“Look at your pension,” says an expert on ARD – and explains the “problem” of the debt brake. The Bundestag will begin final discussions on exactly how much money the state can spend on what in 2024.

Expert Marcel Fratzscher takes a critical view of this – and gives an example of pensions. Finance Minister Christian Lindner is determined to stick to it, although there is a willingness to reform it from among his coalition partners, the SPD and the Greens.