North Rhine-Westphalia: government changes plan: new debts in the billions

Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – To overcome the crisis, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia wants to incur billions in new debt. After allegations of unconstitutional action by the State Audit Office, the black-green coalition dropped its plan at the last minute to use billions from the Corona rescue package for the 2023 state budget. Instead, a so-called special fund for crisis management is to be created based on the model of the Corona rescue package, as the state government announced on Tuesday in Düsseldorf. For implementation, a second supplementary budget is planned for the year 2022, which is coming to an end. This will enable individual crisis management measures to take effect at the end of this year. The state government did not give a figure for the amount of the so-called special fund. According to information from the German Press Agency, it should be up to five billion euros.