Overview

• Despite federal assurances after the June 2024 floods, Bavaria has received no portion of the promised relief funds following €1.8 billion in state damages
• Finance Minister Albert Füracker formally appealed to SPD leader Lars Klingbeil in July 2025 to unlock the stalled payments
• Berlin says it lacks sufficient documentation to classify the catastrophe as a national disaster and release federal aid
• Bavaria has disbursed €60 million in state emergency aid and invested over €4 billion in flood protection measures since 2001 during the funding delay
• It remains uncertain whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz will address the unresolved aid question during his Zugspitze Cabinet meeting