On March 13, 2025, Germany's Bundestag, the country's lower house of parliament, convened a special session to discuss potential reforms to its constitutionally mandated "debt brake." This reform could enable increased government spending on defense and infrastructure. While CDU/CSU and SPD have reached an agreement to support these reforms, tensions remain. The Green Party opposes the proposals over inadequate climate considerations, and lawsuits from the Left Party and AfD question the current parliament's authority to make such significant decisions.
In a heated debate expected in the Bundestag, CDU/CSU and SPD's agreement to reform Germany's debt brake aims to facilitate higher defense and infrastructure spending.
The Green Party has openly rejected the current proposals for debt reform, expressing concerns about the absence of earmarked funds for climate protection in the infrastructure budget.
Senior Greens official Katharina Droge emphasized that climate protection is the great challenge of our time, highlighting a lack of sufficient commitment to collaborative action.
The Left Party and the far-right AfD are challenging the authority of the outgoing Bundestag, filing lawsuits to block special parliamentary sessions regarding the debt brake.
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