Germany's Merz urges MPs to back spending bonanza in fiery debate
Berlin (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a spending bonanza during a fiery parliamentary debate. Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) - in talks to form a coalition after February's general election - unveiled the plans for vast e
Berlin (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a spending bonanza during a fiery parliamentary debate.
Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) - in talks to form a coalition after February's general election - unveiled the plans for vast e
Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz said Thursday urgent action was needed to boost the country's under-resourced military and ailing economy, as he defended plans for a spending bonanza during a fiery parliamentary debate.
Merz's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) - in talks to form a coalition after February's general election - unveiled the plans for vast e 
