1.0SmartFinancedehttps://de.smartfinancede.com/dePeter Williamshttps://de.smartfinancede.com/de/author/peter_williams/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="erCrxcJEmB"><a href="https://de.smartfinancede.com/de/germany-budget-debt-tax-revenue/">Debt, Taxes, and Germany’s Budget Future</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://de.smartfinancede.com/de/germany-budget-debt-tax-revenue/embed/#?secret=erCrxcJEmB" width="600" height="338" title="„Debt, Taxes, and Germany’s Budget Future“ – SmartFinancede" data-secret="erCrxcJEmB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://de.smartfinancede.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://de.smartfinancede.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8296970-scaled.jpg25601707Germany entered 2026 with an unusually large financial ambition: spend more on infrastructure, defence and economic renewal without losing the fiscal credibility built over decades. By spring, that balancing act had become much more difficult. The country is no longer debating only whether more public investment is needed. The harder question is how quickly spending […]