Germany: Friedrich Merz's plan to make his army the most powerful in Europe

Germany can’t spend its €1tn under EU fiscal rules, report says

Incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz vows big investment will revive Germany’s economy, but Bruegel warns EU EU fiscal rules leave little room to spend, and calls for reform. Again.

Germany: Friedrich Merz's plan to make his army the most powerful in Europe

Hendrik Brandis has co-financed almost all important German start-ups. The head of the venture capital provider Earlybird sees for Germany "a real chance that things will turn positively. The recent decisions of Black-Red have a signal effect – especially abroad.

The Bundeswehr is still not sufficiently equipped. CDU/CSU and SPD want to reform the procurement system of the Bundeswehr as soon as possible.

CDU set all of their political capital on fire for debt brake overhaul, literally forget about EU fiscal rules that prohibit their spending orgy anyway

You may recall that Germany’s centre-right Union parties campaigned on a platform of fiscal responsibility. You may also recall that as soon as they “won” the elections – a term I use freely, because their 28.6% showing is their second-worst in history – the CDU and CSU pivoted to a massive and unannounced overhaul of the German debt brake. This was the very constitutional instrument that their Chancellor candidate, Friedrich Merz, had spent mon…

The Nordish Gaming Convention takes place again in Husum - the Bundeswehr is also represented with a booth. How does this fit in with an event, which is also aimed at young people? What the organizers and the Bundeswehr say about it.