Friedrich Merz ugly political maneuver; Debt brake

 


Friedrich Merz is mulling using the outgoing parliament to approve €200 billion ($210 billion) of new borrowing to beef up the military. 

Merz shares the blame for having to consider such an ugly political maneuver, yet it might be the least-bad option to rebuild the country’s threadbare armed forces. 

His sudden embrace of massive borrowing looks opportunistic and anti-democratic.  

Long an ardent trans-Atlanticist, Merz now says Europe must become “independent” from the US and that “the fate of Europe matters very little to certain Americans,” 

And it’s a reminder that Germany’s constitutionally enshrined so-called debt-brake is long past its sell-by date.

Chris Bryant Bloomberg  27 februari 2025 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-27/germany-s-210-billion-military-spending-bazooka-has-an-ugly-cost


,Merz is laying the groundwork for a grand bargain with Macron

Tillbaka till Rolfs länktips 27 Februari 2025

 https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/02/rolfs-lanktips-27-februari-2025.html


 




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