Nette Nöstlinger

2 months ago | politico.eu | Nette Nöstlinger |Chris Lunday

To pass the package of three constitutional amendments, Merz needs to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament. When the newly elected Bundestag convenes March 25, the far-right, pro-Kremlin Alternative for Germany (AfD) and The Left — which opposes increased military spending — are likely to block the amendments. Merz must thus secure the Greens’ backing in the coming days.

2 months ago | politico.eu | James Angelos |Chris Lunday |Nette Nöstlinger

BERLIN — Le plan de dépenses historique de Friedrich Merz pour l’Allemagne repose sur la coopération d’un parti que nombre de conservateurs ont souvent tourné en dérision. Ce sont les Verts — arrivés en quatrième position lors des élections du 23 février — qui ont le pouvoir de contrecarrer les grands projets de celui dont l’alliance conservatrice est arrivée en tête des élections.

2 months ago | politico.eu | James Angelos |Chris Lunday |Nette Nöstlinger

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz's historic spending plan for Germany hinges on the cooperation of a party many of his conservatives have often derided. It's the Greens — the defeated, center-left party that came in fourth place in the Feb. 23 election — that hold the power to foil the election winner's grand plans.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Chris Lunday |Nette Nöstlinger

BERLIN — Germany’s Greens are vowing to put an end to Friedrich Merz’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in defense and infrastructure. Greens leaders on Monday said they would urge lawmakers in the party to reject a historic deal by Merz’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to unleash hundreds of billions of euros of new spending to bolster the military and invest heavily in the economy.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Nette Nöstlinger |Johanna Treeck |Chris Lunday

BERLIN — Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is promising a constitutional revolution to allow Germany to become Europe’s unlikely big spender — on arms and infrastructure — to contend with a new world order in which America is no longer a dependable ally.