{"id":106043,"date":"2025-03-14T04:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/historical-debate-at-the-bundestag-on-the-reform-of-the-debt-brake\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:55:33","slug":"historical-debate-at-the-bundestag-on-the-reform-of-the-debt-brake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/historical-debate-at-the-bundestag-on-the-reform-of-the-debt-brake\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical debate at the Bundestag on the reform of the &#8220;debt brake&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/556\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/600\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/664\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/700\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/800\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Friedrich Merz, leader de l\u2019Union chr\u00e9tienne-d\u00e9mocrate (CDU), apr\u00e8s son discours lors d\u2019une r\u00e9union extraordinaire, au Bundestag, \u00e0 Berlin, le 13\u00a0mars\u00a02025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/13\/0\/0\/5900\/3939\/664\/0\/75\/0\/0c95f8c_sirius-fs-upload-1-v1muuyvtcma0-1741880004881-516376.jpg\" alt=\"Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), after his speech during an extraordinary meeting, in the Bundestag, in Berlin, on March 13, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), after his speech during an extraordinary meeting, in the Bundestag, in Berlin, on March 13, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lisi Niesner \/ Reuters<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;A historical situation&#8221;, &#8220;an orgy of debt&#8221;, &#8220;a gigantic and unlimited rearmament&#8221;, &#8220;a great national effort <\/em>\u00bb\u2026 For four hours, German deputies competed in superlatives, Thursday, March 13, to debate, in a Bundestag gathered in extraordinary session, of the issues posed by the reform defended by the probable future Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, from the ranks of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU).<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3397999\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2024\/11\/15\/l-augmentation-de-la-dette-publique-n-est-plus-taboue-pour-la-droite-allemande_6394719_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The latter, allied with the SPD social democrats, intends to reform one of the most emblematic articles of the German Constitution, the one who forces the use of public debt for more than fifteen years, and whose evolution is crucial to allow the rearmament of the country with a view to American disengagement. Friedrich Merz hopes to achieve this by accelerated procedure, based on outgoing Bundestag whose configuration is more favorable to him. An unusual process given the strategic nature of the questions debated, which elected officials of the opposition did not fail to denounce Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reading-mode-only \"><strong>You have 86.94% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), after his speech during an extraordinary meeting, in the Bundestag, in Berlin, on March 13, 2025. 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