Germany’s Greens vow to block Friedrich Merz’s flagship spending package

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The German Greens pledged to prevent the leading spending package from Friedrich Mirz, winner of the elections, as it raised the heat on the upcoming advisor, as he races to secure support for his plan to save the largest economy in Europe and invest in its security.
The Grand Party officials said on Monday that they would refuse Mirz plan To create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and change the country’s borders on debt to allow unlimited borrowing to finance defense.
Their position is risked by depriving Mirz, the leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), from the two -thirds of the superpower he needs in the German parliament next Tuesday, when the deputies are required to approve the changes.
Franzeska Barnner, leader of Green, said her party would not “blackmail” by CDU, his brother Bavari CSU and potential coalition partners of Social Democrats (SPD) because of the historical plan that was unveiled last week to abandon the financial governance of long Germany.
Economists say the proposal, which was paid by US President Donald Trump to support Ukraine and threaten him to retreat from European security, will allow Germany to borrow an additional amount of one million euros during the next decade.
Brantner, whose concert is still intelligent of the bruising campaign last month and its disappointing result, Mirz and SPD were accused of seeking to “abuse” the security situation in Europe to ensure the support of the vegetables.
“This is the account they do. This is something that does not serve the country and our interests in Europe,” she added.
CDU and SPD officials reduce green The threat, insists that the discussions are continuing. The Secretary -General of CDU Carsten Lenman said that the conversations with the Greens would be held later on Monday, adding that he had seen a “constructive environment” in their proposals.
Klingbeil, the co -leader of SPD, said he took the green demands “seriously”, and pledged to other conversations “to achieve something to face the challenges our country faces and something that our country’s democratic center can gather.” He added: “I do not lose confidence that it can be done.”
Mirz took the very unusual step in seeking the outgoing German Bundestag contract – which was elected in the previous elections in 2021 – to pass his reforms. This was driven by the fear that if he tried to change using the newly -elected Bundestag, the right -wing alternative to Germany and Linke parties that die from the extremist left will work together to prevent changes.
But Catharina Dorg, the Greens parliamentary leader, urged Mirz to use the next parliament to seek to agree to his plans, saying that she will better respect voters and enable the “appropriate” reform for the so -called debt brakes that limit the government’s death by 0.35 percent of the GDP.
She said it was possible to conclude a deal with Die Link, who opposes high defense spending but supports brake repair.
However, Klingbeil from SPD said on Monday that defense and infrastructure bills are “interconnected” and must be passed at the same time by the outgoing parliament. Linnemann from CDU also said that the goal is to “adopt the comprehensive package in this way and not to break it.”
Dröge and other green officials call for a more comprehensive repair of debt brakes, a broader plan to fix it GermanyDefense, security and more funding to protect climate and green transition.
Even if Mirz beat the Greens, the second chamber, which represents the 16 countries in Germany, must agree to constitutional changes by a two -thirds majority.
CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens do not have two -thirds of the seats in the bunrat and it will need to beat the liberal FDP, which is located in the coalition governments in two states and opposes the infrastructure fund, or free voters, which rules with CSU in Bavaria.
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2025-03-10 13:56:00