[HIGHLIGHTS] Employers, economists and climate activists agree: Germany is putting itself at risk

Employers, economists and climate activists agree: Germany is putting itself at risk. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Germany to ease the debt brake in order to stimulate economic growth.

“Germany is paying price for its very tough debt brake,” said IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. The Federal Republic is in a situation in a different way to some of its European partners, he said. ‘The German debt level is completely under control,’ he added.