Typical Chancellor Friedrich Merz has late proposed that changes be made to the constitution of Germany during the word of the old Bundestag to increase debt in order to invest in infrastructure and defence. After the election, it turned out that the utmost right-wing alternate for Germany (AfD) and the utmost left-wing Die Linke, which powerfully advocated military aid for Ukraine and at least skeptical of Russia's deterrence under NATO policy, together have just over 1 3rd of the votes. [To amend the rules prohibiting the increase of state debt (the alleged Schuldenbremse) it takes a constitutional majority.](https://defence24.pl/defence-policy/German-race-with-sometimes-about-hundredt-billion-for-military)