This comes across as a bit more dramatic than it actually is (no matter what outlets like the German version of Pravda try make it look like).
The actual term here is “unusual emergency situation beyond governmental control and substantially harmful to the state’s financial capacity”.
It’s about article 115, section 2 Basic Law and how to be able to borrow more money/run a larger deficit than planned for:
Article 115 - Limits of borrowing
(1) The borrowing of funds and the assumption of surety obligations, guarantees or other commitments that may lead to expenditures in future fiscal years shall require authorisation by a federal law specifying or permitting computation of the amounts involved.
(2) Revenues and expenditures shall in principle be balanced without revenue from credits. This principle shall be satisfied when revenue obtained by the borrowing of funds does not exceed 0.35 per cent in relation to the nominal gross domestic product. In addition, when economic developments deviate from normal conditions, effects on the budget in periods of upswing and downswing must be taken into account symmetrically. Deviations of actual borrowing from the credit limits specified under the first to third sentences are to be recorded on a control account; debits exceeding the threshold of 1.5 per cent in relation to the nominal gross domestic product are to be reduced in accordance with the economic cycle. The regulation of details, especially the adjustment of revenue and expenditures with regard to financial transactions and the procedure for the calculation of the yearly limit on net borrowing, taking into account the economic cycle on the basis of a procedure for adjusting the cycle together with the control and balancing of deviations of actual borrowing from the credit limit, requires a federal law. In cases of natural catastrophes or unusual emergency situations beyond governmental control and substantially harmful to the state’s financial capacity, these credit limits may be exceeded on the basis of a decision taken by a majority of the Members of the Bundestag. The decision must be combined with an amortisation plan. Repayment of the credits borrowed under the sixth sentence must be accomplished within an appropriate period of time.
So it’s the black zero fucking things up again. Why am I not surprised.
Man these leopards out here really be eatin’ all kinds of faces.
I keep hearing that it’s not economically feasible to renovate office buildings into apartments. This is a good example of otherwise.
And it lays out what makes it work nicely. Some buildings are better for conversion. Nice job Inky!
Oh, so they have some expertise with defamation?
John Mulaney Targets ‘SNL’ Celebrity Hosts: ‘Only 2 Of Them Have Committed Murder’
Eddie Murphy played Tracy Morgan while performing next to the actual Tracy Morgan for Black Jeopardy…
That was just too funny. Tracy Morgan (as “Darius”) first looked peeved, but by the end Morgan knew that Murphy just nailed it and was trying to keep a straight face.
