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German government faces budget crisis (www.dw.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] sergih@feddit.de 51 points 10 months ago (7 children)

My question is why is the climate crisis not considered a crisis big enough to break the debt limit whereas the covid crisis was, this has been the hottest summer ever, by a lot, let's see next year's, when it's too late.

[–] doeknius_gloek@feddit.de 34 points 10 months ago

this has been the hottest summer ever

I hope you enjoyed it, it might have been the coolest summer for the rest of our lives!

[–] Janiboy2010@feddit.de 18 points 10 months ago

Because in the eyes of the constitutional court it's not an unforeseeable, acute crisis, but something that is known since decades :(

[–] Sodis@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago

Ukraine war and inflation could have served as reasons to break the debt limit, but the FDP was strictly against that. They think they can gain voters by strictly adhering to the debt limit.

[–] Anamana@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Because it's a 'frog in the hot water' kind of crisis vs a 'frog in the fire' kind of crisis.

[–] fr0g@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Why is it always the poor frogs? 😭

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not the point here.

This decision of the court didn't try to make any political point or find a solution, it was only asked to decide, whether moving funds (or more precisely: grants to take on loans) was legal or not.

Now politics kicks in and they're supposed to find a solution that's actually legal for a change.

German politics is an absolute shit show right now.

[–] tillimarleen@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

“ German politics is an absolute shit show right now” just a matter of perspective

[–] Blaubarschmann@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

Probably because one is an immediate, temporary crisis and the other is a general, long-lasting, global-scale crisis, where increasing the federal budget doesn't seem to have a short-term effect to mitigate the negative effects

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Because it isn't anything new.