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German budget committee approves investment-heavy 2025 budget
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 4, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Germany's budget committee approves a record 2025 budget with 62.7 billion euros in investments and a focus on defense spending.
By Maria Martinez
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's budget committee finalised the budget for 2025 with record investments to revive the economy and a strong commitment to defence spending, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The budget, with total spending of 502.5 billion euros ($588.28 billion), includes 62.7 billion euros ($147.71 billion) in investments, according to a document seen by Reuters, with only small changes from a draft passed by the cabinet before the summer recess.
The budget committee session that begun on Thursday morning wrapped up weeks of talks by bundling last‑minute amendments and fixing final spending and revenue plans. The budget goes to a full parliamentary vote in the second half of September.
After former chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in November, the last government ran out of time to pass the 2025 budget. Germany has been operating on a provisional budget since the start of the year.
The budget envisages borrowing of 81.7 billion euros in 2025, according to the document.
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(Reporting by Maria Martinez and Christian Kraemer, editing by Thomas Escritt)
The total spending for Germany's 2025 budget is 502.5 billion euros ($588.28 billion).
The budget includes 62.7 billion euros ($147.71 billion) specifically for investments.
Germany plans to borrow 81.7 billion euros in 2025 according to the budget document.
The budget approval process was affected by the collapse of former chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition in November.
The budget committee finalized the 2025 budget after a session that began on Thursday morning, wrapping up weeks of discussions.
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