Government bills3
- HE 101/2025 vpPassed
Cutting state funding for churches
The state will cut funding for the Evangelical Lutheran Church's societal tasks and the central government grant to the Orthodox Church in 2026 and 2027. The fixed-term cuts will strengthen central government finances by a total of 20 million euros.
2 Dec 2025 · 2 votes152 jaa17 ei - HE 113/2024 vpPassed
Cutting state funding for churches
The state will cut funding received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church by a total of 20 million euros from 2025 onwards. The saving will balance central government finances in a situation where the tax revenues of the churches are estimated to increase correspondingly due to other tax changes.
28 Nov 2024 · 2 votes117 jaa40 ei - HE 247/2016 vpPassed
Freezing index increases in church funding
Price-level adjustments to state funding for the churches will be frozen for 2017–2019 as part of central government spending cuts. The amount of funding will be kept at the 2016 level for three years.
14 Dec 2016 · 1 vote96 jaa63 ei