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Germany to borrow €800bn for rearmament in historic shift

Financial Times
Monday, July 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
~4 min read

Original Report

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s debt-fuelled spending not seen since German reunification

Glass House Analysis

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