Die Vereinbarkeit der Schuldenbegrenzungsregelungen mit der Garantie der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung

»The Compatibility of Balanced-Budget Rules with the Right of Local Self-Government« Similar to the federal government and the federal states, local borough governments in Germany continuously increased their financial deficit in the previous years. In order to counteract indebtedness, the German constitution now sets forth that public budgets of the federation and the federal states are to be financed without loans. The legal consequences of those balanced-budget rules for the right of local self-government are reviewed in this paper.