Budget of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery

The budget of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery was voted on during the final discussions on the 2025 federal budget. Among other things, expenditure of 4.04 billion euros is planned, while in 2024 it was 3.87 billion euros. The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, is to receive 2.03 billion euros, as well as 18.22 million euros for the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany, Elisabeth Kaiser. The subsidy to the Federal Intelligence Service is to amount to 1.19 billion euros, while the expenses of the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration are to be allocated to the budget of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the future. However, the debate about the budget of the Federal Chancellery was also about the course of the federal government as a whole. A recommendation for a resolution and a report from the Budget Committee were available for the individual plan. The vote on the budget of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery was approved with 322 votes. 273 MPs voted against and there were no abstentions.