Well, no. Merz and his party campaigned for harsh austerity. Once it was clear they’d be in charge of forming the government, austerity was off the table and a debt based plan for spending up to 1 trillion € was drawn up. Only thing is: The people themselves still get austerity. The money is mostly going to be spent on tax breaks for the rich.
Well, no. Merz and his party campaigned for harsh austerity. Once it was clear they’d be in charge of forming the government, austerity was off the table and a debt based plan for spending up to 1 trillion € was drawn up. Only thing is: The people themselves still get austerity. The money is mostly going to be spent on tax breaks for the rich.