Magdeburg (dpa/sa) - The cabinet in Saxony-Anhalt wants to take a decisive step in drawing up the state budget for 2023 on Tuesday. From 12 noon the ministers of the state government will meet in the Magdeburg State Chancellery for consultation, said a government spokesman for the German Press Agency. A longer cabinet meeting is scheduled until 4 p.m. However, there are no plans to approve the budget for Tuesday.
The volume of the state budget for 2023 should be around 13 billion euros. "This is a huge budget for this country," said Finance Minister Michael Richter (CDU) in early August. He is confident that a balanced budget can be achieved despite multiple registrations from all departments. Most recently, the registrations of the individual ministries were around one billion euros above the forecast income.
Richter is preparing for significant additional expenditure due to the rise in energy prices. In the 2023 budget, around 30 million euros are additionally planned for the supply of the state institutions. This year, a total of 73 million euros is budgeted for fuel, electricity and heating. A premium of 30 million euros would correspond to an increase of around 41 percent.
