German conservatives want court to review new government's budget move


  • World
  • Tuesday, 14 Dec 2021

Newly elected German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers pose for a group photo at the first meeting of the new cabinet at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 8, 2021. Ina Fassbender/Pool via REUTERS/Files

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's opposition conservatives said on Tuesday they would file a complaint with the constitutional court about the new government's plans to tap unused debt from this year's budget for future spending on climate and economic transformation.

The new government passed a supplementary budget on Monday to supercharge its climate and transformation fund with a debt-financed injection of 60 billion euros to allow more investments in the shift towards a green economy.

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