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According to a newspaper report, payments of state bridge aid to the German economy will be delayed until January 2021. The reason is that the software tool to process applications has not yet been completed, “Bild” reported on Saturday, citing a response of the federal government. a request from the FDP parliamentary group. “The schedule currently agreed with the service provider stipulates that application processing can start in December if possible and payments can be made in January,” he says.
The parliamentary manager of the FDP parliamentary group, Marco Buschmann, criticized the late payment: “It is an oath of disclosure that not a single request for aid from November could be processed regularly,” he told the “Bild”. Also, it remains unclear when the federal government can deliver the necessary software. The hotel and restaurant association spoke of frustration and despair at many companies. Now the advances would have to be increased significantly, otherwise bankruptcies would be scheduled, said the executive director of the daily Dehoga, Ingrid Hartges.
The companies affected by the partial closure in November will be replaced by three-quarters of the previous year’s sales. That should cost the federal government around 15 billion euros. However, applications were only possible from the end of November, and initially only a small advance of up to 10,000 euros per company is paid. Too late and too little criticism has been for weeks. Therefore, Federal Finance Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) is examining higher prepayments for December.
