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Sometimes it doesn't seem that easy to distribute money.

The federal ministries are currently experiencing this; in any case, they have clearly missed the target of reviving the economy in difficult times with a lot of money.

As part of the economic stimulus package, they should spend three billion euros on early state investments, last year alone.

In the end it was only 742 million euros.

This emerges from a report by the Federal Ministry of Finance to the budget committee of the Bundestag, which WELT AM SONNTAG has received.

“As is so often the case, the funds for investments in the ministries are stuck,” says Christian Dürr, deputy FDP parliamentary group leader.

"I doubt that the expensive package of measures has given our economy a real boost."

190 million euros for laptops, software and IT

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In the summer, all 15 ministries including the Chancellery should examine the extent to which they can bring forward orders that have already been planned.

If you look at the list of projects, there's a big winner: the IT and telecommunications industries.

Employees received new laptops or smartphones for working in the home office, and funds were also poured into new software and databases: a total of around 190 million euros.

The automotive industry was also pleased.

The Interior Ministry alone spent a good 60 million euros on new vehicles.

Almost 24 million euros went to the arms industry, for ammunition and weapons.

There are two large individual items that have had a major impact on the overall balance: The Ministry of Transport quickly spent 100 million euros on the "Digital Rail Germany" project.

And the Ministry of Defense increased the equity of two Bundeswehr companies by 210.5 million euros.

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After all, money is already reserved for projects up to 2023.

Another untouched 1.13 billion euros were parked in the energy and climate fund - there, 31.5 billion euros are now waiting to be distributed.

This article is from WELT AM SONNTAG.

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Source: Welt am Sonntag