After the agreement between the traffic light coalition and the Union parties on the Bundeswehr special fund, representatives of the governing parties and leading Christian Democrats expressed their satisfaction.

SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert said after a meeting of the SPD Presidium in Berlin that Monday was "an important and definitely a nice day" for the SPD.

He assumes that there is “broad agreement” in his parliamentary group on the Bundeswehr special fund.

The Social Democratic members of the Bundestag could "self-confidently commit to this negotiation result," said Kühnert.

At the same time, the SPD general secretary pointed out that the socio-political projects of the traffic light coalition would not be jeopardized by the planned Bundeswehr special fund.

The government "does not have to refrain from any of its social goals," he said.

His party does not want to allow any "competitive discussion" here.

As evidence, Kühnert referred, among other things, to the planned increases in pensions and the minimum wage, which are to be decided by the Bundestag in the next few days.

Mützenich on the two percent target: "Completely abstruse indicator"

Meanwhile, SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich was critical of a fixed two percent target for defense spending. He emphasized that the Bundestag decides on the budget.

He spoke on Monday on Deutschlandfunk of a Union demand to “write a completely abstruse code into the Basic Law in order to impose on subsequent generations to always reach two percent” – this was “completely wrong”.

The deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Mathias Middelberg, spoke of a "very good agreement".

The 100 billion flowed entirely into the Bundeswehr.

"That's the main point.

The Bundeswehr will remain fully financed even after the special fund has expired.” Because the funds to achieve NATO goals would continue to be made available.

In addition, there would be clear agreements on the business plan, repayment and an accompanying committee in the budget committee.

The former threat by parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) to only contribute the mathematically absolutely necessary votes for a two-thirds majority was unnecessary, says Middelberg of the "Handelsblatt". week to complete".

CSU regional group head Alexander Dobrindt also promised that the Union faction would vote for the Bundeswehr special fund with a large majority.

"We struggled hard with the traffic lights on the crucial questions, but prevailed with good arguments," Dobrindt told journalists in Berlin on Monday.

"That's why we also assume that our group will support this result." He expects "broad approval" in the Union.

The Chairwoman of the Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FDP), was also pleased with the agreement on the Bundeswehr special fund.

"I am very happy that Germany is finally doing its job of strengthening its own defense capacity and thus its own contribution to the defense of the alliance," she said on Monday.

This is "an important moment for the Bundeswehr".