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Video. Germany's Friedrich Merz faces rocky road to lift debt brake rules

Updated: 14/03/2025 - 7:30 GMT+1

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the Greens are standing in his way.

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