Berlin (dpa -AFX) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not want to draw directly from the full of the new loan areas of the federal government. “We have to deal with these options extremely carefully, because these debts trigger interest payments and they have to be repaid one day,” said the CDU politician in his government declaration in the Bundestag. Loans could therefore only be justified “if we increase the value of our infrastructure with this money permanently and sustainably and improve the performance of our country as a whole”.
Merz announced that the black and red federal government wanted to use up to 150 billion euros from the debt-financed infrastructure pot in this legislative period. Overall, the special fund is to be filled with loans over 500 billion, but the money is invested in twelve years. Much more has to be invested in Germany, said Merz. “The larger part must come from the private sector and the capital markets.”/Tam/DP/MIS