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Christian Abel wrote that the AfD parliamentary group presented its own budget concept with 1,051 amendments after the budget session for the federal budget 2027. The fiscal policy spokesman Michael Espendiller criticized the government’s plan as being associated with more debt, taxes, and burdens for taxpayers. According to Abel, the government planned expenditures of 675.7 billion euros and new debts of 210.5 billion euros. The interest costs were expected to rise from around 41.5 billion euros in 2027 to about 81 billion euros in 2030, according to the financial plan. The AfD aims to relieve citizens and companies by 43.8 billion euros in taxes and duties, among other things, through the abolition of the CO₂ price and lower taxes. For a single employee with a gross annual income of 36,000 euros, the annual relief is estimated at 660 euros, and for a family with two children and a gross income of 70,000 euros at 1,535 euros. For financing, the concept, according to Abel, includes the dissolution of two special assets, lower EU payments, cuts in defense spending, and the cessation of payments and arms deliveries to Ukraine. In addition, the AfD wants to abolish the Ministry of Development and allocate 5 billion euros for a municipal financial program. Overall, their budget would incur about 147 billion euros less in new debt than the government draft; however, the planned net borrowing would still amount to 63 billion euros, Abel wrote. https://t.co/39KcOldj4X💙🇩🇪 #AfD #Bundeshaushalt #Steuersenkungen (translated)

The Tagesschau reports on a worldwide disruption of Microsoft services, attributed to an internal problem, as well as on the agreed federal budget for 2027, expanded powers for federal intelligence services, and other current issues. #MicrosoftStörung #Bundeshaushalt2027 #Pressefreiheit (translated)

Apollo News reported that the highway company should in the future take out loans itself and thereby relieve the federal budget in 2027 by more than two billion euros. A report assessed this as a "misuse of circumvention of the debt brake," which would grossly violate constitutional principles. https://t.co/3Q7i55sf2d #Autobahn #Schuldenbremse #Bundeshaushalt (translated)

The comment criticizes the new federal budget as timid and lacking strategy, as it merely serves as a budget for prevention and does not include any future-oriented reforms, while simultaneously placing a financial burden on the younger generation. #Bundeshaushalt #Koalition #Reformen (translated)

Worldwide disruptions of Microsoft services are likely caused by a faulty update, while the federal budget for 2027 was approved, and Ukraine and the USA are anticipating Europe's involvement in negotiations with Russia. #MicrosoftStörung #Pressefreiheit #UkraineVerhandlungen (translated)

The Tagesschau reports on the approved budget planning for 2027, expanded powers of the federal intelligence services, worldwide disruptions in Microsoft services, the prospect of European involvement in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the restriction of press freedom in Egypt, and the meeting of Pope Leo XIV with victims of sexualized violence in Peru. #Bundeshaushalt #Pressefreiheit #Ukraine (translated)

The German federal budget for 2027 anticipates expenditures of approximately 560.9 billion euros and will include net borrowing of around 123 billion euros, following an agreement reached after more than 15 hours of discussion in the Bundestag's budget committee. #Bundeshaushalt #Deutschland2027 #Neuverschuldung (translated)