Verfassungsrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für die Gewährleistung einer angemessenen Finanzausstattung der Länder nach Einführung der Schuldenregel

»Framework Conditions in Constitutional Law Ensuring Appropriate Funding for the German States (Laender) after the Introduction of the Debt Rule«

As part of the »Federalism Reform II«, the so called Debt Brake was incorporated in Germany's Basic Law. It requires both the Federal Government and the Laender to balance their budgets without the receipts from loans. As article 79 para 3 GG (Basic Law) guarantees the sovereignty of the Laender, the extension of the federal debt rule to the Laender gives rise to the question whether such an extension is so be considered unconstitutional, bearing in mind, in particular, the requirement to provide the Laender with appropriate funding.