Carinthia's state parliament decides in 2025: billion-dollar budget and new debts!

Carinthia's state parliament decides in 2025: billion-dollar budget and new debts!

In the Carinthian state parliament, there are fundamental decisions about the budgetary balance, which according to the report of the ST. Pöltner Zeitung will be decided in the coming days. Negotiations for the Landes budget 2025 were intense and ran over almost 20 hours on two days of meeting, with a minus of almost 13 million shillings planned. The focus of the debates is the expenditure for essential areas such as education, health care and infrastructure, which are of great importance for the population.

budget deficit and rising debts

A particularly critical point is the new debt of 322 million euros, which would raise the total debt to around four billion euros. The state government's financial situation is thus tense up again, since stagnating earnings shares represent a high source of income. Another alarming aspect is the lack of consideration of over 32 million euros for the salary increase of employees in the state and hospital services, as the Kleine Zeitung

The deputy governor Gaby Schaunig (SPÖ) emphasizes that the financial stability and the provision of basic services such as education and health are among the cornerstones of the state. Despite the ongoing discussions, it remains to be seen how the state budget in 2025 is ultimately designed and what financial consequences this will have for the citizens.