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Germany’s Bundestag votes resoundingly to open spending taps for defence, infrastructure & Ukraine. With 513 “yes” votes the constitutional change easily passes 2/3 majority (489) needed. A big boost for Merz - but package must now clear the Bundesrat.
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Some sense of spending firepower this unleashes ⬇️ Merz's "whatever it takes" package could significantly exceed the two biggest (H/T @DavideOneglia) fiscal boosts in post-war German history: the Marshall Plan and reunification.

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It will.

Don't want to jinx it, but it will pass the BR. Bundestag was tougher.

Imagine thinking this was a good thing. Or even somehow thinking this was helping American foreign policy objectives.
