Saxon Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is urging the federal government to implement comprehensive reforms. "We can't wait any longer. Because the longer we take for reforms, the more complex the problems that need to be solved become," he told Stern magazine. "Piecemeal work won't get us anywhere. We can no longer just tinker with the instruments: We need a new toolbox."
"Class war rhetoric" won't help
According to Kretschmer, Germany must be made competitive again - with less bureaucracy, affordable energy prices and lower labor costs. "Class war rhetoric won't get us anywhere. It is crucial that the federal government presents an overall package agreed with employers and trade unions that serves this main objective and conveys to the people that this government has understood the seriousness of the situation."
