Hearing on special assets in the Saarland state parliament

The participating experts from the fields of law and Economic Sciences were largely skeptical about this issue. According to the ruling, it is no longer feasible to save up state credit authorizations in emergency years and transfer them to the future bypassing the debt brake. Prof. Schnellenbach also pointed out that the Saarland's justification for the emergency situation with reference to high energy prices following Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022 was not very plausible. In view of the continuing robust data for employment, growth and tax revenues, it is highly unlikely that the transformation fund can be saved with an annually renewed declaration of an emergency situation.