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.

Germany scraps its debt brake, unleashing a 500-billion-euro investment plan that could transform infrastructure, defence, and economic growth.

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.