Author: Tamsin Paternoster
Published on: 21/03/2025 | 00:00:00
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The Bundesrat supported the measure with a more than two-thirds majority on Friday. The legislation seeks to create a €500 billion special fund to finance infrastructure projects over the next decade. Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to get the package approved before the start of the next parliament. Germany’s 16 states will be given greater leeway to borrow the equivalent of €15 billion. ADVERTISEMENT Merz’s massive spending push is a stark reversal from the country’s previous financial conservativism. Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says people are getting ready to rise up. Belarusian human rights center Vyasna estimates 300,000 Belarusians have left the country since then. The 2020 protests were triggered by the results of the election that gave Alyaksandr Lukashenka his sixth term in office. Now, 15 to 20 people are being detained every day in Belarus.
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