“kyiv will have to learn a new German word,” assure The mirror. This is the term Debt brake“debt brake”, a constitutional principle according to which the Federal Republic must limit its public deficit to 0.35% of GDP. Because the country, under the leadership of the liberals, could restrict its spending devoted to supporting Ukraine.
Germany is currently the largest supporter of Ukraine after the United States. Funding of 7 billion euros has already been approved for the current year. For 2025, the Federal Republic plans to allocate 4 billion euros for military aid for Ukraine.
“However, the projects planned and voted on so far are clearly not enough: kyiv has announced additional needs.” A list of 30 new demands was presented to the German Defense Ministry. But the liberal Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, was reluctant to finance them.
