The request of the Prime Minister of Germany to the ministries to save money

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, weekly “Spiegel” wrote in an article: “There is still a long way to go in Germany until the final budget of 2025 is approved, and currently between Christian Lindner, the German Federal Minister of Finance, and some ministries who feel that their financial sphere is very limited. There are differences of opinion.

Olaf Schultz, the chancellor of Germany, now during these controversies, has asked the government departments and ministries of the coalition to save money in the 2025 budget and stand next to “Christian Lindner”, the German finance minister.

Schultz said in an interview with Stern weekly: “The finance minister has given restrictions to the sectors, which I agree with.” . He emphasized: “Aspirations and realities must be aligned by the beginning of July.

Negotiations on the German federal budget have just begun, and all departments and ministries are not ready to adhere to the austerity instructions of the finance minister. According to the information of the coalition government, five departments out of 15 departments have expressed their interest in this matter, including the Ministry of Development led by the Social Democratic Party and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by the Green Party.

The German Prime Minister did not want to say where the savings “I have my own ideas,” he said only. and reconstruction aid has become significant.

Recently, in the negotiations over the 2025 budget, there have been tensions and disputes between Lindner, the German Federal Finance Minister, and several cabinet colleagues. Now the German chancellor stands behind Lindner and asks all the ministers to save. He emphasized: the financial framework of the federal budget is clear He rejected the proposal of exceptions related to the debt brake.

In the past weeks, Lindner has repeatedly rejected the demands of the ministries in the 2025 budget negotiations. He had criticized strongly. He sometimes mentioned ministries during his criticisms and sometimes expressed general criticisms. The German official said recently: “But there are sectors that have presented an extravagant wish list, and this is not acceptable.” Schulz told the weekly “Stern” that he He is generally confident the coalition will survive the summer despite the budget row and has made it clear he wants to remain chancellor after the next federal election despite the traffic light coalition’s bad reputation. He said: I want to remain chancellor after the fall of 2025.

Recently, in particular, the German Ministry of Defense has called for a high defense budget to improve the situation of the army and to make exceptions in the implementation of the brake plan. The debt is for this ministry and it has found differences with the finance ministry of this country.

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