“The welfare state that we have today can no longer be financed with what we produce in the economy,” Merz said in the town of Osnabrück.
The coalition partners had already agreed to reforming the social insurance system, which covers health insurance, pensions and unemployment benefits, due to rising costs and gaps in the federal budget.
Germany spent 30 years free riding while enabling russia via limp dick policy and buying their “cheap” hydrocarbons.
I am sorry US forced you to carry your weight, dear.
Ukraine was a small price to pay for a few decades of prosperity.
If europe gets truly re-armed and a military economy they will be fighting eachother again anyway