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Merz reaches deal on infrastructure fund by promising Greens €100 bln for climate action Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, conservative Christian Democrat Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, has reached a breakthrough deal on the 500-billion-euros infrastructure fund proposed by his prospective coalition government, by promising to dedicate a fifth of the sum to climate action. According to media reports, Merz agreed to transfer 100 billion euros of the sum to to the country’s Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), which is dedicated to climate policy spending, thus securing support from the Greens, whose votes are required for the necessary constitutional changes. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/merz-reaches-deal-infrastructure-fund-promising-greens-eu100-bln-climate-action