VW billion should be in fast Internet and university hospitals flow

D The state of Lower Saxony wants the billions fine of VW especially in the expansion of the fast Internet and the University Hospitals stuck in Hanover and Göttingen. More funds from the billion should flow into the debt reduction, the renovation of sports facilities and an environmental fund to clean air, as Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) said on Monday in Hannover.

Each 350 million euros are planned for the expansion of fast Internet connections and investments in hospitals and colleges. In addition, 100 million euros are earmarked for the refurbishment of sports facilities, debt reduction and a business development fund for climate protection, air pollution control and traffic reversal.

In the words of Because The state government assumes that the money will be “marginally reduced, but not substantial”. The term VW billion was still apt. Recently, there had been discussions about tax implications of the billions , The finance ministers of the states of Hesse, Schleswig-Holstein and Brandenburg, for example, demanded a nationwide distribution. The practices of the automaker had caused nationwide damage, said about Hesse Finance Minister Thomas Schäfer (CDU). Therefore compensation for damages should be developed.