Overview
- An internal notice from acting budget committee chair Lisa Paus said IT limits forced the Bereinigungssitzung to be pushed from 11:00 to at least 14:00 on Thursday, a message seen by Politico and circulated via the committee secretariat.
- The delay was blamed on a high volume of last‑minute Deckblätter, the formal amendment sheets that must be processed before ministers’ budgets can be debated.
- Committee members still plan to proceed with ministerial reviews during the session, with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius scheduled to be the last minister to appear before the panel.
- The work matters because the committee is finalizing the 2027 federal budget that plans roughly €555 billion in spending and more than €200 billion in new borrowing, so compressed debate could affect how last‑minute changes are handled.
- The notice and reporting by Politico, WELT and dpa underline that procedural and IT capacity — not policy differences — are the current cause of the hold‑up, and the delay raises pressure on staff and MPs who traditionally work through the night to complete the edits.