“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: “You have to explain that to someone who goes to work every day and can barely make ends meet.” “I would like a three-year moratorium on half-baked proposals,” says SPD social policy spokesman Martin Rosemann.