The German parliament will not have time to vote on the country’s 2024 budget before the end of the year, a senior lawmaker from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) wrote in a text message sent to the party members and seen by several news agencies on Thursday.
“Although we have done as much as possible from our side, the budget for the year 2024 can no longer be finalized in time this year,” wrote Katja Mast, a senior SPD lawmaker.
