SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans warns of a return to strict austerity measures in the EU. “There must be no return of the austerity policy, of the weaker saving, because that harms everyone,” said Walter-Borjans of the “taz”. With Olaf Scholz as finance minister, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has already made a change of course that remains correct. “Our export industry in particular knows how important this is for jobs and profits in Germany. It would be fatal to fall behind again, ”said the SPD leader. It is still unclear who in a traffic light alliance is to become finance minister and thus Scholz’s successor and who would like to become chancellor.
The Executive Head of the Chancellery Meanwhile, Helge Braun is “very worried” about the financial policy of a possible traffic light coalition from SPD, Greens and FDP. “Solid budgets on a clear legal basis are essential. At the traffic lights I already have the feeling that back doors should be opened, ”said the CDU politician of the“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ”. They seem to want to adhere to the debt brake “ostensibly”, but are “secretly looking for debt opportunities,” said Braun.