Round 4: Tossup 10

Description acceptable. Rules for this policy were amended in 2021 to allow its circumvention through “off-budget funds.” Farmers blocked roads in January 2024 after a constitutional court ruled that a transfer to the Climate and Transformation Fund violated this policy. The party that introduced this policy campaigned on its success as the “black zero.” This policy has been mandated (15[1])constitutionally since 2009 as a (*) “brake” in the Basic Law. The proposal for an infrastructure fund that circumvented this policy led Christian (10[1])Lindner to withdraw the FDP from the governing “traffic (10[1])light” coalition. In 2025, Friedrich Merz and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz secured an exemption from this policy to strengthen defense. For 10 points, what policy limits spending by the largest (-5[1])economy in the Eurozone? (0[1])■END■

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