Milliarden package: Days of the decision for financial package – Applications in Karlsruhe

It will be an exciting week in Berlin politics: On Tuesday, the Bundestag is said to have decided on the planned billion -dollar financial package in the Bundestag, which Union, the SPD and the Greens negotiated. The Federal Council follows on Friday. Two -thirds majorities are necessary. Several MPs still want to stop the project in Karlsruhe. Then the basis for the planned black and red coalition would also stake with the likely Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU).

Also short advisory time for the debt package

The non -partisan MP Joana Cotar claimed to be an objection to Karlsruhe for the second time and requested that they are moving the vote. The constitutional court confirmed the entrance. With the same goal, three FDP MPs want to make an urgent application in Karlsruhe. They argue that the advisory period for the debt package is not sufficient.

The constitutional judges had already rejected several applications on Friday. Some aimed to cancel the special meeting of the old Bundestag on Tuesday. In addition, it was about preventing the planned decision of the financial package. None of the applications were successful. There were also urgent requests against the design of the legislative procedure.

Several applications in Karlsruhe have not yet decided

However, according to the court, three further organ dispute procedures and four constitutional complaints were still pending on Friday. Among them is one of the left, which also complains about the highly accelerated legislative procedure for changing the Basic Law.

Union, the SPD and the Greens want the Basic Law to be changed in several places: expenditure for defense, civil protection, intelligence services and cyber security should only fall under the debt brake up to a percentage of one percent of gross domestic product – i.e. about 43 billion euros. Everything in addition can be paid from loans. The countries should get more scope for their own debt. In addition, a special fund for investments in infrastructure and climate neutrality is to be anchored in the Basic Law, which is to be exempted from the debt brake and is to be fed with 500 billion euros from loans.

Prominent CDU MP does not want to agree

The former CDU general secretary Mario Czaja does not want to agree with the black and red financial package in the Bundestag. “I have expressed to my faction that I cannot agree to this change in the Basic Law,” said the outgoing Berlin member of the Bundestag to the news portal “The Pioneer”. This is “not generational, and the reasons that are used for it are not honest”.

In the Federal Council, i.e. the state chamber, 46 of the 69 votes are necessary to decide on the constitutional changes. State governments in which only CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens are involved come up with 41 votes. With the six votes from Bavaria, approval would be certain. However, the free voters who governing CSU were recently skeptical.

Söder assures YES from Bavaria to financial package

On Monday afternoon, the CSU and Free voters coalition committee will meet to advise Bavaria’s voting in the Federal Council. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) already said on Sunday evening on the ZDF program “Berlin Direct”: “Assume Bavaria in the end.” Söder did not answer the question of whether he would be willing to sacrifice his government coalition with the free voters in Munich for the financial package.

Merz: Now have to talk about saving in the household

In the meantime, the coalition talks of the Union and the SPD continue to run in the federal government. Despite the agreement on the financial package, CDU boss Merz is still expecting difficult negotiations with the SPD about money. “We will have to save. We will have to enforce significant reforms in this country,” said Merz in the ARD program “Report from Berlin”. That is the real test of the collaboration between the Union and the SPD. “The really difficult conversations are still ahead of us.”

In the coalition talks, 16 working groups days that are intended to prepare the contract for a black-red government. After that, a financial check is planned before the parties determine whether they want to form a coalition together. Merz is aiming for a government formation at the latest.