“Look at your pension,” says an expert on ARD – and explains the “problem” of the debt brake. 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 of the concept would be there.

“100 euros in debt today would mean 200 to 300 euros more in tax revenue in the long term,’ says economist Marcel Fratzscher. In the ARD "Morgenmagazin" interview Moderator Michael Strempel underlined that this is a widespread opinion in Germany.