Even the OECD is now suggesting it: climate-damaging benefits in Germany must be abolished quickly. The traffic light should make a move – and implement what it has set out to do.
The dispute over the federal budget is currently heating up in Berlin. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner insists on savings in the double-digit billion range and on strict compliance with the debt brake. However, several ministers from the two coalition partners are resisting and even want to spend significantly more than in the current year. There is a lack of willingness to compromise – and many billions.