of German The government plans to compile a supplementary budget for 2023 following the Constitutional Court ruling.disrupted spending plansMinister of Finance christian lindner He spoke in Berlin on Thursday.
The decision to suspend the so-called debt brake will allow the government to significantly increase new borrowing this year. Prime Minister Lindner is scheduled to submit this year’s supplementary budget next Wednesday.
Lindner’s decision follows a Constitutional Court ruling that said the move to divert 60 billion euros ($65 billion) of unused pandemic-era debt to the climate fund was unjust. unconstitutional.
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