Berlin, March 21, 2025 (AFP) - Germany's huge spending package passes final hurdle in upper house

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Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday gave the final seal of approval to a massive spending package to build up the military and overhaul infrastructure. Worth hundreds of billions of euros, the so-called spending "bazooka" has been pushed by the likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right CDU/CSU won elections last month and is now in coalition talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). The plan exempts defence spen......

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