Overview

• Brandenburg's state parliament has begun committee hearings on the proposed €34 billion double budget for 2025–2026.
• The draft budget includes significant new debt alongside cuts to key sectors like education, health, and transportation.
• Students are protesting at the Potsdam parliament building against proposed funding reductions for the Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg (MHB).
• The Greens criticized the budget’s shift in transportation priorities, reducing investments in cycle paths and public transport in favor of road construction.
• Transport Minister Detlef Tabbert defended the focus on road maintenance, citing the state’s deteriorating road network and the postponement, not cancellation, of planned cycle highways.