Richard Prebble: How History Warns Against the Greens' Fiscal Ambitions
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Finance Minister Klingbeil's draft budget has gone through the cabinet: there is criticism of the opposition. The Greens speak of "election gifts", the Left Party criticises the focus on defence spending.
Finance Minister Klingbeil can hardly count on the votes of the opposition in his budget. Greens, BSW and left have very different reasons for their rejection.
As Minister of Finance, he is presenting his first budget this week. As a vice chancellor, he is also supposed to settle the dispute with the country leaders. And as the leader of the party, he has to survive a delicate SPD party day.
With a first budget exercise, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil must do on Tuesday what the previous government stumbled over: agree on how much and what amount the government wants to use to support the economic recovery.
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