Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Freidrich Merz. Photo: Reuters
Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Freidrich Merz. Photo: Reuters
Arne Delfs
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Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has said Germany’s move to unlock billions of euro in military spending should be seen as a “first great step” towards the creation of a broad European defence community including non-EU nations such as the UK and Norway.
The conservative leader made the remarks in parliament as he appealed to politicians to back a landmark bill that would mark a shift to a substantially more expansive fiscal policy in Berlin.