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Left Party Leader Slams CDU/CSU, SPD's 'Undemocratic' Financial Deal

3/14/2025

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Heidi Reichinnek, co-leader of Germany's Left Party, fiercely condemned the CDU/CSU and SPD on March 13, 2025, for rushing a financial package through the "old" Bundestag, labeling it "deeply undemocratic." She accused them of fearing a loss of their two-thirds majority in the new parliament and dismissed the package as a "blank cheque for armament."

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Heidi Reichinnek, co-leader of Germany's Left Party, fiercely condemned the CDU/CSU and SPD on March 13, 2025, for rushing a financial package through the "old" Bundestag, labeling it "deeply undemocratic." She accused them of fearing a loss of their two-thirds majority in the new parliament and dismissed the package as a "blank cheque for armament."