German business weekly
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WirtschaftsWoche · Germany · Germany's 2027 budget: record new borrowing and a €140bn planning gap
Reports Finance Minister Klingbeil defending the high borrowing as 'politically necessary' to clear an investment backlog and harden against external threats, against critics who call it fiscal recklessness.
“Klingbeil defends the high level of new debt.”