Bundestag: “Lies Chancellor” statement-Merz shows Weidel in his place

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and opposition leader Alice Weidel have had a tough discussion in the first general debate of the Bundestag since the change of government. Weidel accused Merz broken and voting fraud. “For the bitterly disappointed citizens, they are already the Lies Chancellor, Mr. Merz, whose broken election promises fill entire catalogs,” she said.

In his response, Merz rejected the “blanket and undifferentiated degradation of the work of the new federal government” with all determination and accused Weidel of having given a “purely nationalist speech”. “Half-truths, evil recovery and personal reductions, nobody in a democracy just have to accept it without disadvantage,” said the CDU boss.

The strongest opposition faction, which has been reversed by the AfD since the Bundestag election, traditionally has the right to open the debate about the chancellor budget in the Bundestag’s budget consultations.

The new government of Union and SPD had started work on May 6th and is now in office for 65 days. According to Merz, a mood change has succeeded during this time. “We don’t let them get it there,” he said to the address of the AfD.

“We tackled a lot, we achieved a lot, but there is still a lot to do,” Merz summed up the first two months of his reign. Black and red wants to “convey courage and confidence” to all people in Germany that it is worth working in this country and it is very lucky to live here in peace and freedom. We will not let ourselves be dissuaded from this path, “said Merz.” We want Germany to have an open a liberal, a freedom country and, above all, we want Germany to remain a tolerant country. “

The Chancellor was certain that the foundation stone for further significant investments in the country would be laid with the budget planning. “The federal government has thus initiated the turnaround in economic policy,” he said. The Chancellor justified the adopted additional debt. Nothing to do and not enable investments are not a better alternative.

In the EU and NATO, Germany took over management responsibility and laid the foundation stone for higher defense spending with the constitutional change decided in March. “If we hadn’t done that and if we were no longer ready to spend on our defense, if we had followed AfD and Left Party, NATO would probably have broken apart in the 70th year of our membership.”

Weidel accused the black and red government to continue the “traffic light policy one to one”. Among other things, she justified the allegation of the “word fracture” by the fact that the promise of a electricity tax reduction for everyone from the coalition agreement due to scarce funds was initially implemented. “Your word is worth nothing, even if it is in black and white in your poor coalition agreement,” said Weidel. The government relies on the financing reservation in the coalition agreement when making the decision.

Weidel called Merz a “paper Chancellor” who can be demonstrated by the SPD. His chancellery “goes into German history as the greatest prelude”. In her speech, she also attacked the government in migration policy and spoke of “migration -political shop window exercises”. The border controls prompted are poor, the restrictions on family reunification “homeopathic”. Weidel drew a dark picture of the country and mentioned knife attacks, sexual offenses, attacks in outdoor pools and bad conditions in schools. “Islamization is progressing rapidly and aggressively,” she said.

The four -day budget debate had started the Bundestag on Tuesday with the introduction of the 2025 budget by Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil. Significantly more investments are planned, which are to be financed primarily by much higher debts.

This year, the federal government is planning expenses of 503 billion euros – 6.1 percent more than in the previous year. 81.8 billion euros are to be financed in the core budget of credit – more than twice as much as last year. In addition, there are more than 60 billion euros from debt -financed special pots. By 2029, the government plans to make almost 850 billion euros in debt in the core budget and in special pots.

The consultations about the budget of the Chancellery are traditionally considered the highlight of the budget consultations. A total of four hours are planned for the debate. After the general debate, Merz will first ask the MPs’ questions in a government survey. For this, 70 minutes are planned. Afterwards, the parliament debates the budget for the Federal Foreign Office, defense and development aid.