Overview
- The Bundestag administration confirmed Saturday that President Julia Klöckner and Vice President Omid Nouripour want to stop the Luisenblock Ost II build to save at least €600 million.
- A special session of the Bundestag’s Building and Space Commission at the end of May will decide on the plan, with chair Nouripour already briefing Berlin’s mayor and the federal building ministry.
- The first phase of Luisenblock Ost stays on track for new offices and secure meeting rooms, with handover planned for 2034 after about €135 million in recently approved savings.
- Leaders cite tight federal funds and the risk of cost overruns and say priorities now are security needs and repairs to existing parliamentary buildings.
- The SPD’s Marja-Liisa Völlers backed the move, and the planned saving is close to half of the Bundestag’s 2025 budget of about €1.25 billion.