The Federal Audit Office sees structural problems in German budget policy. He urges the traffic lights to adopt austerity measures- and calls for long-term thinking.
Long-term concepts for the sustainability of social insurance are missing - just like concepts for financing future issues such as the climate-neutral restructuring of society and the economy. The Court of Auditors also mentions the financing of defense. The Corona emergency loans would have to be repaid, just like the loans for the so-called special fund for the Bundeswehr. In addition to the unresolved problems, there will then be further burdens. The year 2028 is particularly the focus of the Court of Auditors' statement. The government must “align the federal budget and the financial plan with the financial policy reality. However, new debt is not an option. They "only seem to solve problems, they create new problems," says the president of the court of auditors, who are responsible for the German budget.