Against this background, he also expects that the entire funds from the federal government’s 200 billion package to combat the consequences of inflation will not be needed. “Price levels are lower than expected,” Lindner said. “From my point of view today we don’t need 200 billion euros.” Instead, debt could be reduced.
Lindner emphasized that the reason for the high inflation, especially in the EU, is the Russian attack on Ukraine. And Germany was “ridiculously dependent on Russia”. However, this has largely been done with the very rapid construction of import terminals for liquid gas.
