Germany’s ‘Debt Brake’ Backed by Conservatives
CDU-CSU draft platform says no to joint European borrowing
Germany’s opposition conservatives said they’ll maintain the country’s constitutional borrowing limits and oppose joint European Union debt issuance if they win next year’s federal election, according to a draft platform.
“We are sticking with the Basic Law’s debt brake,” the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union said in the draft seen by Bloomberg. “Today’s debts are tomorrow’s taxes.”
That stance contrasts with comments last month by Friedrich Merz, the two-party bloc’s candidate for chancellor, that signaled openness to reforming the limit on net new borrowing, known in Germany as “debt brake.”
Telegraph 13 December 2024
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