BERLIN (AP) — The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to allow for higher defense spending, an issue of growing urgency as doubts increase about the United States’ commitment to European allies.
They also said they will seek to set up a 500 billion euro ($533 billion) fund to finance spending on Germany’s often-creaking infrastructure over the next 10 years to restore the economy — Europe’s biggest, which has shrunk for the last two years — to “a stable growth course.”
