General debate in the Bundestag
“Lopination”: Merz defends himself against Weidel’s lies
“Lies Chancellor” and “Wordbruch”: The AfD attacks Merz hard in the first general debate since the election. He complains about the “degradation”. The SPD goes one step further.
In the first general debate of the Bundestag since the election, the black and red government and the AfD have had a violent examination of lying allegations and claims for a ban on party. While Chancellor Friedrich Merz conjured up a change in mood in Germany after the first two months since the change of government and promoted courage and confidence, AfD parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel accused the CDU chief Wortbruch and described him as “lies chancellor”.
SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch was reinforced by Weidel’s speech in his demand for an AfD ban. “How can you get a cold, as hated as a person as a person as a person as you did?” He asked.
Klöckner threatens Weidel with a output
Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (CDU) later warned Weidel because of interjections during the speech by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn and threatened her with an expulsion from the plenary hall. “We two do not discuss here. Otherwise you can leave the hall here.” Other AfD MPs were also admonished during the debate.
The general pronunciation about the chancellor’s budget is actually the highlight of budget consultations in the Bundestag. It is traditionally opened by the largest opposition faction. That is why Weidel was the first speaker to appear and used it for a frontal attack against the Chancellor. She called the CDU boss “lies chancellor” and “paper chancellor” and accused him of being demonstrated by the SPD. His chancellery “goes into German history as the greatest prelude”.
Weidel: “Your word is worth nothing”
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 is initially not implemented. “Your word is worth nothing, even if it is in black and white in your poor coalition agreement,” said Weidel. The AfD parliamentary group leader criticized the black and red migration policy as “shop window exercises” and said: “Islamization is progressing rapidly and aggressively.”
Merz: “Flat -rate and undifferentiated degradation”
In his response, Merz rejected the “flat rate and undifferentiated degradation of the work of the new federal government” with all determination. “Half-truths, evil recovery and personal reductions, nobody in a democracy just have to accept it without disadvantage,” said the CDU boss.
Miersch: Weidel acts anti -constitutional
SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch reacted significantly to Weidel’s speech and accused her open racism. “You spoke of ‘the transformation of the state people’. That reminds me of old days when it came to racial teaching,” he said, alluding to Adolf Hitler’s National Socialists.
The SPD parliamentary group leader approved Weidel’s speech as a clear evidence of the need for an AfD ban. “It is not for nothing that the mothers and fathers of the Basic Law also have a ban on partying in the constitution. And their speech today was an example of being hostile to the constitution, and therefore there must also be a prohibition procedure.”
A prohibition procedure could be initiated by the Bundestag, Federal Council or the Federal Government. So far, the Union has been against such a step. Weidel said in the debate that a party ban was the first step into a dictatorship.
Chancellor conjures up mood change
In his speech, the Chancellor was actually concerned with taking a first record of black and red government work after 65 days and summoning a change in mood in the country. “We don’t let them get it there,” he said to the address of the AfD.
With the budget planning, Schwarz-Rot laid the foundation for further considerable investments in the country and “initiated the change in economic policy”. The coalition now wants to “convey the courage and confidence” that it is worth working in this country and that it is very lucky to live here in peace and freedom.
“We won’t let ourselves be dissuaded from this path,” emphasized the Chancellor. “We want Germany to have an open a liberal, a freedom country and, above all, we want Germany to remain a tolerant country.”
Left: “Household of Hopelessness”
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.
The coalition provides a “budget of hopelessness,” said faction leader Heidi Reichinnek. She criticized the intended massive upgrade and tax gifts for super -rich and corporations. “Every cent that flows into the armor is missing elsewhere,” she warned.
Greens criticize Merz ‘behavior in masking affair
The Green Group leader Katharina Dröge primarily criticized the coalition’s climate policy and addressed the controversial mask purchases in the Corona period of the then Minister of Health and today’s Union faction leader Spahn. She accused the Chancellor to look away.
Spahn himself defended his course at the time and rejected the demand for an committee of inquiry. “We have led this country to the best of our knowledge and belief through the greatest crisis in its Federal Republican history, and with a clear course,” said the CDU politician.
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Source: Stern
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