Countdown to the Clash: Will Merz Secure the €500 Billion Package?
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Live blog covering the heated debate in Germany's Bundestag over Merz's contested billion-euro package - Live coverage: Merz's pursuit of the billion-dollar package in the German Bundestag special session
Right off the bat, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been thrust into his first major crisis: the €500 billion infrastructure plan. To make it a reality, he needs the Green party's support, in addition to the backing of the Black-Red coalition. Will an accord be struck?
Thursday's meeting in the Bundestag is critical. The package will hit the floor for the first time. While negotiations continue behind closed doors, there's also a silent opposition brewing—the AfD and the Left are pinning their hopes on the Federal Constitutional Court potentially nixing the emergency measures of the Black-Red coalition. Keep tabs on the drama with our liveblog.
- Friedrich Merz
- Bundestag
- Special Session
- Friedrich Merz is relying on the support of the Green party and the Black-Red coalition to pass the proposed €500 billion infrastructure plan in the upcoming special session of the Bundestag.
- The AfD and the Left parties harbor hopes that the Federal Constitutional Court may reject the emergency measures of the coalition, potentially jeopardizing the employment and community policies encompassed in the infrastructure plan.
- Should an accord not be struck between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the Green party, the coalition's employment and community policies, as well as the Eurozone's financial stability, could face potential challenges leading up to the vote in the Bundestag.
