• Riddick3001@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    And Merz and Scholz got their 2/3 majorities via concession of 100 B for environmental measures for the Greens.

    DW called it humorously, " a Defence Package with a Green Stamp".

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        6 hours ago

        For 4 years.

        The next government will be beholden to the debt brake again - and if the CDU happens to be in the opposition, they will block any and all investment to make the governing parties look worse.

        Although I expect the AfD to form a blocking minority for constitutional amendments anyway. Maybe we’ll get the first CDU + AfD government by 2029 - wouldn’t be the first time that German conservatives allow nazis to rise to power.

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            5 hours ago

            The budget, I mean.

            In four years, I suspect nearly all money will be allocated and either the next government manages to make another constitutional amendment or they will lack founding again.

            500 billion is not a lot for 30 years of infrastructure decay.

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              5 hours ago

              Yes but the next budget can then be done by a simple 51% majority which is the regular coalition. This dept brake change needed a 2/3 vote and lays the foundation for easier budgets in the future.

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                Are you sure? From everything I read, there is only a 500 billion credit for infrastructure and an exception for defense spending above 1%.

                If the 500 billion credit is largely spent and/or designated by 2029, the next government may not be able to pass a budget without a lot of cuts. Especially because retirement spending will explode by then, taking away money from everything else.

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                  You are right, the off-budget fund (Sondervermögen) for infrastructure also needed a 2/3 vote. I was under the impression that the 500 billion credit and how it will be spend was just part of the negotiations for the dept brake reform. My bad.

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      10 hours ago

      It is not „for the greens“ it is for Germany. The environment does not have any political interest.

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        7 hours ago

        DW : " Despite a huge setback in Germany’s federal election, the Green Party has secured a victory to the tune of billions of euros. The future governing coalition needed the Greens to realize a key political goal.

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      As a German I can say that this picture makes no sense. Merkel was one of the most left-wing Chancellor of all time. Merkel’s coalition has paused compulsory military service and cut the Bundeswehr to the bone. During her time, the Bundeswehr received only 37 billion a year in some cases, although the German economic institutes have calculated that the Bundeswehr needs around 2% of GDP to maintain the status quo. 37 billion is less than 1%.

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    20 hours ago

    I wonder why the BBC author seems to have explicitly chosen only images with what appears to be female Bundeswehr soldiers? Kinda odd choice 🤔

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      6 hours ago

      I only see 2 pics in the Article. Would you also wonder why only Men were showed if there were only 2 pics of Men?

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      20 hours ago

      My money is on subconscious fear of German women. Maybe they grew up on Allo Allo!

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          18 hours ago

          I’m a Pole so I probably didn’t consider German military could be good news or sexy, even subconsciously. But then you have those Hugo Boss uniforms. Hmmmm.

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            100% agree with you that military isn’t good or sexy ever but comparing this photo to like a grizzly, manly man in the mud (which could be sexy as well, lol) I think this image wants to say “Look we’re not the reactionary, sexist boys club we once were (which is a complete lie, probably), come join us, we even got women now!” So basicallly propaganda.

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              I wouldn’t make this judgment based on a single news piece with 2 pictures total but I’ll be on a lookout if this is a pattern.