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Night meeting in the budget committee: budget for 2027 is in place
After more than 15 hours, the budget committee ended its deliberations - the budget for the coming year is now in place. In total, expenditure of 560.9 billion euros is planned - more than originally
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Rising expenses and debts Federal budget for 2027 is as of: November 13, 2026 • 7:26 a.m
After more than 15 hours, the budget committee ended its deliberations - the budget for the coming year is now in place. A total of 560.9 billion euros in spending is planned - more than originally planned.
The federal budget for the coming year is in place - at least provisionally. After the latest changes, the Bundestag's budget committee approved a budget with spending of around 560.9 billion euros early this morning. This means that the federal government will be able to spend more money next year than ever before.
However, it remains unclear whether the coalition can finance a reduction in electricity taxes for everyone. This could still be submitted to the Bundestag during the budget week.
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In the core budget, the committee decided on net borrowing of almost 123 billion euros. That is around four billion euros more than was planned in the federal government's first draft. In addition, there are credit-financed investments from special funds for infrastructure and the Bundeswehr, so that the total debt is likely to add up to more than 200 billion euros.
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Whether the reduction in electricity tax pushed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) will still come will be clarified at the coalition committee on Tuesday. The Union and the SPD have not found any funding for this in the budget negotiations so far. The project from the coalition agreement would cost around five billion euros, but it would only provide a few euros in relief for citizens.
The Bundestag is scheduled to finally vote on the budget during the week of its session from November 24th to 27th. The budget determines how much money the individual ministries are allowed to spend in 2027 and which projects will be financed with it.
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This topic in the program: tagesschau.de | Budget Committee meets until the early hours of the morning | 11/13/2026 | 06:37 a.m. Tagesschau24 | News | 11/13/2026 | 9:00 a.m