Berlin (dpa) – The Union in the Bundestag has filed a constitutional complaint against a supplementary federal budget in favor of investments in climate protection. This was announced by Union faction leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) on Friday in Berlin.
With the approval of the Bundestag, the Federal Government is reallocating 60 billion euros in unused credit authorizations in the budget so that they can be used for investments in climate protection in the coming years. The loans were originally approved to combat the Corona crisis. Merz criticized: “This is a simple legal circumvention of the debt brake.”
He emphasized: “This is not a lawsuit against sufficient funds to deal with the climate crisis.” The Union is only opposed to a budgetary measure. She does not deny the climate and transformation fund itself, but only the financing. Instead, the funds for climate protection would have to be mobilized via the normal budget. In the event of financing problems, savings must be made elsewhere. In view of the current crises, an agreement on new priorities is necessary, said Merz.
CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt said that the Union hoped that after the lawsuit there would be indications from the Federal Constitutional Court that the debt brake had been violated before the end of the year.
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