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German parliament passes debt rule reform, half-trillion euro fund

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      If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war,
      International Business Times AU
      she told cadets at the Royal Danish Military Academy in Copenhagen
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      I want to make this clear: I am in favour of us doing everything we can to uphold transatlantic cooperation,
      Aljazeera
      he added
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      Tino Chrupalla
      What a spectacle you're subjecting the citizens and our voters to,
      The Gazette
      Chrupalla said, according to translations
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      Friedrich Merz
      It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine,
      Le Monde
      Merz said
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      Bernd Baumann
      The new Bundestag is the legitimate one" because "it has new majorities that the people want,
      Le Monde
      Baumann said
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      We understand the worries, we understand the criticism, ... We have, for at least a decade, felt a false sense of security.”
      Guardian
      he said, but added
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      Wolfgang Kubicki
      There will be a large number of lawsuits on the grounds that these investments would run counter to the 2045 climate protection target. The burden of proof will then lie with the state. That will be difficult."
      Deutsche Welle
      Wolfgang Kubicki of the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) told the newspaper Welt
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      This does not result in a state objective of climate protection with a commitment to climate neutrality by 2045,
      Deutsche Welle
      he says
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      The decision we are taking today, ... can therefore be nothing less than the first major step towards a new European defense community.”
      Politico Europe
      Merz said
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      Tino Chrupalla
      What do you actually stand for, Mr. Merz?”
      Politico Europe
      one of the AfD’s leaders, Tino Chrupalla, said in parliament on Tuesday
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      Such debt can only be justified under very specific circumstances,
      Politico Europe
      Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said Tuesday
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      Reliable and predictable orders should go to European manufacturers whenever possible,
      Politico Europe
      he said
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      It was an attempt to limit irresponsible political behavior, so irresponsible wasting of taxpayer money,
      CNN
      Brzeski said
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      The debt brake was a fantastic instrument to lead by example in Europe: preaching austerity to all the other countries – Greece, Italy and Spain – and at the same time showing that Germany was leading the way with these very restrictive fiscal policies,
      CNN
      Brzeski explained
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      Merz and (his) coalition need to accelerate this, not because Germany needs to be a military power but because Germany, with its European partners, needs to look at hard security, because it’s a different world.”
      CNN
      Now, she told CNN
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      Germany, the guardian of fiscal austerity in Europe, is opening up its wallet,
      CNN
      he said
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      A debt brake still makes sense if you have a nice, thriving economy,
      CNN
      he said
    • 88:88
      Friedrich Merz
      Our friends in the E.U. are looking to us just as much as our adversaries and the enemies of our democratic and rules-based order,
      The Washington Post
      Merz said
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      If you consider the amount of money Germany is putting there — Germany, a country that is so addicted to a balanced budget — that shows how seriously the incoming coalition is taking the current challenges,
      The Washington Post
      Major said
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      Sahra Wagenknecht
      1914 as in 2025: No to war loans.”
      The Washington Post
      Members of the leftist populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) were reprimanded by Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau for holding up banners bearing the words