Bundesagentur für Arbeit

NUREMBERG – November 13, 2026 -- The Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) plans a deficit of €8.2 billion in its 2027 budget, which its Administrative Board has adopted. Federal loans will cover the gap. With loans taken in 2025 and 2026, the debt to the federal government is set to reach up to €18.7 billion by the end of 2027. That equals about 44% of the €42.4 billion in contribution income planned for 2027, by our calculation.

The 2027 deficit is smaller than 2026's, but the loan stock keeps growing

The BA expects a shortfall of up to €9.0 billion in 2026, also covered by federal loans. Against that ceiling, the 2027 deficit is €0.8 billion, or about 9%, lower. If 2026 reaches the full €9.0 billion, the stated figures imply roughly €1.5 billion in loans from 2025 (€18.7 billion minus €9.0 billion minus €8.2 billion). The BA did not disclose repayment terms or interest conditions for the loans.

Nuremberg – November 13, 2026 -- The administrative board of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) has elected Dr. Anna Robra as its new chair. She succeeds Christina Ramb, who left the body at her own request because of a professional move, according to BA press release no. 45.

Robra has sat on the board since 2017, about nine years by FairsOnline's calculation to the 2026 start of her new BDA role. The release does not say how long her term as chair runs.

Robra holds the chair while serving in BDA executive management

Since 1 November 2026, Robra has been a member of the executive management (Hauptgeschäftsführung) of the Deutsche Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA), the German employers' associations. She joined the BDA in 2008, 18 years before that appointment and nine years before she joined the BA board. She previously headed the BDA's labor market department.