REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Germany's budget committee paused final deliberations on the 2024 draft budget early on Friday morning, according to the chief budget officers of the coalition government, after a constitutional court ruling threw negotiations into disarray.
The contents of the ministries' budgets were finalised during the committee meeting, the budget officers said.
On Wednesday, the constitutional court decision prompted the government to postpone the formal vote of the budget committee until next Thursday.
Despite the court ruling, the 2024 budget is expected to be passed as planned at the end of the Bundestag's budget week on Dec. 1, according to members of the budget committee.
The chief budget officers of the coalition government accused the opposition of refusing to cooperate in budget deliberations.
Persons:
Liesa, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's, Joerg Kraemer, Friedrich Merz, Commerzbank's Kraemer, Maria Martinez, Holger Hansen, Clarence Fernandez, Gerry Doyle
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Greens, Free Democrats, European Commission, dpa, Bundestag's Energy, CDU, CSU, Christian Democratic Union, ESF, Economic, Stabilization, Thomson
Locations:
Berlin, Germany, Ukraine