Merz can do as much debt when rule as never before. CDU vice Jens Spahn now explained that a hard austerity course was announced.
Berlin-CDU boss Friedrich Merz is almost at the goal: on the 6th email he is to be sworn in as the new chancellor. With the old Bundestag, he secured a huge special fund and exceptions to the debt brake. So Merz can draw from the full with his new black and red coalition, you might think.
“Fat years are over”: Jens Spahn on savings plan of the new Merz coalition
By no means, the vice boss of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Jens Spahn, to the Picture. The decided debt package for defense and infrastructure does not mean that there is “money there for everything – on the contrary”. The ex-health minister even said: “The fat years are over, for the state itself.”
According to the coalition agreement, the expenditure of the federal administration would be reduced by eight percent, said Spahn. In addition, two percent of the positions in the federal administration are to be deleted annually. “We will also halve the number of agents,” announced the close Merz confidant.
Spahn expects Merz as a chancellor to boost the German economy soon. The new government “has a plan” and Germany can bring one percent growth annually.
Spahn warns new Merz coalition to save – finance minister has a serious job in front of you
In addition, Merz and his ministers would only implement the project in the future, for them the money was really there – the negotiators of the Union and SPD have written the word “financing reservation” in the coalition agreement. “We also have to check every edition for its meaningfulness,” said Spahn. “Whoever becomes finance minister has a fairly task in front of him.” In the future, this job could possibly be SPD boss Lars Klingbeil-he is considered the most likely candidate as the new finance minister.
Merz wants asylum -turn – Spahn: “New Interior Minister will get started very quickly”
The expectations of Friedrich Merz are also high in migration. Finally, in the election campaign, he promised the asylum on day one of his chancellorship. The Chancellor in SPE should already make numerous calls with the heads of government of neighboring countries, such as his general secretary Carsten Linnemann Rheinische Post said. The new Merz government will enforce rejections at the limits, as has been agreed in the coalition agreement.

Spahn in turn said to Picture: “The new interior minister, I’m very sure, will get started very quickly and make a difference before the summer break of this year.” Interior Minister in the Merz cabinet rumors is rumored by CSU politician Alexander Dobrindt.
In terms of migration, Merz also has to deliver some because they also have them because they AfD Sits in the neck: In a new survey, she even overtook the Union on Sunday question. Spahn recommended in the Picture, not to be provoked by the AfD. Politics have to “simply recognize” that millions of Germans have chosen the AfD and take the concerns of these citizens seriously. (SMU)