“What else do you want?” Merz begs legislators on the German debt plan – prints – ReutersFeed

Sarah Marsh, Thomas Escrit and Matthias Williams
Berlin (Reuters) Waiting for Friedrich Merz called for skeptical legislators on Thursday to support their proposals for a massive increase in government borrowing, framing them as a German test to withstand in the world and protect European security.

Merz is in the race against time to convince the exit parliament to approve the Fund 500 billion euros for infrastructure and increasing changes to the borrowing rules to restore growth and increase military expenditures in Europe’s largest economy.

Merz wants to provide funds before the new Parliament is convened on March 25, where they run the risk of locking the extended contingent of extreme right and left legislators.

Recognizing that his plans may fail, Merz told legislators that Germany’s trust was put on map.

“The whole world is watching Germany these days and weeks. We have a task … that goes far beyond our own country and the well-being of our own people, ”he said.

“We must match this responsibility …”

The prospect of a major change in spending in a country, more known for its savings, has swept markets over the last week, helping raising the euro to five months against the dollar.

But, despite the fact that on Thursday he made concessions during the Bundestag’s test session, Merz tried to defeat the Greens Party, the support of which he needed to provide the two -thirds needed to change the Constitution.

Plans supported by Mertz Conservatives and his probable future coalition partner, Social Democrats (SPD), can also be violated by the Constitutional Court, which can make their sentence as soon as on Thursday in the calls given by an extreme right alternative for Germany (AFD) and left.

Opposition anger

Greens accused Mertz on Thursday discussions on the use of Europe’s security as a reason for borrowing policy financing, such as tax reductions, to please voters’ own base, neglecting problems such as climate change and poverty.

They also reminded Martz of his criticism, which resulted in the resistance of the departure government, under the direction of the SPD, under the direction of the SPD, only to change their opinion on the debt after the election victory.

“You have never been able to put the interests of this country in the first place, not actually,” said Merrt Parliamentary of Grinsent, Katarina Drazh.

The markedly disappointed Martz stated that he tried to resolve the concern of the greens by proposing to expand the scope of defense expenses to include civil defense and intelligence expenses. According to another compromise amendment, up to 50 billion euros from the infrastructure fund can be used for climate policy.

“What else do you want from us in such a short time?” he said.

AFD accused Mertz of disregarding the democratic will of the people, breaking his proposals through the exit parliament, and to threaten the strong credit rating of Germany.

“Give up trying to become a chancellor because you can’t,” said AFD leader Alice Weidel. “Your time ended before it even started.”

The failure of the agreement can cripple the coalition negotiations that are currently being conducted between conservatives and SPD, withdrawing the financial basis for their plans. With little, if any other viable coalition options in the new parliament can even lead to other SNAP national elections.

(Reporting Sarah Marsh, Holger Hansen, Andreas Rinke, Ludwig Burger, Rachel Sea, Ray Vi, Lucy Ritano, Thomas Escrit;

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