

Simon Linke 🎤🐠
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@DocSlinky
Aquatic ecologist, mapper of rivers, fish listener, bass player, @NatGeo explorer, rStats hacker, @CSIRO, (views my own; RT ≠ endorsement) Also Mr @roconscicom













CDU/CSU &SPD have just proposed a sea change in German fiscal policy: - defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake - 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure - looser debt rules for states - further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag




Despite all the AfD’s gains in the east, the most right wing state in Germany remains… Bavaria.


Another symptom of the Italianisation of German politics: barefaced lies. Apparently the leader of the Conservatives (and likely next chancellor) is now claiming that he never used a term ("Brandmauer") which he is on public record using. This is *classic Berlusconi*.

One of Merz's first acts after winning was to invite Netanyahu to visit Germany explicitly to undermine the International Criminal Court
