Robert Habeck, German Minister for Economy and Climate Protection and Vicechancellor, Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen, Olaf Scholz , Federal Chancellor SPD, and Christian Lindner , Federal Finance Minister FDP (f.l.t.r.) during a press conference at the Chancellor Office in Berlin. On the day the Federal Constitutional Court declared the 2021 supplementary budget to be unconstitutional. Germany's top court struck down a key element of the government's plans to address climate change and transform the economy, dealing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition a major setback that throws its budget policy into disarray.