Overview

• Union and SPD added the allocation by proposal dated September 2 and the Bundestag’s budget committee approved it in the September 4 wrap‑up session for the 2025 budget.
• The grant is included in the enacted 2025 budget and is drawn from the Bundespresseamt’s pool for institutional funding of policy organizations.
• Green lawmakers condemned the move as politically charged and linked it to debates over CDU/CSU dealings with the AfD, with figures such as Andreas Audretsch and Marlene Schönberger calling the decision scandalous.
• Republik21 says it has not yet filed a funding application and plans to submit one in the coming weeks, despite a recent manifesto urging cuts to public money for politically active NGOs.
• The decision sits within a wider package of Bundespresseamt support for think tanks, including a significant increase for the Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft to €1.75 million a year.