Overview
- Berlin’s parliament approved the 2026/2027 double budget with CDU and SPD votes, as Greens, Left and AfD opposed it after hours of debate.
- The plan totals about €45.5 billion for 2026 and €46.5 billion for 2027, financing structural gaps with roughly €4.0 billion in new debt next year and €3.9 billion the year after.
- The coalition cites sharply higher personnel, social and refugee-related costs and expanded investments, with personnel at about €13 billion annually and investments exceeding €6 billion per year.
- Federal funding through the Future Investments special program will provide €5.2 billion to Berlin over twelve years, with about €800 million budgeted for 2026/2027.
- Brandenburg’s constitutional court denied the AfD’s emergency motion targeting a 2.7% global spending cut and a new ten‑year debt-calculation rule, but it left the main constitutional review pending as the state plans roughly €16.8 billion in 2025 and €17.4 billion in 2026 with about €1 billion in new borrowing each year.