Important voting: On Tuesday, March 18, the German Bundestag voted for the Act, thanks to which the expenses for strengthening the Bundeswehr above 1 percent GDP will be excluded from the limitations of the budget anchor. It was also voted for the creation of a non -budgetary fund in the amount of EUR 500 billionwhich is to be allocated to infrastructure within 10 years. A total of 720 votes were cast in the vote, 2/3 of them were needed to change the constitution, i.e. 489 sabers. Finally “513 votes were cast for” against ” – 207.
Another vote: Now the Chamber of German Parliament will vote for the change of the constitution. Also in the Bundesrat, in which trade union countries are represented by 69 people, the act must get 2/3 votes. The current parliament must hurry if he wants to accept the law. From March 25, its composition will look different, because the elections from last month. If they fail until then, the chance to vote for the project CDU and SPD will be much smaller. Already the Greens were reluctant to support the act. To vote “for” they convinced them that 100 billion euro From a special fund it will be allocated to energy transformation.
A good start, but more investments are needed: For decades, the Germans were tied with strict fiscal rules. They neglected the development of the country, and in recent years they even fell into a recession. Ribs They did not take care of digitization and infrastructure. That is why the IFO Think Tank Experts emphasize that Germany must invest not only in defense, but also in administrative reforms and the pension system and in the development of energy.