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What is behind Merz's plans to cut social security while boosting military spending? | DW News
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6:34Now PlayingThe man likely to be Germany's next chancellor has found backing for a plan to spend hundreds of billions of euros on defense and infrastructure. Friedrich Merz, who leads the centre-right Christian Democrats, has convinced his likely coalition partners that the so-called 'debt brake,' which limits government borrowing, should be reformed. The parties want to change the constitution to allow a major increase in defense spending to be funded through borrowing.
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