Overview

• Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil established the Investitions- und Innovationsbeirat to guide the deployment of the infrastructure special fund.
• Entrepreneur Harald Christ will chair the council, which brings together figures from business, academia, labor, and municipal leadership.
• Named members include Ann‑Kristin Achleitner, Sabine Bendiek, Roman Zitzelsberger, former Mannheim mayor Peter Kurz, and economist Jens Südekum.
• The council’s mandate is to identify investment hurdles, propose growth‑promoting measures, and assess progress twice a year.
• Coverage citing Handelsblatt reports the fund at about €500 billion, and experts have urged clear additionality rules and stronger private capital mobilization, with the first meeting planned for late September.