Germany's party leaders are optimistic about spending deal being approved

According to Bloomberg, Germany's finance package intended to increase spending on defense and infrastructure by means of the national debt will be approved on Tuesday. Representatives of the Conservative and Social Democratic parties expressed their belief that the spending agreement will be adopted.

As said by Friedrich Merz, the soon-to-be Chancellor of the Republic, there is no doubt that the financial deal will be supported. Leader of the Social Democratic Party Lars Klingbeil is similarly optimistic. The Greens also declared their nearly full support for the spending plan.

The Conservatives, Social Democrats and Greens, who need a two-thirds majority, will hold the final test votes on Tuesday morning. Together, they have a combined 520 seats in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. That is 31 seats more than needed to achieve the majority required to make changes to the country's constitution.

Passing the financial plan would mean that defense and security spending that exceeds 1 percent of the country's GDP, or about 45 billion euros ($49 billion), would be exempt from borrowing restrictions–the so-called debt brake.