After weeks of political wrangling and tough austerity decisions, the German parliament's budget committee approved a budget for 2024 on Thursday evening with expenditure of around €476.8 billion ($517.8 billion) and new loans totalling around €39 billion. The lower house, the Bundestag, and the upper house, the Bundesrat, are due to make a final decision on the 2024 budget at the beginning of February, but the so-called "clean-up meeting" of the powerful budget committee is already considered a
German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck has spoken out against the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), arguing in an interview with Stern on Jan. 17 that they want to turn Germany into a country like Russia.
Björn Höcke, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany in the eastern state of Thuringia, is aiming to take the reins in 2024. Analysts fear far-reaching consequences.
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