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German Greens try to apply climate leverage as their help is sought to ease debt brake

Likely new Chancellor Friedrich Merz still needs Greens to push through constitutional change needed to ease 'debt-brake' on an infrastructure fund and defence spending

Britta Haßelmann, floor leader of the Greens in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag
Britta Haßelmann, floor leader of the Greens in Germany's parliament, the BundestagPhoto: STEFAN_KAMINSKI, Green Party parliamentary faction
European Editor, Recharge
Published 11 March 2025, 11:22Updated 11 March 2025, 11:24
EuropeGermanyFriedrich MerzMarkus Söder