government wants to implement the package without taking on additional debt.

Relief package and nuclear power plant dispute: criticism not only from the opposition

In addition to the third relief package, the dispute over the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants and further aid for Ukraine are likely to play a role.

In the afternoon, the individual budgets for the Foreign Office (1.30 p.m.), the Federal Ministry of Defense (3.15 p.m.) and the Ministry for Development Aid (5 p.m.) will then be up for debate.

At the start of the plenary session in the morning, Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) wants to commemorate the late former Soviet head of state and party leader Mikhail Gorbachev.