Difficult negotiations: Greens reject 500 billion package!

Difficult negotiations: Greens reject 500 billion package!

The political negotiations for a billion -dollar financial package for infrastructure and defense take up speed, but a crucial player stands across. The Greens have decided to reject the package in its current form. This decision was made by the chairman of the Greens parliamentary group, Katarina Dröge and Britta Haßelmann. Volker Morbe, state chairman of the Saar-Greens, underlines that a change in the Basic Law is only possible with the consent of the Greens. This suggests that intensive negotiations are imminent in order to overcome the blockade and to secure the two thirds of the votes in the Bundestag, not achieve the Union and SPD alone, such as Tagesschau.de reported.

The financial package includes planned loans of a total of 500 billion euros, which are to flow into a special fund. This money is to be used for urgently needed investments in the transport infrastructure. According to Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing, there is an additional need of 25 billion euros for federal highways between 2025 and 2029. Wissing is committed to sustainable clarification of the financing in order to strengthen the Federal Republic's infrastructure after investing considerably in recent years. Economic professor Lars Feld warns that the massive debt, some of which are necessary in response to rising defense spending, could appear Germany as an insecure port for borrowing.

Greens demand improvements

For the Greens, it is clear: The financial package can only find support if their conditions are met. Among other things, this includes clear commitments to climate protection and improvements in the citizens' allowance. Morbe describes the financing as "flimsy financing of election promises" and makes it clear that the Saarland Greens support the rejection of the parliamentary parliamentary group in order to increase the pressure on the SPD and Union's exploriers. Jacob von Weizsäcker, Saarland finance minister of the SPD, is optimistic and expects a credible offer from Union chief Friedrich Merz to make an agreement this week.

The persistent explorations between the Union and the SPD are accelerated under the pressure of a scandal between Trump and Selenskyj. In this context, Ulrich Commerçon, the SPD parliamentary group leader in Saarland, criticizes Merz 'approach as "amateurish" and asks him to compromise. Stephan Toscani, group leader of the Saar-CDU, remains optimistic and believes in an communication before the weekend. The AfD, on the other hand, rejects the exploratory paper, but considers it to be positive that an industrial flow price is discussed.

A look at the cornerstones of the financial package

The package provides for a comprehensive investment strategy that affects not only defense, but also the transport infrastructure. Details for financing the special fund are:

• infrastructure: 500 billion euros, distributed over ten years.
• Additional funds for traffic projects: 160 billion euros are needed to reduce an investment backlog.
• Defense spending: Need for comprehensive military expenses that should go beyond 1% of gross domestic product.

The desired change in the Basic Law should modernize the debt brake and thus enable more flexible financing of defense spending. Economics Veronika Grimm warned, however, that such a step could lead to massive debt. As welt.de is reported to continue the discussions between the parties on Thursday and Friday, The fronts remain hardened.