{"id":52816,"date":"2025-09-26T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germany-adopts-short-term-2025-budget-amid-push-for-economic-recovery\/26\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:26:45","slug":"germany-adopts-short-term-2025-budget-amid-push-for-economic-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germany-adopts-short-term-2025-budget-amid-push-for-economic-recovery\/26\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany adopts short-term 2025 budget amid push for economic recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-8xybrv\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-1gfnohs loader\" style=\"--max-height: 533px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-1gfnohs\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 800 \/ 533; --img-max-width: 800px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-8xybrv\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->A general view during a session of the German Council (Bundesrat). Michael Kappeler\/dpa<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Germany&#8217;s upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, has approved the country&#8217;s 2025 federal budget, giving the final green light to a plan worth hundreds of billions of euros.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The budget, already passed by the Bundestag last week, sets spending at about \u20ac502.5 billion ($594.8 billion), with nearly \u20ac82 billion in new debt in the core budget.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CDS Widget\" src=\"https:\/\/templates.cds.yahoo.com\/remote\/widget?campaignId=0bb60fc3-fb26-4dfd-b456-173d3b5f5985&amp;lineItemId=614fa0c4-e7ed-4525-a6c3-2dd8ba1e1588&amp;site=finance&amp;contentId=c90797a4-0420-3472-8a9f-2289606a5548&amp;spaceId=1183300100&amp;providerId=dpa_international_526\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"400\" data-testid=\"offers-cds-iframe\" class=\"yf-1xws99g\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Additional billions are earmarked through special funds for the military and infrastructure projects.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->It comes after a row over how to plug a massive spending gap torpedoed the previous government last November.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The plan covers only a few months. Because of an early federal election and the lengthy process of forming a new government, ministries have been operating under a provisional budget for around nine months, severely limiting their spending flexibility.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->With the new budget in place, government departments now have planning certainty &#8211; though only until the end of the year.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Preparations for the 2026 budget are already underway, with initial debates held this week in the Bundestag.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Since taking office in May, Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8217;s government has promised to focus on delivering growth for the crisis-hit German economy, which has seen two consecutive years of recession. A range of measures to boost competitiveness have already come into effect.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->However, Germany faces &#8220;one of the most challenging phases&#8221; in its recent history amid global turmoil, Merz said earlier this week as he defended his government&#8217;s proposed next year&#8217;s budget in a major parliamentary debate.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;A winter, a spring, a summer and another autumn of reforms will follow,&#8221; Merz predicted.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/germany-adopts-short-term-2025-150215129.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general view during a session of the German Council (Bundesrat). 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