An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the country’s Constitution — and its culture.

The German Bundestag just made a historic decision today. A decision that will finally break Germany’s debt brake. This policy has been in place since 2009 and has helped reduce the country’s public debt over the past 10 years or so.

The German parliament has voted in favour of a huge fiscal package and changes to the debt brake. Click to read.