Infrastructure loans: billions for refugee shelters – but the outdoor pools remain cold

German politics mobilizes billions to rebuild the depraved infrastructure. However, the countries have other plans with the fresh money: Berlin wants to take on an "emergency loan for the refugee costs". In the open-air swimming pools, on the other hand, there are no problems with saving.

The CDU/CSU and SPD approved the billion-euro package with the help of the Greens. The Bundesrat has now also approved it. Read the developments in our news blog.