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Demanding the sensible use of these funds is always better than saying I failed,
Europe must react to this, Germany must react to this, quickly and decisively,
In highway construction, up to 85% of the time is spent on planning processes — only 15% on the construction itself,
We can start immediately. The construction industry has the capacity for new orders and the expertise to implement the necessary infrastructure projects,
wrote Felix Pakleppa, Managing Director of the German Construction Industry Association in a press release 2027 will then depend on how well the funds are used,
Germany is losing up to €146 billion per year in economic output due to excessive bureaucracy."
The ifo Institute in Munich wrote in a study at the end of 2024 Germany is suffocating because of bureaucracy and inefficient structures. We need faster approval procedures and clear responsibilities! But a new debt fund does not solve any of these problems,
We need more engineering capacity to implement the huge investment package in concrete projects that will take several years,
Adrian Willig, director of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), told Reuters The more comprehensive effects are to be expected for 2026 and 2027, when the awarding of contracts by state actors picks up speed and companies have expanded their capacities,
said Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank Otherwise, there is a risk the enormous demand from the investment packages will lead to a sharp increase in inflation,
said Robert Grundke, senior economist for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development think tank It's too early for this to really spur confidence for investment decisions,
said Ulrich Flatken, head of Mecanindus Vogelsang, which produces cylindrical fasteners for carmakers and other industrial clients and has a staff of 450 Let's see whether truly tangible structural reforms become part of a coalition agreement,
he said, referring to talks between political parties to form a coalition government following last month's election It will not be enough to simply pump more money into infrastructure projects,
My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA … I have absolutely no illusions about what is happening from America,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern supports the legislative package out of political responsibility and in the interests of the country,
she said, calling the reform a "powerful investment" in the future When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?”
As John Maynard Keynes is said to have asked A few weeks ago, many would have thought that we couldn’t have come to an agreement. The differences were too great,
They would like to align the EU framework according to their revised debt brake. That was their idea,
said one of the diplomats quoted above [Markets] see joint European financing as a better tool than increasing debt at national level.”
As European Stability Mechanism chief Pierre Gramegna put it last week Now the Germans have decided that they do whatever the hell they want. Since the [EU] rules approved six months ago don’t suit them now, they do the opposite, of course without having negotiated anything at the European level,
said Italy’s Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti at a party event on Saturday
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