Examination at the Constitutional Court: Effects of the Karlsruhe budget judgment on the Brandenburg package

Examination at the Constitutional Court: Effects of the Karlsruhe budget judgment on the Brandenburg package

According to a report by www.welt.de, the Brandenburg Constitutional Court examines an AfD lawsuit regarding the state's aid package and comments on whether the budget ruling from Karlsruhe will be taken into account. The court will not make a final decision on the lawsuit until next year.

According to Finance Minister Katrin Lange (SPD), possible effects of the Karlsruhe ruling on the package are being examined. She also referred to the Constitutional Court. Lange emphasized that no Corona emergency loans were reallocated in Brandenburg. At the same time, she pointed out that when the funds are used, there must be a factual and temporal connection to the state parliament's emergency resolution. CDU parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann also sees a need for testing and emphasizes that the state parliament has declared the emergency in a resolution for the years 2023 and 2024.

The Federal Constitutional Court had declared the transfer of Corona billions to the climate and transformation fund in the 2021 supplementary budget to be inadmissible, which led to a lack of 60 billion euros in loans. The judges in Karlsruhe also decided that the state was not allowed to set aside emergency loans for later years. The court also pointed out the principle of annuality, according to which authorizations may only be used until the end of the financial year.

The impact on the Brandenburg package could be significant, particularly with regard to the legality and the factual connection with the state parliament's emergency resolution. The Constitutional Court's review could possibly lead to adjustments or restrictions to the aid package, depending on whether the previous financing and use of the funds correspond to the requirements and principles of the Karlsruhe ruling. The uncertainty and potential consequences of this review could also have an impact on the financial market in Brandenburg, as investors and companies may wait until there is clarity about the future of the aid package.