Agreement paves way for flagship defence and infrastructure package to be adopted by parliament next week

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Germany’s chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz has agreed a deal with the Green party to inject hundreds of billions into the country’s defence sector and ageing infrastructure, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), his likely coalition partner Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens are scheduled to meet in parliament this afternoon to review the details of the deal, one of the people said.

Merz needs all three parties to pass his flagship package with a two-thirds majority in an emergency session of the old parliament on Tuesday. The three parties no longer command a supermajority in the new Bundestag, which was elected in February and is set to take office this month.

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  • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I am excited to learn what sort of concessions they forced down his throat by threatening to delay till the new parliament takes over, which would have forced him to deal with Die Linke which is hard left.

    • truthfultemporarily@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 days ago

      100 billion for climate investments and a clause that the money has to be spent in new stuff instead of financing tax breaks like he wanted.

    • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I’m glad the people of Germany had a last minute swing to Die Linke. That got Die Linke solidly over the 5% and into Der Bundestag as a party. The next few years will hopefully have that momentum continue.

      The leadership also needs to figure out how to address issues on the far right and undermine the AfD momentum. Letting a new Nazi party into a position of control is a possible nation ender for Germany.