Ministers want to relieve companies: Lindner and Habeck agree, but the Chancellor remains silent. Olaf Scholz, the great silent leader in the Chancellery, should follow the example of his party colleague Gerhard Schröder, writes Anastasiadis.

The FDP is more likely to let the traffic light burst in the newly erupted dispute over the right economic policy, he adds. With more demands and the savings that can be achieved here, scope for relief could be developed.