FILE PHOTO: Norbert-Walter Borjans, Finance Minister of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state, during a Reuters interview in Duesseldorf, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs massive investments in infrastructure and the government should be prepared to make them even if it means running a budget deficit, aspiring Social Democrat (SPD) leader Norbert Walter-Borjans said on Tuesday.
Germany's oldest party, divided over staying in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, is holding a protracted leadership race after its worst ever performance in elections to the European Parliament in May forced Andrea Nahles to quit.
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