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Criticism from the CSU boss
Because of the traffic light budget crisis: Söder calls for early elections

Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder is calling for new elections in Germany

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CSU boss Markus Söder does not believe that the traffic light government can master the current challenges – and has a piquant suggestion: a new edition of the Groko.

CSU boss In view of the budget crisis and the debates within the traffic light government, Markus Söder has brought up the possibility of an early election parallel to the European elections on June 9th next year. The traffic light government should ask the question of trust “not in parliament, but in front of the German people,” the Bavarian Prime Minister demanded in front of journalists in Berlin on Monday. He does not believe that the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is still able to solve the country’s problems.

Following a new election, a new edition of the grand coalition with the SPD is a conceivable government option, said Söder. He once again rejected a Union government with the Greens. Black-green is “a good model for good times, but simply not for difficult times.” He also doesn’t believe “that the FDP is still in a position to be a stable government partner in the long term.” You notice how the inner substance of the traffic light is disappearing and the centrifugal forces are getting bigger and bigger.

CSU boss Markus Söder is sticking to the debt brake

Söder clearly rejected abolishing or reforming the debt brake. The opposition is always ready to help Germany. “But the help does not lie in abolishing the debt brake or weakening the debt brake,” said the CSU chairman. “We reject that. The leaders of the CDU and CSU agree on that. It would be the wrong way to do it now,” he said, also against the background of the considerations of some CDU prime ministers who had not ruled out reforming the debt brake .

Söder called on Chancellor Scholz to “clear ship” in his government statement this Tuesday and to make it clear where the journey is headed. If the federal government declares an emergency for the 2023 budget, the Union will not sue, although it still considers the step to be wrong. Söder left it open what this would look like with a view to next year’s budget.