Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer (non-party) is raising hopes that the German National Library in Leipzig will get its long-planned extension after all. "My political interest is to make the National Library bigger. Physically, of course. And if we have to build it, then we'll build it," said Weimer at a panel discussion on freedom of expression at the Leipzig Book Fair. The collection of digital works also opens up new dimensions.
The Minister of State for Culture had previously made it clear that the extension in Leipzig had not yet been definitively stopped. A final review of the planning documents by the federal building authorities is still pending and long-term financing has not been secured. "However, the resulting moratorium does not mean that the project has been canceled," Weimer explained.
