Opinion: Why on earth would Lower Saxony want to do this to itself?

Lower Saxony intends to expand its influence over the controversial Landesbank Nord/LB and increase its stake from 60% to 80%, if necessary even through a supplemental budget, according to plans by the Red-Green coalition in Hanover. The state bank is to be led to renewed strength. Is there a risk of a return to the old days of megalomania?…