Original text of the question(s): According to the Federal Government's knowledge, how high were the net expenses of the pension insurance providers for the participation benefits in 2025 as well as the budget available for this in 2025 (rehab budget) according to Section 220 of the Sixth Book of the Social Security Code (SGB VI), and how does the Federal Government assess the difference between the two figures as well as the individual The demanding nature of the rehabilitation services and the appropriateness of capping the budget?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/5418open

Additional costs per household due to increased gasoline prices

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 April 2026

Original text of the question(s): Are there any federal government estimates of the additional monthly costs per household due to increased gasoline prices given average car usage patterns?

Motion· Antrag21/5394open

Social Europe - ensuring cohesion in the EU budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 16 April 2026

Submission of a statement in accordance with Article 23 III of the Basic Law: Efforts in the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to establish a binding earmarking of EU funds for the policy areas of regional development, promotion of rural areas and social affairs, including commitment to an independently managed budget that is separate from agricultural and other cohesion funds and earmarked for the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (ESSR). the European Social Fund (ESF+) as well as continued targeted support for structurally weak regions and rural areas, rejection of the reallocation of funds for social affairs in favor of military spending and the use of the performance-based approach to allocating funds, use of funds from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) exclusively for integration and education measures, provision of at least 30 percent of the social budget for social inclusion and at least 25 percent of each National and Regional Partnership Plan (NRPP) for the implementation of the ESSR, maintaining separate intervention rates for supporting vulnerable groups, binding and codified participation of regions, municipalities, social partners and civil society as well as the European Parliament in the development of the NRPP Reference: Suggestion for a Council regulation establishing the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034, COM (2025) 571 final, Council document. 11691/25 (BR-Drs 334/25) ; Proposal for a Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053, COM(2025) 574 final; Council doc. 11705/25 (BR-Drs 335/25)

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4657open

State subsidy from the budget of the Federal Ministry of Health for health insurance for employable citizens' benefit recipients and their community members

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 March 2026

Original text of the question(s): To the knowledge of the Federal Government, how high is the state subsidy from the budget of the Federal Ministry of Health for health insurance for employable citizens' benefit recipients and their adult and non-adult community members in the years from 2017 to 2025?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4573open

Use of remaining funds for the future cinema program in the 2025 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 March 2026

Original text of the question(s): To what extent did budget funds flow into the future cinema program in 2025 as part of the regulation decided in the 2025 financial year that savings from the title of incentive support to strengthen film and series production (chapter 0452 title 683 22) to cover additional expenses for the title for the future cinema program (chapter 0452 title 892 22) may be made, and When will the federal government decide on this - especially in view of the release of blocked funds announced by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and thus a doubling of film funding (www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/durchbruch-bei-der-filmfoerderung-bundesregierung-bring-Investmentpakt-mit-filmbooster-auf-den-weg-weimer-jetzt-kann-der-produktionsstätte-deutschland-durchstarten--2405712) - whether (and if so, to what extent) appropriate funds will be available for the future program within the framework of the analogous regulation in the 2026 financial year Cinema will flow in 2026?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4186open

Discount on German contributions to the EU budget for the years 2028 to 2034

Germany · German Bundestag · 20 February 2026

Original text of the question(s): To what extent and on what grounds does the federal government want to achieve a discount on German contributions to the EU budget for the years 2028 to 2034 (cf. https://paz.de/artikel/deutschland-bestieg-kuenhafte-auf-beitricksauf-a16411.html)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4006open

Cuts at Deutsche Welle in the 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 February 2026

Original text of the question(s): How does the federal government justify the cuts made at Deutsche Welle (DW) by around 10 million euros in the 2026 budget compared to the previous year, especially in view of the increasing importance of the foreign broadcaster in combating global disinformation, and what specific effects do these cuts have, to the knowledge of the federal government, on employment figures (particularly at... freelancers) as well as the variety of foreign language program offerings (please list reductions accordingly)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4006open

Projects to achieve the climate protection goals in the 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 February 2026

Original text of the question(s): Which additional projects are planned in the 2026 budget to achieve the legally prescribed climate targets according to the Federal Climate Protection Act (KSG) and to meet the requirements according to the European Climate Protection Regulation (ESR) (please specify title and greenhouse gas reduction), and which of these projects will be funded through the special infrastructure and climate neutrality fund (SVIK)? funded?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/4006open

Funding for the Desiderius Erasmus Foundation in the 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 February 2026

Original text of the question(s): How much funding is available in the 2026 federal budget for state funding for the Desiderius Erasmus Foundation e. V. (please break it down by budget title and responsible department)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3772open

The Federal Government's position on a crisis response mechanism anchored in the next EU budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 23 January 2026

Original text of the question(s): For what specific reasons is the federal government rejecting a crisis response mechanism permanently anchored in the next EU budget, even though both the Corona reconstruction program "NextGenerationEU" and the Ukraine loan approved in December 2025 have shown that an effective European crisis response is in fact only possible through debt-financed instruments, and with which ones Why does the federal government continue to rely on ad hoc solutions in unforeseeable crises instead of thinking ahead to unforeseeable situations with a democratically legitimized and clearly defined crisis instrument?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3685open

Funds for the area of bureaucracy reduction and administrative modernization in the 2025 and 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 January 2026

Original text of the question(s): What budgetary resources has the federal government made available in the 2025 and 2026 federal budgets for structural reforms in the area of bureaucracy reduction and administrative modernization, and what cross-departmental coordination measures have been taken to ensure that these funds are targeted and effective in the sense of strengthening Germany's economic competitiveness be used?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3236open

Repayment of the loan for statutory nursing care insurance in the 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 December 2025

