FDP leader Lindner calls for a change in the welfare state: a surprise for the Chancellor. Georg Anastasiadis: Lindner puts SPD at the beginning of the already tough one Budget deliberations the knife to the chest.

A lot has come together recently. The traffic light is at the latest with Linder's pre-Easter greeting before the fateful weeks. There are reports from Berlin that members of the CDU/CSU and FDP meet regularly for confidential discussions.