The German Green Party threatened with Torpedo plans, which is probably invested by the Cancer Friedrich Merz in hundreds of billions of euros in defense and infrastructure.
Merz, whose conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has become the largest in the legislative elections in February, especially wants to relax the strict limitations that have imposed a “debt brake” in Germany in order to invest more in defense and security. His proposal comes, given that the economy of the country is experiencing extended stagnation and direct overtures of the President of the United States Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin have left Europe to feel vulnerable to security.
AND proposed Constitutional changes to facilitate the strict borrowing limits in the defense area and established the EUR 500 billion ($ 542 billion) infrastructure fund are described as historic when they were presented last week.
“We will not allow this to happen and we will not allow Friedrich Merz and Lars Klingbeil [of the Social Democratic Party] Abuse of a difficult situation in European security, “Franziska Branner, a suidentary party Green parties, said on Monday.
“This is something that serves neither Earth nor our interests in Europe.”
The German constitutional “debt brake”, which was a sign of Berlin fiscal policy since it was introduced by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2009, limits a new borrowing to 0.35 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Merzov proposal I would exclude military consumption from that rule – not setting the upper limit for the “necessary defense”.
Changes would also determine the infrastructure fund that will be spent over 10 years and facilitates consumption rules for German federal states and local government.
Merz needs the support of greenery to get two -thirds of the majority that he needs in the current parliament for any constitutional change, such as mitigating borrowing boundaries.
He tries to rush through changes even while he remains in conversations with the probable coalition partners of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
This is because in the next parliament, which is convened at the end of the month, the extreme right alternative to Germany (AFD) and the leftist Die Linke will have more than a third of the place. Therefore, they will be able to block changes.
AFD submitted emergency legal proposals on Monday with the Constitutional Court that challenged Merz’s attempt to consider the current parliament.
Although the greens advocated the reform of strict constitutional consumption limits in Germany, the changes proposed by Merz were not needed, the Green Leader told reporters at the Bundestag, Katharina Droege.
Merz and his SPD partners created a “treasure chest” to finance their political priorities, including tax reduction, said Drogege.
“Whoever wants our approval for more investment must also show that it is actually more investment in protection against climate, more investment in the economy in this country.”
Felix Banaszak, also a party -based co -president, said that Green would prepare its own legislative proposal for security and defense and that the party is ready to discuss safety and defense capabilities in Germany.
However, he described Maneure CDU -Ai SPD to gain the support of the party as “blackmail”.
“The goal is to reach the usual solution,” he said, adding that the pressure was on Merz to consult with other parties in Bundestag or parliament.
Responding to Green Party’s decision, SPD leader Lars Klingbeil said he had taken concern about changing the country’s constitution “very seriously” and promised to continue discussions to convince the greenery.
“From the conversation I have led with them last night, I’m not surprised that we are not yet in the usual denominator, but now it is a priority to gather and talk about confidential discussions,” he said.
“I think we are all aware of the importance and potential consequences of this decision,” he added.
Joerg Kukies, the current finance minister in the country, said the greens have legitimate points.
“I hope there will be more conversations with greenery to convince them to support the long brake reform,” he told Brussels reporters on Monday.
Following the first discussion of Merz’s proposal on Thursday, the constitutional amendments will be voted on by members of the Bundestag on March 18th.
Merz’s CDU and SPD, who are currently in talks on the formation of the Government, require the support of Greenial to reach two -thirds of the majority in the Bundestag for the constitutional audit.
The Green Leader Droege suggested that the conservatives reach for Linke’s (left) to die, which signaled the willingness to reform the consumption rules, but are more skeptical about increasing the cost of defense.
