Published: February 1st, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Environmental and climate organizations and the trade union IGBCE call on the German government to reform the debt brake, set up a special climate action fund and „strengthen the revenue side.“ According to Germanwatch, the WWF, the Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR) and the trade union for mining, chemicals and energy (IGBCE), these proposals must be „examined without prejudice“ in the current budget debate.