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Bundestag passes constitutional reform exempting defence spending from debt brake

Germany's Bundestag voted 513 to 207 on 18 March 2025 to amend the constitution, exempting defence spending above 1% of GDP from the debt brake and enabling a EUR 500 billion infrastructure fund. The Bundesrat approved it on 21 March.

Reported AI-drafted Reuters, 18 March 2025

What it does not test. This does not itself allocate money to any specific defence programme or supplier; implementing budget laws were still to follow.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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