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Dirk Siebels
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So, Germany's soon-to-be chancellor is running into trouble already. After annihilating his election promises (from "no new debt" to "€500bn on infrastructure plus many billions on defence" within days), his own party isn't happy. Now he may not even have the votes to get his plans approved: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/10/germanys-green-party-rejects-merzs-spending-proposals Problem is that this needs a two-third majority. Virtually impossible in the new parliament, possible with help from the Green Party in the current one. The hitch is that they are currently in gov't but soon in opposition and don't like the way all that money should be spent – which is fair, given that they weren't part of the negotiation at all. That now has implications on Europe's big plans on defence spending as Germany is supposed to be a major contributor. And there's the tiny issue of political stability in the EU's largest economy.
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highplains.base.eth 🎩✨🔴
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Yeah if Europe is going to build its armys back up they need a strong Germany.
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