“Overreaching”: President of the Social Court takes a hard line against citizens’ money. Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is calling for a social moratorium due to high military spending.
Rainer Schlegel asks whether it is realistic that the welfare state can continue to be expanded - “or whether we have a phase ahead of us in which we ask ourselves what we really need and what you could do without,” he says. The outgoing president of the Federal Social Court also speaks out in the Welfare State debate - and does not skimp on criticism.