Overview

• The volume of the Länderfinanzausgleich reached €11.178 billion in the first half of 2025, up €1.35 billion year-on-year.
• Bavaria contributed €6.672 billion, representing nearly 60 percent of total transfers and marking its highest share to date.
• Berlin led recipient states with €2.028 billion, followed by Saxony at €1.919 billion and Thuringia at €1.161 billion.
• Bavarian Minister Albert Füracker described the imbalance as “highly worrying,” demanding fundamental changes to the system’s structure to protect donor states.
• A Union-SPD agreement envisages an annual €400 million federal supplement for donor states, with implementing legislation still pending.