Overview

• SPD/BSW majority in the budget committee rejected CDU and AfD calls for a renewed expert consultation on the planned double budget
• CDU criticized the appointment of Christian Breuer and Thorsten Ingo Schmidt due to their prior consultancy roles for the finance ministry
• The draft budget restores or softens cuts for municipalities and the Medical University Brandenburg while boosting police and hospital funding
• Coalition plans to take on billions in new debt under the debt brake’s economic downturn exception to offset revenue losses
• A proposal to amend the state’s budget rules for higher debt levels was deemed not inherently unconstitutional by the parliamentary advisory service