BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new coalition parties agreed to create more fiscal firepower for election promises by stretching the repayment period of coronavirus debt and bolstering the government's climate investment fund with a budget manoeuvre.
The budget plans by Chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz, as presented by the three parties in their joint coalition deal on Wednesday, confirmed an exclusive Reuters report from earlier this month.
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