Photo: Maurizio Gambarini/DPAGermany should be legally bound to invest in infrastructure, the centre-left challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel at September elections said on Sunday. Berlin "must use its money to improve public infrastructure according to binding rules," Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate Martin Schulz said at a campaign event in the German capital. German public spending is a hot topic at home and abroad. And The Economist magazine labelled trade surpluses "the German problem" on its latest cover. Schulz, a former president of the European Parliament has a formidable opponent in Merkel.

Source: The Local July 16, 2017 14:26 UTC