Germany to pass extra budget, 'a booster for the economy' - FinMin

Record ID: 1650611

  • Title: Germany to pass extra budget, 'a booster for the economy' - FinMin
  • Date: 10th December 2021
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 10, 2021) (CORONA POOL) LINDNER ON STAGE LISTENING TO A STATE FINANCE MINSTER
  • Embargoed: 24th December 2021 15:12
  • Keywords: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner supplementary budget
  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • City: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Europe,Economic Events
  • Reuters ID: LVA002F7GE2KT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Germany's new coalition government will pass a supplementary budget on Monday that will see more than 60 billion euros ($68 billion) of unused debt from this year's federal budget channelled into a climate and transformation fund, the finance minister said on Friday (December 10).
    "I have handed the draft supplementary budget to the cabinet today," Christian Lindner said on Friday, confirming a Reuters report.
    A 2021 new debt limit of 240 billion euros will not be exceeded, he said.
    (Production: Leon Malherbe, Michele Sani)
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