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A provision would exempt defence spending above 1 per cent of GDP from the debt brake rules, allowing Germany to boost spending on its armed forces by an unlimited amount at a time when Europe faces the prospect of losing US guarantees that have underpinned its security since Donald Trump began his second presidential term.
The future coalition partners will introduce another constitutional amendment to set up a €500bn fund for infrastructure, which would run over 10 years. They are also planning to loosen debt rules for states.
The Main Problem is, that the CDU has no Incentive to di anything useful. They forced the last government to work with a reduced amount of money, which caused the government to collapse, but at the same time they want to get the cheers for investing into stuff. They dont want to kill the debt break so that they can excerpt pressure onto the coming governments if they aren’t part of it.