http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ae01efe6ff87ac47 https://verfassungsblog.de/germanys-filibuster/ Germany’s Filibuster - Why the Debt Brake — Germany’s version of a balanced budget amendment — has similarly catastrophic consequences for democracy as the filibuster in the USA Guggenberger, Nikolas eng 2024-07-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Debt Brake Filibuster Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Filibuster and debt brake contribute to legislative failure on both sides of the Atlantic. This failure is one of the causes of anti-democratic tendencies. The developments of recent years in the USA should serve as a warning to everyone in the democratic spectrum. Those who, in light of these developments, prioritize a symbolic balanced budget over addressing the real challenges of the 21st century are paving the way for German Trumpists. The European election was just a warning shot.