Merz addresses MPs before NATO Summit – DW – 06/24/2025

In his address, Frederick Merz carried out a Russian aerial attack on Ukraine, adding Moscow not require peace.

“Real, permanent peace requires a desire for peace on all sides,” Merz on Tuesday in the Bundestag of the lower house of Germany, said ahead of his journey to Hague for the NATO summit.

The German Chancellor said, “On the other hand, Russia has made it clear in a barbaric way with a new wave of attacks on the Ukrainian civilian population that it is not a desire for peace at present.”

Kev has been a hurry of attacks in recent weeks, the number of casualties with the mountain.

Ukraine is getting out of a full -scale Russia invasion in February 2022, but recent efforts to end the conflict have not yet produced a truste.

In Berlin, Merz said, “Ukraine has agreed to the immediate ceasefire with any condition. Russia has refused to accept it.”

Chancellor Merz highlighted Iran’s role in the October 7 attacks in Israel.

In his Parliament address, he said: “Without Iran, October 7, 2023 [attacks] It is not possible in Israel. ,

“Hamas, Hizbullah and Hurti rebels are terrorist organizations funded by Iran and are equipped by Iran.”

About 1,200 people were killed in a Hamas-led attacks on Southern Israel in October 2023, including hundreds at a concert in Reem near the Israel-Gaja border. The militants took about 250 hostages back to Gaza.

Some 55,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, in the ongoing struggle in some 55,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023.

Hamas has been named a terrorist group by the European Union, America and other countries.

In his address to the German Parliament on Tuesday, Chancellor Frederick Merz stated that Israel had the right to defend itself, and reiterated the Berlin’s stance for the same impact.

“Israel has the right to defend its existence and safety of its citizens,” said.

Iran wants to “annihilate” the state of Israel, he told MPs in Berlin.

“Our reason for the state is to protect the state of Israel in its existence.”

German Chancellor Frederick Merz (CDU) is due to making a government statement in Bundestag on Tuesday afternoon (1000 GMT) about 5% target of NATO along with wars in Ukraine and Middle East.

This address is going to last for 25 minutes, followed by a 90 -minute debate.

The German cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft budget for 2025 and an outline for the next year, providing record investment to promote development.

After the cabinet meeting, the budget of 2025 is to be introduced in the Bundestag, the lower house of the Parliament of Germany. The final approval is due to this September.

The 2026 plans agreed with a vote in Bundestag by the end of the year due to the entire agreements by the cabinet in late July late July.

According to a study by EHI-based Retail Research Institute EHI, senior citizens and families are shopping more often as the value of goods purchased in Germany continues to increase.

In 2024, customers stole goods for an increase of about € 2.95 billion ($ 3.4 billion), 4.6% compared to 2023.

The total loss has increased for the third time in a row and has reached an all -time high level.

Study writer Frank Horst said, “There are more and more people who no longer want to buy or buy some products, partially protest against prices,” said the study author Frank Horst.

“Senior citizens and families are shopping more often.”

Experts say that the growth of self-service checkouts in Germany is correlated with an increase in shopkeeping. More and more retail sellers, from supermarket giant Eldi to Healthcare and Cosmetics Store Chain DM, are adopting self-service checkout machines.

EHI surveyed 98 companies with a total of 17.433 shops about its inventory discrepancies to achieve its findings.

According to a new report by Management Consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG), around 3.900 Ultra-Dhans in Germany now own over a quarter of the country’s financial funds.

People with financial assets are priced at more than $ 100 million (€ 86,17 million), now collectively a tothing under just $ 3 trillion.

The BCG has estimated Germany’s total decline in 2024 at $ 22.9 trillion. Of this, $ 11.8 trillion is invested in real estate and other tangible assets, while $ 11.1 trillion has pure financial assets as bank deposits, securities, pension and cash. Ultra-toe is 27% of those financial assets. However, it is balanced against the liablites of $ 2.2 trillion, most of them are loans.

Germany now found the BCG, with 9: 200, with 33,000 super-rich, and China, with 9: 200 behind the United States.

Management counseling is headquartered with offices in more than 50 countries in the US.

Finance Minister Lars Clingbele’s draft budget has several record figures, including defense spending and government borrowing conditions.

The defense budget has exceeded double by 2029, which has increased to € 152.8 billion (rough $ 177 billion).

This means that the defense spending is due to rising up to 3.5%, Germany’s growing security apprehensions amidst the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Russia as well as increasing pressure on Europe for the defense spending of US President Donald Trump.

According to the draft budget, the net borrowing wants to be important. It is due to jumping up to € 81.8 billion in 2025, above € 33.3 billion last year. It will continue to grow in the next four years; € 89.3 billion in 2026, € 87.5 billion in 2027, € 115.7 billion in 2028 and € 126.1 billion in 2029.

Those large -scale increase are made possible by a law passed in March, reducing the so -called debt brakes of Germany.

Germany is working with the beginning of the year with an provisional budget customer.

Germany will promote defense spending up to 3.5% of GDP by 2029, Reuters said on Monday, the goal is to send a strong signal with its 2025 budget before this week’s NATO summit.

According to Reuters, Germany’s total defense spending will be € 162 bullion in the budget structure for 2025 to 2025.

Germany will be able to borrow a total of € 378.1 trillion for defense between 2025 and 2029 for debt break improvement from March (below lake).

In March, the Upper House of Germany passed the country’s borrowed rules to improve and revive the € 500 billion ($ 542 billion) funds to revive the largest economy of its infrastructure and revival.

Constitutional amendment to loosen the so-called debt brakes allows for D-Facto unlimited expenses on defense and security.

Germany’s draft budget includes a net new loan of € 82 billion, which will exceed € 126 billion in 2029, according to Bloomberg News.

Prior to the change of March, the German Parliament suspended the debt break during the Covid-19 epidemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Good morning! The German Finance Minister Lars Klingbill is set to submit the first draft of the 2025 budget.

The budget was delayed due to national elections in February this year, and after the German Parliament comes in favor of a major fiscal package in this march which includes changes in debt policies that discover infrastructure with more expenses on defense.

We will bring you the latest news, including a press conference announcements to be held at 10:45 pm (0845 GMT/UTC).