Back Germany, Merz says after the historical deal of defense and expenditure

Germany’s conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial package to revamp defense and infrastructure, ahead of a crunch vote in parliament next tuesday.

Merz, trying to lead a government with social democrats in the coming weeks, hurried to push a great enthusiasm for spending defense and making infrastructure.

After winning the election in the last month, he said it was his perfect priority to strengthen Europe because President Donald Trump showed no attention to its fate.

After 10 hours of greens talks, he said the deal sends a clear message to the allies in his country: “Germany back.”

He added: “Germany made its main contribution to protect Europe’s freedom and peace.”

Merz, which is expected to be the next chancellor in Germany, bids to take his debt and spend the reforms before newly selected MPs in the Bundestag of 25 March.

The distant alternative for Germany (AFD) party doubles the number of election MPs and can damage Merz when it fails to pass through time. The left party also puts reforms.

Under the Constitution of Germany, Merz requires a majority of thirty mostly to pass the changes. With the support of vegetables and social democrats, he must succeed.

Easy AFD moves and left to challenge next week the outer parliament sessions failed in the constitutional court on Friday to continue.

The conservative Christian democratic leader said that the three-party plan agreed with his party, social democrats and vegetables involve:

• A great enthusiasm for spending defense, civil protection and intelligence – with the expenditure of 1% of GDP (economic output) from debt restrictions
• A special € 500bn (£ 420bn) infrastructure fund for further investment in 10 years, including € 100bn to cover climate protection initiatives
• The 16 states of Germany will be allowed to borrow up to 0.35% of GDP above the debt limit.

Defense plans also allowed to spend the states “attacked with the violation of international law” to impose in the so-called debt debt.

That is able to make outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz to release € 3bn with Ukraine’s help as early next week.

The last government of Germany collapsed later than 2024 because of disagreement with the debt restrictions that Chancellor Nela Merkel’s Government took to Crisis in 2009.

It means that the government cannot borrow more than 0.35% of grost output in Germany, while railrugs and ministers seek to develop military spending.

Social Democrat Chairman Lars Klingbeil said the agreement on Friday sent a “historic signal” for Germany to strengthen the country in Europe “.

Even if the vegetables are in the ancient government, they cannot be part of Merz’s coalition. However, the Party is pleased to be € 100bn for the climate fund to go “in the right direction”.

Outgoing Vegetable Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also praised the defense package that Germany was not just repairing Ukraine, Europe and the world “.

Germany has a responsibility for rough times, he added.

The AFD co-leader Alice Weidide was not very impressed, and was accused of Merz bowing the constitution and loaded the coming generations with a “gigantic load”.

“It’s not a financial coup,” he complained.