US EditionFederal Government and Länder Postpone Finance - Package for Modern State
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In the financial dispute, the federal government and the Länder are far apart. For this, they decide on a different plan: more than 100 points for a modern state.
The Prime Ministers do not see any solution to the financial dispute with the Federal Government at the moment. They will discuss a special conference next year.
At the federal-state talks on Thursday at the chancellor's office in Berlin, it was primarily a question of funding the federal government for new legislative proposals. However, the dispute about this was postponed. On the other hand, the federal government and the Länder agreed on a package of measures for debureaucratisation.
The federal and state governments want to decide on the financial relationship between the federal, state and local governments at the beginning of 2026. “We also talked about the issue of initiative connectivity, of course,” said Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) after the Minister-Presidents' Conference on Thursday, referring to a principle that is often described as “Who orders, pays.” They had agreed on a special ministerial presidents…
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LVZ - Leipziger VolkszeitungFinancial dispute adjourned: For the time being, the federal government and the Länder will not find any agreement on the financing of central tasks. A special ministerial president's conference is now scheduled to bring clarity to the first quarter of 2026.
The prime ministers of the Länder are currently sitting in the Chancellery with Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and are talking about the financial relations between the federal and state governments. Previously, the heads of state under the chairmanship of the Rheinland-Pfalz Prime Minister Alexander Schweitzer had agreed on common demands. Today, the issue is about the modernisation of the state, but above all about the high deficits. Accord…
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