The Guardian view on Merz’s u-turn on debt: Germany responds to the signs of the times | Editorial
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Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:43:55 +0200

The chancellorelects proposals for gamechanging spending on defence and infrastructure are the right response to a new eraThree days after Russias invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, created a 100bn special fund to modernise Germanys armed forces.
Vladimir Putins aggression, he told a stunned Bundestag in explanation, meant that Europe was living through a Zeitenwende, or turning point.Mr Scholz was right.
But it has taken the return of Donald Trump to the White House to lay bare the full scale of the emerging threat to European values, security and economic interests.
For leaders across the continent, the dawning realisation of what Trump 2.0 means for the transatlantic alliance constitutes a second historic moment of jeopardy and decision.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.
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