On Tuesday 16 September, the European Commission proposed to the Council of the European Union that it validate Germany’s trajectory for increasing net primary expenditure, as set out in its seven-year multiannual budget programme (2025-2031) submitted in July (see EUROPE B13690A17).
According to this trajectory, growth in German net primary expenditure will not exceed 4.4% in 2025, 4.5% in 2026, 2.3% in 2027, 1.7% in 2028 and 1.6% in 2029. Without Berlin’s activation of the override...