Overview

• The 15-member panel convened its inaugural session in Berlin and will deliver recommendations this year, the Finance Ministry said.
• Its brief is to propose a modernization that enables sustained investment, keeps public finances sustainable, and aligns Germany’s rules with EU fiscal standards.
• The group spans leading economists and legal scholars, including Monika Schnitzer, Clemens Fuest and Sebastian Dullien.
• There is conflicting reporting on the three-person chair: Stephan Weil and Stefan Müller are named consistently, while AFP lists Eckhardt Rehberg and Tagesschau names Reinhold Hilbers as the third co-chair.
• Any constitutional change will require a two-thirds Bundestag majority beyond Union and SPD, with the coalition targeting legislation by year-end 2025 after temporary March relaxations for defense and state borrowing sharpened calls for a permanent fix.