Outgoing German lawmakers could fund defence boost, leave debt brake for new parliament
Germany could approve a fund to boost defence spending before the outgoing parliament steps down next month, while leaving debate over state borrowing limits to new lawmakers elected on Sunday, an ally of vote winner Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday.
Transcript: Germany’s debt brake problem
Laura Pitel Well, the first thing to say is that Merz’s CDU has always been very fiscally hawkish, and their manifesto says that they are opposed to changing the debt brake in any way. That has changed pretty dramatically less than 24 hours after the election result.
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