Bundestag: Budget Committee approves budget for 2024. There is an agreement in the budget dispute. However, nothing is expected to change in the highly controversial austerity measures. The Bundestag and Bundesrat are due to make a final decision on this at the beginning of February. The federal budget for the current year is in place. The budget committee decided on a budget with expenditure of around 476.8 billion euros and compliance with the debt brake. More soon at SPIEGEL.DE.
German family farm struggles fuel protest discontent thelocal.de - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.de Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Farmers across Germany have been bringing major roads to a standstill in protests in recent days, piling misery on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition amid fury over subsidy cuts.