Minister Klingbeil discussing with Scott Bessent to strengthen joint US-German positions on issues like trade, finance and broader geopolitics. After all a worthy trip to Washington this week.

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The proposed European Defence Mechanism: questions and answers Answering ten questions on the proposed EDM

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The governance and funding of European rearmament Improving economic policy

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I do not see this breach. Nothing in the escape clause prevents a 'partial' activation.

In fact, COM does it like in Germany: Constitution only allows debt-financing for emergency measures, NOT other measures, ie 'partial' not 'full'

Hence only 'partial' control account

I share your other points

Schuldenbremse: Reform im Eilverfahren notwendig? Interview Armin Steinbach

Da in punkto Schuldenbremse schon (fast) alles gesagt wurde, nur noch nicht von jedem, hab ich heute im DLF auch meinen Senf dazu abgegeben.

Grundsätzliches, aber auch zum aktuellen Turbo-Verfahren einer Verfassungsänderung

www.deutschlandfunk.de/schuldenbrem...

Right. Rather for urgent cases.
In past, this happend only once (to my knowledge): 1998 when Kohl after he lost the election he asked the "old" Bundestag to approve the NATO intervention on the Balkan. NATO could not wait for the new Bundestag.
No such emergency case with debt brake.

Germany 35 years after reunification (election winners by district, blue is AfD)

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