Original text of the question(s): To what extent will the federal government - after the German Bundestag has finally passed the 2026 budget on November 28, 2025 with an interest-free loan of 3.2 billion euros to the statutory nursing care insurance (of which 1.7 billion euros was only decided in the adjustment meeting) - present the public and parliament with a binding repayment plan for this loan? Although the umbrella association of statutory health insurance companies and the budgetary spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Christian Haase, have already publicly admitted that this only alleviates an acute financial crisis and does not solve any structural problems, and why was this short-term and, from the perspective of the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS parliamentary group, "hit-and-run campaign" without prior disclosure of realistic repayment scenarios and the resulting permanent additional burden on taxpayers (see www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2025-11/pflegeversicherung-bundesregierung-kredit-gesundheitspolitilk-budget)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3236open

Effects of the resolutions of the EU Environment Council of November 5, 2025 on the federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 December 2025

Original text of the question(s): How do the resolutions of the EU Environment Council of November 5, 2025 - in particular those postponing the EU emissions trading for buildings and transport (EU-ETS2) to 2028 - affect the income for the federal budget (auction proceeds from national fuel emissions trading and EU-ETS2 as well as funds from the EU climate social fund) (please expected amount of revenue and changes due to resolutions). of the EU Environment Council of November 5, 2025 specify annually from 2027)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3236open

Grants in the “Other” area of a BMWSB budget title in the 2025 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 December 2025

Question· Mündliche Frage21/3237open

Expected relief in the federal budget due to the change in legal jurisdiction for Ukrainian refugees

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 December 2025

Original text of the question(s): Does the federal government expect the Ukrainians' change of legal jurisdiction to reduce the burden on the federal budget, and if so, to what extent, and does it see additional costs for states and municipalities, and if so, to what extent?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/3136open

Justification for the reduction in funding for “digital innovations” in the 2025 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 5 December 2025

Original text of the question(s): How does the federal government explain that in the 2025 draft budget, title group 01 "Digital Innovations" will fall from 113.25 million euros (2024) to 91.35 million euros, with the amount for "Innovative applications of artificial intelligence" in particular to be reduced by almost 11 million euros from 60.64 million euros in 2024 - against the background of the EU summit on digital sovereignty on 19. November 2025, at which Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron explicitly emphasized the importance of a sovereign and competitive digital Europe?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2876open

Possible introduction of a financial transaction tax and a levy on electronic waste as own resources for the EU budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 21 November 2025

Original text of the question(s): As part of the negotiations at EU level on the Multiannual Financial Framework, how is the Federal Government committed to introducing a financial transaction tax as a new own resource for the EU budget, and if the Federal Government does not support this, in what other form does the Federal Government then intend to introduce a financial transaction tax - as in the coalition agreement held between the CDU, CSU and SPD – to be pursued at the European level? How does the Federal Government position itself regarding the tax on electronic waste proposed by the European Commission as a possible new own resource for the European Union?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2817open

Cash outflow from the federal budget to finance rail service facilities

Germany · German Bundestag · 14 November 2025

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2665open

Impact of the tax estimate on the federal budget for 2026 and the need for financial action by 2029

Germany · German Bundestag · 7 November 2025

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2486open

Per capita cost of emergency supplies recommended per household

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 October 2025

Original text of the question(s): How high does the Federal Ministry of the Interior estimate the per capita costs for the "preferably 10 days" supply recommended for each household, and how does the Federal Government ensure that such recommendations can be implemented by people receiving basic security?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2387open

Additional funding for space travel and nuclear fusion research in the 2026 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 24 October 2025

Original text of the question(s): What additional funds are earmarked for space travel in the 2026 federal budget compared to the 2025 budget, and what total funds are available for space travel in the 2026 budget (please break it down by individual plan, title and amount)? What additional funds are earmarked for nuclear fusion research in the 2026 federal budget compared to the 2025 budget, and what total funds are available for nuclear fusion research in the 2026 budget (please break it down by individual plan, title and amount)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/2141open

Profits from federal corporate investments in the 2024 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 October 2025

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/1709open

Use of the liquidity reserve of the Bundeswehr clothing store to close financing gaps in the federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 September 2025

Original text of the question(s): For what purposes does the Federal Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil plan the 800 million euros that will flow to the federal government through an "accounting trick" from the liquidity reserve of Bw Clothing Management GmbH (Bundeswehr clothing store), and why should around 1 billion euros flow back in return financed by loans (www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/bundesfinanz-lars-klingbeil-pluendert-kleiderkammer-der-bundeswehr-fuer-finanzmittel-a-e4e73cd1-3d06-458d-a8ac-47e9616da13f)?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/1709open

Costs of installing a heat pump in a German household

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 September 2025

Original text of the question(s): According to the Federal Government's knowledge, why is the installation of a heat pump in a German household significantly more expensive than in other EU countries (e.g. cf. www.linkedin.com/posts/christoph-podewils_reisen-bildet-ja-wissenlich-im-hochlohnland-activity-7361818011843936256-9yOP?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAETQO9YBuNva2wdFbj6PTrc88dcV_iJjFG0; list the decisive factors), and does the Federal Government have analyzes and figures on price development, price compositions and price drivers (e.g. environmental reasons, requirements), and if so, which ones, and if no, will the Federal Government commission such an analysis?

Question· Schriftliche Frage21/1709open

Support for air traffic control services from smaller airports in the 2025 federal budget

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 September 2025

Original text of the question(s): What creates the additional need of 20 million euros from the 2025 federal budget (according to press reports from September 5, 2025) to support the air traffic control services of the smaller airports (fee range 2), and how has the number of flight movements with instrument flight at the airports in question developed overall over the last five years (please show in annual terms)?

Record· EU-Vorlage21/1653open