German centrally politicians lose their voices to the far right and extreme left. They lose faith in America, their longtime friend and protector.

And they quickly lose what could be their best opportunity to suddenly deal with both problems.

The German government, led by the probable next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, introduced a raft of measures to the parliament session on Thursday, that it was Charge as an urgent response to President Trump and threats of his administration to withdraw American military support to Europe.

The package would run for German signature restrictions on state consumption and allow hundreds of billions – or potentially trillion – euros in new efforts to restore infrastructure and army in the country.

But Mr. Merz and his Christian Democrats, who have closely won the election in February, still have no votes to pass the proposed changes. Can I collect them next week to determine if Germany is ready to make a seminar strategic shift. He will also shape the fate of Europe because he faces his most enemy security environment since World War II.

“You seriously believe that the US government will continue to continue NATO as before on the NATO Hague Summit at the end of June if Germany and, along with Germany, European NATO partners are not ready to go a new way?” Mr. Merz asked lawmakers in a fiery speech on Thursday.

The parliamentary cliff in Berlin is played on a much more accelerated time lane than the Germans are used to. Usually after the election, the winner takes months to provide a management agreement with one or more coalition partners.

But after reaching an early contract with social democrats to the left, Mr. Merz took an extraordinary step of attempts to encourage his spending plan through the Parliament from the Slac duck, instead of waiting for the replacement of this month, when the legislative mathematics will be worse for him.

Mr. Merz’s Christian Democrats won the election of a relatively low voter share, and his new two -party coalition with social democrats will only have a narrow majority in the new parliament. Since the consumption plan must overcome the constitutional borders, it requires even more than a simple majority.

In the new parliament, Mr. Merz should support either the newly acclaimed Die Linke, the parties of the extreme left, or the strenuous right alternatives to Germany, or AFD, to pass the consumption plan. The first is unlikely an ally and the second is taboo because it is considered extremist.

Even in the outgoing parliament, Mr. Merz’s challenge is difficult enough, which requires support from the center-lege Green party, his campaign punching bag.

Three parties negotiated the last week. Their conversations are expected to extend until next weekend, on the eve of the critical vote next week. The weather was running out.

Speaking in Parliament on Thursday while the proposals were made, Mr. Merz promised EUR 50 billion for the climate and energy fund. He also agreed to expand the definition of consumption exempted from borrowing limit – demands of greenery – to include intelligence, assistance to Ukraine and a response to natural disasters or other events that threaten public peace.

“What could you ask more?” Mr. Merz asked the Green Party MPs.

That’s really a question.

Analysts, commentators and many political leaders have kicked out a test for the German main parties for the next few days, left and right. Can I collect a compromise? Or will domestic political quarrels block them from acting, as was the case in Germany and other European democracies in recent years?

AND urgency and boldness of gambit Mr. Merz It was encouraged by Mr. Trump.

Future chancellor and his allies publicly and privately say that Mr. Trump’s moves canceled them to cancel a decade of US security guarantee in Europe, and his sharp rotation on US support to Ukraine in his war against Russia.

Mr. Merz publicly questioned the stability of the German Union with America and wondered if the United States would remain democracy. He also dramatically increased his proposals for new military consumption, while leaving the campaign promises to avoid heavy borrowing with the defense of defense.

The agreement that Mr. Merz has achieved with the Social Democrats, the reduced party of the departure chancellor Olaf Scholz, would provide an effectively unlimited borrowing for any consumption on defense that exceeds one percent of the annual economy of the state, which is the level that is already exceeding. As a sweetener for the Social Democrats, he agreed and borrow 500 billion euros over the decade to upgrade the German domestic infrastructure.

The size of the borrowing increases abruptly from the years of relatively strict German budgets. But Mr. Merz said last week that such moves can no longer be delayed “after the latest decisions of the US government.” He added: “Given the threat of our freedom and peace on our continent, the mantra for our defense must be:” Whatever it takes. “

His move to convey changes to the Constitution, while the old parliament still considered some experts in power as a cunning political move that would also provide enough fiscal pillow for the central government to be stable.

On Thursday, the session was only a second time in modern history that German legislators met after the election and before the oath in the new parliament. The last one was when Bundestag decided to send German soldiers to Kosovo in 1998 – the first German military deployment outside the country since World War II.

The current session convened in a cloud of uncertainty, because Mr. Merz made his plans without consulting green, who are not partners in the likely next coalition. For years, they had a controversial relationship with Mr. Merz’s party and his sister party in Bavaria, Christian Social Union, especially in a recent campaign.

Mr. Merz attacked the greenery on the track long after they had stopped being a threat. In one of the last speech before the election, he beat the “Green and Left Creeping” and told the crowd that the time of green had passed.

Markus Söder, leader Christian Social Union, seemed to enjoy the celebration of the victory of the Conservatives over the Green, who were part of Mr. Scholz’s departure coalition. “Goodbye, a pleasant journey, good Riddance!” He said during the speech last week.

Still, Mr. Merz seemed to support the party for his spending contract as given. His charm abusive to green leaders last weekend was limited to the voice message he left to one politician, offering that he adds the word “climate” in the official text, in which he justified new measures.

On Monday, Green leaders announced that they would not support Mr. Merz’s change in the Constitution in their presented form.

Many German analysts see this move as a negotiating tactic because the greenery has long been pushed by more borrowing to restore the defense of the country. The parties talked all week.

While the Greens say that they are willing to help cancel debt limit for military consumption and at home and in the support of Ukraine, they insist that they will not support the spending of infrastructure unless redefined.

“Breaking money into everything and working on a loan, based on debt financing for future generations. This is what we will not support, “said Franzish Branner, co -operated by the Green Party, on Wednesday in an interview with public radio.

If the parties cannot agree to an agreement soon, their task will become harder: the extreme left and far right has gained places in the recent elections and could block the increasing reform of borrowing in the new parliament.

Lars Klingbeil, one of the leaders of the Social Democrat, alluded to this on Thursday’s speech.

“When history beats, you better open the door, because you never know if there could be another opportunity,” he said.