US EditionResearch Institutes - Most of the Infrastructure Special Fund Has Been Used for Other Purposes
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The Ifo Institute is imputing a label fraud to the government. However, the bill ignores some realities. On closer examination, there is no trace of misdirection.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
LVZ - Leipziger VolkszeitungAccording to Ifo President Fuest, the funds have almost exclusively been used to stuff budget holes. This is "a big problem." The anti-Semitism dispute in the left is expanding.
For one year, the government had the opportunity to spend a special fund on investments in infrastructure and climate protection. Two institutes now predict that the money was mainly used to plug budget holes.
According to calculations by economists, the Federal Government has so far spent its actually planned new debt for investments mainly on budget holes. Of the EUR 24.3 billion of loans received in 2025 under the "Special Assets for Climate Neutrality and Infrastructure", 95 percent were not used for investments, according to the Ifo Institute.
A recent study by the ifo Institute calls into question the use of funds from the state special fund – up to 95 ... The post "To plug budget holes: 95 percent of the special fund has been used for foreign purposes appeared first on Apollo News.
A year ago, the Bundestag approved a huge debt package for new investments. A study suggests that the money was used for 95 percent.
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