Germany’s Merz implores Greens to approve spending revolution
BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional amendments that would unleash up to €1 trillion in new spending to bolster the country’s military and invest in its economy.
The Greens accused Merz of merely putting his interests first, as he had rejected their proposal to loosen German debt rules when the CDU was in opposition.
Plans for Germany to unleash a massive increase in state borrowing faced new questions on Wednesday, with a co-leader of the ...
The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is ...
The clock is ticking for Merz to persuade lawmakers in the outgoing parliament to back plans to unshackle Germany's tight ...
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.
Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...
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