Vossloh: Is Germany Spending Hundreds of Billions of Euros on Infrastructure? Part of it Could be Invested in the Railway System!

The leaders of the parties CDU/CSU, SPD, and Greens are not only discussing a new special fund for armaments amounting to €100-400 billion, but also one for infrastructure, which could also turn out to be "significantly larger" than €100 billion. According to assessments by economists like Clemens Fuest (ifo) and Michael Hüther (IW), €400-500 billion would be necessary. It remains unclear so far which infrastructure measures it will be used for. A boost for housing construction, roads, bridges, digital infrastructure, and indeed the railway...