Bundestag meeting to approve €3 billion for Ukraine closed early
www.pravda.com.ua
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:51:16 +0200
Additional support for Ukraine was to be discussed in the German Bundestag, but the plenary session ended early due to interparty disputes.
Source Die Welt, as reported by European Pravda Details A party dispute over additional financial assistance to Ukraine led to the early closure of the Bundestag session last night.
The vote on the proposal of the Free Democratic Party, in which the Free Democrats called for unplanned spending of up to 3 billion, led to the parliaments failure to make a decision after midnight.
The Alternative for Germany party, which opposes military support for Ukraine, questioned the Bundestags quorum.
This requires more than half of the 733 members of parliament to be present, which is never the case at night.
For example, only 320 MPs voted on the FDPs proposal on Ukraine, less than the required 50.
Bundestag Vice President Katrin GringEckardt then adjourned the plenary session, although the debate on the price of CO emission allowances was still on the agenda.
The dispute over aid for Ukraine revolves around the manner in which the additional 3 billion will be funded.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz intends to suspend the debt break for this purpose.
The opposition CDU, FDP, and Greens, his remaining coalition allies, prefer to fund the weapons deliveries through unplanned budgetary expenditures.
A few hours before the plenary debate, the Bundestag Budget Committee had already agreed on a similar proposal.
According to the CDU/CSU and FDP, their united plan was approved, while the SPD and Greens abstained.
Background Earlier, Spiegel reported that a dispute had supposedly arisen within the German government over an additional package of weapons for Ukraine worth about 3 billion. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius denied reports that Chancellor Olaf Scholz was allegedly blocking an additional package for Ukraine.
However, Scholz himself said that he opposes increasing the planned military aid to Ukraine if it requires cuts in other budget items.
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