East German Voters Complicate Merz Plan to Boost Ukraine Defense
- Far-right and left parties all reject more funding for Ukraine
- Fringe parties could thwart efforts to relax borrowing limits
Friedrich Merz in front of a Bundeswehr Eurofighter in 2024.
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Christian Görke isn’t against Germany easing its borrowing rules, he just doesn’t want “a pure economic stimulus for the arms industry.” The veteran Left Party lawmaker is part of a new class of parliamentarians that will arrive in the Bundestag next month to form a powerful opposition against incoming Christian Democratic chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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