The 2026 budget is set to allocate EUR 550 million to the planned electric car subsidy scheme for low and middle-income earners. However, it is still unclear who will receive how much and when the money will be made available.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
Whether it’s ammunition, clothing for the troops or aid for Ukraine: The budget committee’s review meeting on Thursday could result in billions of euros being shifted in the defense budget.
By Gabriel Bub and Robert Wallenhauer
Germany is still keeping its word when it comes to pledges for international climate financing. In 2024, EUR 11.8 billion were contributed, EUR 6.1 billion from the budget. But this is likely to change soon, with cuts looming.
By Lukas Knigge
At the beginning of the budget week, the Federal Audit Office sent a report on the defense budget to the budget holders. Among other things, it criticizes the personnel budget.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
Today, Wednesday, the foreign and security policy budgets will be discussed in the Bundestag. Criticism is particularly strong with regard to the cuts in the development ministry.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin and Lisa-Martina Klein
Following fierce criticism, the BMF has backtracked: the costs arising from the failure to meet EU climate targets will continue to be paid from the core budget and not from the CTF.
By Malte Kreutzfeldt
