Formation
Union and SPD probe – silence to the standards of negotiations
On Thursday, the EU wants to react to the scandal between the USA and Ukraine. Until then, does Union and SPD succeed in plugging in a financial framework for a future black and red government?
Union and SPD have led exploratory talks to form a government coalition until the night – negotiations are to be continued on Tuesday. The group died shortly before midnight, and nothing became known about the results.
The disagreement between the USA and Ukraine puts politics under time pressure. The financial issues that are so important for further Ukraine aid should be clarified very quickly-if possible until the EU summit on Thursday.
CDU boss Friedrich Merz had said that the aim was to clarify the financial issues before the EU summit. At the meeting, Europeans want to react to the scandal between US President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj and stake a joint course on the way to peace for Ukraine. It will be about further financial and military aid for the country attacked by Russia and the strengthening of the European armed forces in order to become more independent of the United States.
Two separate special funds in the conversation in billions
Both Merz and SPD boss Lars Klingbeil recently emphasized that financial clarity must not only be created for Ukraine and national defense, but also for other areas such as infrastructure, social and economic competitiveness. There have been two separate special funds in the three -digit billion dollar sector for defense and infrastructure since the weekend. An alternative is a reform of the debt brake in order to fundamentally expand the freedom of finance.
For both steps, a change in the Basic Law and thus a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag would be necessary not to have the Union and SPD in the new parliament itself together with the Greens. AfD and left can block. Therefore, a decision of the old parliament is considered before the dissolution on March 25. A two-thirds majority in the Federal Council, i.e. the country chamber, is also necessary for a change in the Basic Law.
dpa
Source: Stern
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