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  Short break in negotiations: Robert Habeck (54, Greens, left) and Olaf Scholz (66, SPD) on Thursday afternoon on the balcony of the Chancellery These could be the last hours of the traffic light coalition – or the beginning of a new start: Olaf Scholz (66, SPD), Robert Habeck (54, Greens) and Christian Lindner (45, FDP) have come together for what could be a decisive meeting in the Chancellery. Since shortly after 3 p.m., the Chancellor, Minister of Economic Affairs and Minister of Finance have once again been discussing the federal budget for 2025. If they reach an agreement, it could be the end of the months-long dispute. If they do not reach an agreement, a breakdown of the traffic light coalition becomes more likely. Specifically, the question is how the federal government intends to spend around 452 billion euros next year and how much new debt Lindner can take on. The finance minister is determined to comply with the debt brake. It is enshrined in the constitution and allo...

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner plans to present a supplementary budget next week for the current year that lifts borrowing limits after the top court wiped €60 billion from existing spending plans. The German government plans to draw up a supplementary budget for 2023 after a Constitutional Court ruling threw spending plans into disarray, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said in Berlin on Thursday. A decision to suspend a so-called debt brake will allow the government to significantly increase new borrowing this year. Lindner intends to present a supplementary budget for the current year next week on Wednesday, after consulting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also Germany's economy minister. "There is now new legal clarity on how we have to deal with special assets and emergency loans," said Lindner. "We will now put expenditure, particularly for the electricity and gas price brakes, on a constitutionally...

The German economy is suffering from the flood of bureaucracy. Companies are sounding the alarm, warning of a “dictatorship of the small print”. Now Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (44, FDP) is also making clear statements, warning: The bureaucracy is a danger to jobs and companies! “People and companies in Germany are slowed down every day by excessive bureaucracy. We mustn't burden them even more - regardless of whether it's about higher taxes or additional work for the office," Lindner told BILD. According to government estimates, the economy had to shell out 51 billion euros in 2022 alone for federal bureaucracy requirements. Lindner clearly: "New regulations are always jeopardizing growth and jobs." The fact is: After falling since 2012, the burden of bureaucracy on German companies has increased again since November 2021. This is proven by the bureaucracy cost index. Lindner's demand: the government must "actively...

  Der Krieg in der Ukraine erweist sich als teuer, auch in Deutschland, wo die Regierung sparen und entscheiden muss, was wichtiger ist: Internationale Sicherheit oder Sozialhilfe? Geld ist nicht alles, aber ohne Geld lassen sich politische Projekte nicht umsetzen. Den Frust, der damit einhergeht, verspürt nun auch die regierende deutsche Koalition aus SPD, Umweltschützern und wirtschaftsorientierten Freien Demokraten (FDP). Finanzminister Christian Lindner wird voraussichtlich Mitte März die Eckpunkte des Bundeshaushalts 2024 vorstellen. Mit diesem Dokument will Lindner, der auch FDP-Chef ist, eines seiner wichtigsten Wahlversprechen umsetzen: Die im Grundgesetz verankerte sogenannte Schuldenbremse, die Ausgaben auf die Höhe der Staatseinnahmen begrenzt, soll wieder eingeführt werden. Seit Beginn der Coronavirus-Pandemie wurde die Schuldenbremse mehrfach ausgesetzt, was erlaubt ist, wenn sich der Staat in einer finanziellen Notlage befindet. Jeder soll sparen Lindner führt mit sei...