Overview

• The Schleswig-Holstein constitutional court ruled the 2024 state budget unconstitutional due to improperly authorized emergency loans totaling €492 million.
• The CDU-Green coalition government has committed to fully repaying the loans within 2025 and abandoning plans for new emergency borrowing this year.
• Finance Minister Silke Schneider is scheduled to present detailed corrective measures in Kiel at 13:00 today.
• The SPD and FDP opposition parties are pressuring the government to submit a constitutionally compliant supplementary budget before the June Landtag session.
• The court acknowledged the emergencies cited, including the 2023 Baltic storm surge, but found insufficient evidence that they critically impacted state finances in 2024.