- Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht are calling for the amount earmarked for Ukraine military aid in the annual budget to be tripled in a letter sent to liberal and famously frugal Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
- Lindner recently came under pressure to finance Berlin’s €200 billion energy rescue package via a special fund outside the regular budget to comply with Germany’s debt limit.
- Especially in the face of the energy and cost of living crisis, Lindner’s liberal FDP party is set on sticking to its electoral promise of no new taxes and a balanced budget.
German government split over Ukraine military aid
