Germany’s parliament approves Merz’s €1tn spending plan
Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure
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‘Germany is back’: Merz secures Greens’ support for defence spend boost
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Germany’s Merz offers concessions to Greens over ‘historic’ spending plan
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Merz ‘confident’ about Germany’s make-or-break spending vote
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Germany’s Greens vow to block Merz’s flagship spending package
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Merz presses Greens to name their terms for German defence spending rise
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Can Germany spend its way out of industrial decline?
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Germany’s Merz agrees spending deal with Greens
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Germany's likely next leader seeks approval for huge defense and infrastructure package
Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking ...ABC News - 10h
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