The new government is also entering the resource saving and budget budgets Friedrich Mertzwith the Social Democrat Ministry of Finance Lars Klingbale, raises speeds in view of the 2025 budget plan to be presented on June 25, along with the draft budget for 2026.

It should be noted that the Germany It is currently moving with a temporary budget, while the previous three -party government under Overb Saltz collapsed precisely because there were serious disagreements over the budget for 2025.

Despite the 500 billion special infrastructure fund and the exception of defense spending from the constitutional debt, Lars Klingbil is now asking all the ministries to present cuts in the individual budgets with all costs to go into the microscope.

As the website observes tagesschau.de Corresponding calls for saving resources to federal ministries are not surprising, but the fact that Germany has virtually no “normal budget” is an element that causes additional pressure.

However, forecasts for the revenue of the Mertz government in the coming years do not currently assist the plans of the Ministry of Finance. According to recent estimates by 2029, the federal budget will have a reduced revenue of EUR 33.3 billion compared to last October.