Final vote on record 2026 German budget due as 'big challenges' loom

NAMPA / DPA

2025-11-25

Berlin (dpa) - German lawmakers are set for a final vote on the 2026 budget this week, with Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil warning on Tuesday that tougher negotiations await for the years ahead. "The 2025 and 2026 budgets were a bit like a warm-up for us in parliament," Klingbeil said in the Bundestag, the country's lower house. "The big challenges are coming with the 2027 and 2028 budgets." Klingbeil, the vice chancellor and leader of the cent......

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