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Düsseldorf - North Rhine-Westphalia: State Government Takes over Old Debts From Municipalities - Wüst (Cdu) Speaks of Historical Step

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The state of North Rhine-Westphalia relieves municipalities with the acquisition of old debts of around 8.9 billion euros.

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The state of North Rhine-Westphalia relieves municipalities with the acquisition of old debts of around 8.9 billion euros.

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With the old debt relief law NRW significantly reduces the debt burden of many municipalities. 167 cities and municipalities should benefit from it.

Six cities in the district of Wesel benefit from an old debt relief of the country. A total of 167 municipalities in NRW will be relieved by 8.9 billion euros.

The Green Group is pleased about the transfer of some €610 million to old debts from the city of Essen to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Co-presidents of the Green Group, Sandra Schumacher, explain: "It is really good news that we are reaching from Düsseldorf today. A good €610 million in reliefs from old debts probably also bring double-digit million reliefs to interest payments in the current budget. Linked to the NRW infrastructure plan…

The state of NRW plays Christkind. The promised old debt aid for municipalities comes in the amount of almost nine billion euros.

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia clearly relieves the city of Lünen from its old debts. Under the old debt relief law NRW, the country takes over liabilities of 74,843,395 euros for Lünen. This corresponds to 41.1 percent of the excessive liquidity loans that the city had accumulated on 31 December 2023. Overall, the country takes over almost nine billion euros of municipal debt and thus relieves 167 cities and municipalities. The aim of the …

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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news in on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
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