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The FDP in particular is attacking the future Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) for the unprecedented new debt ...
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Parliament Debates Multi-Billion Euro Finance and Climate PlanThe coalition aims to ease debt limits and invest €500 billion, with a key vote scheduled this week amid political tensions.
- The coalition parties agreed on a financial package embedding climate neutrality by 2045 into the constitution.
- The FDP strongly opposed the plan, claiming it effectively abolishes the constitutional debt brake.
- The Greens hailed the deal as a victory, securing €100 billion for climate investments and strengthened environmental goals.
- Approval in the Bundesrat remains uncertain due to opposition from the Free Voters in Bavaria, risking the needed two-thirds majority.
Today, in the Budget Committee, a historic breach occurred. In effect, with this decision the debt brake in the Basic Law is being buried.— Torsten Herbst, parliamentary managing director of the FDP Bundestag faction, told Süddeutsche Zeitung on Sunday
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