Germany’s Friedrich Merz plans ‘double bazooka’ for defence and infrastructure
Such a plan would mark a step-change in Germany’s traditionally conservative approach to public borrowing. Berlin in 2009 enshrined a debt brake in its constitution, which limits government borrowing and keeps the structural deficit at 0.35 per cent of GDP.
Mr Merz revealed plans for two changes to the debt brake, a constitutional provision in place since 2009 that lets the ...
Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...
Germany’s Friedrich Merz, poised to be his country’s next chancellor, said he thinks the explosive exchange between Ukrainian ...
The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet the conservative leader taking the reins of the German chancelleryMerz, a man who has never held a government role, is preparing to take the reins in Germany just as the country faces ...
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Merz prioritizes Ukraine and US, vows to tackle migration and economy after German election winProvisional results confirm that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a ...
As Germany's Friedrich Merz gets closer to becoming chancellor, many asylum seekers live in fear of what his promised ...
Europeans are reconsidering their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed ...
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