UPDATE 3-Berlin earmarks 9 bln euros to buy COVID-19 shots for Europeans Reuters 2/9/2021
By Michael Nienaber
BERLIN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Germany is planning to spend nearly 9 billion euros ($10.9 billion) this year to help procure up to 635.1 million COVID-19 vaccination shots for its population and other EU member states, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
Delays to the EU s vaccine roll-out and concerns about new coronavirus variants are making it harder for Berlin and other European governments to ease pandemic restrictions. The hiccups have caused some tensions between Brussels and Berlin.
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz s deputy Bettina Hagedorn proposed to lawmakers in a letter that they should approve a request by Health Minister Jens Spahn for an additional 6.22 billion euros to buy more doses, according to the document.
Exclusive: Berlin earmarks 9 billion euros to buy COVID-19 shots for Germans and EU
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a tray with a syringe containing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the opening day of a vaccination center at the Messe Berlin trade fair grounds in Berlin, Germany January 18, 2021. Sean Gallup/Pool via REUTERS reuters tickers
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February 9, 2021 - 14:20
By Michael Nienaber
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is planning to spend nearly 9 billion euros ($10.9 billion) this year to help procure up to 635.1 million COVID-19 vaccination shots for its population and other EU member states, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany has earned more than 7 billion euros with the issuance of new bonds to finance its federal budget this year as negative yields are pushing down Berlin’s overall debt servicing costs to record lows, a finance ministry document showed on Tuesday.
The sum is mainly due to “historically very low interest rates”, Deputy Finance Minister Bettina Hagedorn wrote in a letter to opposition lawmaker Fabio De Masi following a parliamentary request. (Reporting by Rene Wagner and Michael Nienaber; editing by Thomas Seythal)
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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany earned more than 7 billion euros ($8.51 billion) from issuing new bonds this year as negative interest yields pushed down Berlin’s overall debt servicing costs to record lows, a finance ministry document showed on Tuesday.
The windfall is mainly due to “historically very low interest rates”, Deputy Finance Minister Bettina Hagedorn wrote in a letter to opposition lawmaker Fabio De Masi following a parliamentary request.
The average yield on new German bonds issued until end of November was -0.56 percent, resulting in revenues of 7.07 billion euros, according to the finance ministry document.