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Germany’s Friedrich Merz weighs ‘double bazooka’ for defence and infrastructure | Financial Times 04.03.2025

Economists’ proposal for up to €800bn of funding under review as part of coalition talks


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The economists’ proposal would be “a double bazooka”, said Armin Steinbach, professor of economics at HEC, referring to the term used for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s stimulus during the Covid pandemic.

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More than 80 per cent of this fund, which expires in 2027, has been committed, but one option is to top it up. The two-fund package would be a rapid “political compromise” to avoid a more complex debt brake overhaul, Steinbach said.

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