The system of state aid in Germany leads to blatant injustice, says FDP Vice President Johannes Vogel – and calls for these design errors to be corrected. During the debate about the 2024 budget, he wants to put the social budget to the test. You even have to talk about pensions.
The German welfare state has fallen into disrepute. Experts say it produces grotesque results and punishes people who work more. And in view of the budget crisis, it is not just the Union that is demanding cuts to the social budget, which totals more than 170 billion euros. The governing party FDP also wants to make social cuts, no matter how vehemently its partners from the SPD and the Greens reject this. So it’s high time for a conversation with Johannes Vogel. The FDP deputy and first parliamentary managing director of his parliamentary group in the Bundestag is one of the FDP’s leading social politicians.