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Koblenz (dpa / lrs) - Municipalities are excitedly looking forward to an expected fundamental judgment in the dispute over money with the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Constitutional Court (VGH) in Koblenz wants to announce its decision today (10:00 a.m.).
On November 11, the country's highest court spent four hours hearing the dispute.
The presiding judge Lars Brocker announced that the Senate will probably deal with the municipal financial equalization in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The city of Pirmasens and the district of Kaiserslautern want to get more money from the country.
Pirmasens is one of Germany's most heavily indebted cities.
The municipality speaks of disastrous finances in many cities and districts in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The reason for this are the statutory duties assigned by the federal and state governments, especially in the social sector such as kindergartens, without enough money being transferred to them.
Pirmasens and the Kaiserslautern district claim that they are also complaining on behalf of other indebted communities.
The Ministry of the Interior in Mainz, on the other hand, considers the municipal financial equalization in Rhineland-Palatinate to be constitutional according to its own statements.
On the one hand, the state's payments to the municipalities have increased in recent years.
On the other hand, the municipalities would have left their trade and property taxes “very low” in a nationwide comparison and thus received less money.