Public investment policy in Germany – torn between debt brake and delayed investments
The conférence will be held in German and French (simultaneous translation).
At the same time, the discourse in Germany is dominated by fiscal paradigms that largely prohibit further public spending for investments. Otherwise, the objective of “budgetary consolidation” at the federal, state and local level sought by the so-called debt brake would be endangered. Moreover, public investment policy is more and more becoming a subject of increasing Europeanization. Outside pressure on Germany to invest more in public infrastructure is consequently growing. Against this background, a fundamental reorientation of the entire German investment policy debate is needed.
Moderateur : Barbara Kunz, research fellow at the Studycommittee for French-German relations at Ifri.
Speakers :
- Henrik SCHELLER, Director of the research team « Finances » at Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (Difu) in Berlin, author of the note du Cerfa n°131 on public investment (june 2016).
- Patrick ALLARD, Consultant at the Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Development