What Friedrich Merz thinks about public debt
Chancellor of Germany since May 2025; leader of the CDU.
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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Friedrich Merz has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our reading · no longer heldGermany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed.
No longer holdsAngesichts der Bedrohungen unserer Freiheit und des Friedens auf unserem Kontinent muss jetzt auch für unsere Verteidigung gelten: Whatever it takes.
SaidAngesichts der Bedrohungen unserer Freiheit und des Friedens auf unserem Kontinent muss jetzt auch für unsere Verteidigung gelten: Whatever it takes.
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Their wordsEs ist in der nahe liegenden Zukunft ausgeschlossen, dass wir die Schuldenbremse reformieren.