The German Government is preparing to adjust spending in most areas except defense. The Minister of Finance, the liberal Christian Lindner, clashes with his fellow social democrats and greens.
They fear that the commitment to security will reduce funds from social policies and give wings to the extreme right. “Politicians don't have the strength to make real cuts to the real strength of the German people,” says Björn Kauder, an economist at the Institute of German Economics (IW)