Saar CDU leader Toscani calls for the traffic light to resign
The Saarland CDU party leader Stephan Toscani has called on the federal government to resign. "Resign, clear the way for new elections," he said at a state party conference in St. Ingbert.
The traffic light government in Berlin was "the worst federal government in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany", continued Toscani. "First the completely botched heating law. Then shutting down nuclear power plants in the middle of the energy crisis. And now the slap in the face from Karlsruhe."
The current budget crisis had "caused the red light in Berlin. Deliberately, with cheap shenanigans, with trickery," he said, referring to the new billion-euro gaps in the federal government's finances following the Federal Constitutional Court's budget ruling.
Now it was up to the federal government to present a budget in accordance with the law. "A budget that also secures the necessary funds for structural change in Saarland," he said. "But pretty much the only thing they can think of so far is: abolish the debt brake."
Söder: Federal government is "completely headless and without a plan"
In view of the upheavals surrounding the budget policy, CSU leader Markus Söder also believes that the ability of the traffic light government to govern is severely called into question. "The traffic light is completely without a plan and headless", said Söder before a CSU delegates' meeting in Nuremberg. He sees Germany in a serious national crisis. "This government has run its course," said Söder. "Basically, we have a government that is just staggering along. And that's why we now have to wait and see whether it can recover at all, whether it can govern stably at all," said Söder.
"Now the budget emergency is being declared. In fact, this is nothing other than an emergency for this government," criticized the Bavarian Minister President. "This is an SOS spark of complete helplessness." And everything is at the sole expense of the citizens. What is needed now is not just proposals for savings, but a fundamental reorientation of policy, such as energy policy.
The CDU and CSU, both at the state and federal levels, are critical of the traffic light government's handling of various issues. Toscani, the Saarland CDU leader, labeled it as the worst ever, citing issues like the heating law, nuclear power shutdowns, and the budget crisis. Markus Söder, the CSU leader, echoed these sentiments, stating that the traffic light government is "completely without a plan and headless," and that Germany is in a national crisis. Söder also criticized the government for declaring a budget emergency, which he sees as a sign of their own inability to govern effectively. Amidst all this, Stephan Toscani emphasized the importance of the federal government presenting a lawful budget that secures funds for structural change in Saarland.
Source: www.dpa.com
