“Guns and butter”: Ifo boss believes cuts in social benefits are inevitable. Finance Minister calls for a multi-year moratorium on social spending and subsidies.
Green Party leader Ricarda Lang also said Germany needs to invest more money to support Ukraine. But: “We must not play external security off against social security within the country.” It will not be possible to finance these tasks from the current budget. “If we could manage to get by with what we have for three years, then that would be a really big step towards consolidation,” said the FDP leader.