‘What more do you want from us?’ asks chancellor-in-waiting as he seeks urgent support for fiscal rule changes
Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting has tried to win over the Greens to his ambitious but controversial plans to raise the country’s defence spending, promising to expand the scope of the plans and demanding of them: “What more do you actually want from us?”
The outgoing parliament met on Thursday to debate the creation of a €500bn (£420bn) fund for infrastructure investment and radical changes in Germany’s borrowing limits in order to boost defence spending.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/german-parliament-to-debate-radical-borrowing-rule-changes-to-boost-defence
Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin and agencies
Publish date : 2025-03-13 17:09:00
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