Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Friedrich Merz said, then moved away from
war Armed conflict and preparing for it: military spending, alliances, and what changes when machines are in the loop.
No longer holdsAngesichts der Bedrohungen unserer Freiheit und des Friedens auf unserem Kontinent muss jetzt auch für unsere Verteidigung gelten: Whatever it takes.
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I hold this tooIn tension with
Blanchard names a quasi-religious belief that public debt is inherently bad as the main obstacle to sound fiscal debate. Germany wrote that belief into its constitution, and Merz said a week before reversing himself that reforming the debt brake was out of the question for the foreseeable future. Merz has since turned, which is the outcome Blanchard’s claim would predict and does not by itself vindicate his diagnosis of why the rule was there.
Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.