- Title: Germany to pass extra budget, 'a booster for the economy' - FinMin
- Date: 10th December 2021
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (DECEMBER 10, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER CHRISTIAN LINDNER ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER, CHRISTIAN LINDNER, SAYING: "I have handed the draft supplementary 2021 budget to the cabinet today. The cabinet will discuss it on Monday. This second supplementary budget will address the economic consequences of the pandemic in a targeted and responsible way. The second supplementary budget is a booster for the economy. We will make 60 billion euros available and that's necessary."
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- Keywords: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner supplementary budget
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Europe,Economic Events
- Reuters ID: LVA001F7GE2KT
- 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.
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