The lower house of the German parliament voted with the necessary majority to adopt an additional budget for 2023 and suspend the “debt brake”, which does not allow the state’s debt budget to increase immeasurably. . This was reported by Spiegel.
The debt brake has been suspended for the fourth year in a row, the publication states.
The broadcast emphasizes that 392 members of the Bundestag voted in favor of the additional budget, while 274 deputies voted against it.
Spiegel emphasized that the new debt reached almost 70.6 billion euros, which is 44.8 billion more than the allowed borrowing amount.
Before this, it was known that fuel and heating prices had increased significantly. will grow In Germany, an agreement is being reached on a new draft budget starting from next year.
The main consequence of the adoption of Germany’s new draft federal budget for 2024 is a significant increase in fuel and heating prices for all German citizens.
Formerly Central Bank of the Russian Federation raised key rate up to 16%.