Historical times are unaffected by daily politics. As luck would have it, it was 75 years to the day before the night in which Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner finalized the federal budget for 2024 in Heppenheim on Bergstrasse in Hesse The Free Democratic Party of Germany was founded, which Lindner leads as chairman.