the second year of the health crisis according to destatis nonetheless germany created 248 billion euros 284 billion less debt than first planned finance minister christian lindner told parliament on friday and is setting aside 60 billion euros to invest in its net zero and digital transformation in doing so the government was reserving unused opportunities from last year to invest in growth drivers like climate protection lindner saidalso readgerman industrial output stalls even as exports riseproduction levels in november 2021 were 24 percent below the same month in 2020 and lagged germanys precoronavirus crisis output in february 2020 by seven percentsee more details afp published on jan 15 2022 at 0340 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app german economy german cars german auto sector european union economic growth german car manufacturers covid impct homenewsindustrygerman economy struggles through virus and supply issues