S. On Tuesday, the German Parliament (Bundestag) approved the suggestion of the CDU governors to move the so -called “debt brakes” A constitutional mechanism that defines strict limits for the annual climbing of public expenditures. The proposal was approved by CDU deputies, as well as the Social Democrats of the Democratic and Green Democratic Party. The three parties together managed to overcome the two -thirds of two -thirds (they got 513, above 489 mandatory votes) to make changes to the German constitution.
Conservative leader and future German advisor, Fredchich Mirz, announced in early March a A special fund 500 billion euros to invest in infrastructure in the next ten years. However, to advance with this funding, it is necessary to transfer “debt brake” in order to ensure that the defense expenditures exceeding 1 % of GDP are not subject to the currently specified borders in the constitution.
Although there is “green light” from Bundestag, The proposal still needs to obtain the approval of the Bonndes The upper room that forms the legislative body and represents the sixteen states of the unified states in the country -which votes on Friday. The majority of two -thirds are also essential in this room, but the bunters should not be an obstacle to constitutional reform, because the representatives of the state of Bavaria have already announced that they would hold their hands on CDU talks.
This vote represents the first political victory for Mears after his party won the elections on February 23. The conservative leader was in negotiations with SPD to form a center coalition and be able to rule the country, but the path is not easy. From March 25, Mirz will find Bundestag more fragmentedWith the highest weight of the far -right party An alternative to Germany (AFD) and the left party dies Link. For this reason, the discussion was proposed on constitutional reform urgently, even before the new parliament took office.
This was one of the main criticisms of the parties opposing constitutional reform. In the discussion that preceded the vote, the Parliamentary leader, Tino Chrupalla, said, The former parliamentary training has no legitimacy to agree to constitutional changesMirz accused the “spine”. Diet Link, who argued that the conservative leader wanted to want to beautify German society.
Defending themselves from the accusations targeted by their opponents, Mirz notes that Germany and the European Union have a “false feeling of security” And that the decision made on Tuesday in Bundestag “is the first step in establishing a new European defense community.” The co -commander of SPD summoned the current geopolitical context to justify the urgent need to agree to this fund. “Europe, on the one hand, is near aggressive Russia, and on the other hand, from some unexpected United States.”
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