Germany news: Merz sets out EU priorities after urging reforms

Here is a roundup of all the headlines across Germany on Wednesday, October 14: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add DW as a Preferred Source on Google German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has rejected accusations from the far right and far left that support for Ukraine comes at the expense of social spending. "Not a single euro is missing from social spending," he told parliament, speaking ahead of an EU summit in Brussels. Merz said an exemption from Germany's constitutional borrowing limits allows spending on defense and assistance for Ukraine to be financed through additional credit.