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01.12.2023 - Comments

Non-compliance with the debt brake - not a German peculiarity

by Norbert F. Tofall

In Germany, the debt brake was very effective until the coronavirus crisis, while it was often ignored in other countries. Ignoring it has both political and economic consequences.

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Geopolitical power is hardly achievable without military capabilities and cannot be secured in the long term. In order to maintain military capabilities in the long term, sound public finances are needed.

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