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Germany's Greens withhold backing for debt brake reforms for now
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Posted on March 5, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
Germany's Greens are negotiating their support for debt brake reforms, crucial for passing a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund, with conservatives and SPD.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens will negotiate hard before potentially giving their much-needed backing to debt reforms proposed by the conservatives and Social Democrats, parliamentary co-leader Katharina Droege said on Wednesday.
The conservatives and SPD, who are in talks to form a government after an election last month, need the Greens to reach the two-thirds majority needed in parliament to pass their plans to reform the debt brake and create a 500 billion euro fund for infrastructure.
"Whether we will ultimately approve these constitutional amendments remains open," Droege told reporters. "We have a number of questions, and you know that we also have our own stance on what is necessary now."
(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa and Sarah Marsh, editing by Rachel More)
Germany's Greens are negotiating hard and have not yet committed to supporting the proposed debt reforms.
The conservatives and SPD need the Greens to achieve the two-thirds majority required in parliament to pass their debt reform plans.
Droege mentioned that whether the Greens will ultimately approve the constitutional amendments remains open and they have several questions.
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