Overview

• The Bundesrechnungshof urged binding legal targets and insisted the fund finance only capital investments.
• It pressed for a clearly defined sunset for the special fund and a schedule for repaying the borrowing.
• Draft allocations earmark €100 billion for Länder projects, €100 billion for climate protection, and €300 billion for federal investments in transport, energy, health, education, research, digitalisation and civil protection.
• Parliamentary information states that debt repayment should begin no later than 1 January 2044.
• Economist Sebastian Dullien and the German Association of Cities warned against substitution of existing budgets and urged channeling funds into additional investment, as opposition figures accused the government of budget tricks.