"Yes, the traffic lights will make it through this crisis"
There is the question of whether the traffic light system will break up due to the budget crisis. And now the FDP also has to face a member survey. FDP parliamentary group deputy leader Konstantin Kuhle is confident.
Konstantin Kuhle, deputy leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has spoken out in favor of his party remaining in the traffic light system. "I am in favor of completing a task that one has taken on, i.e. that the FDP remains in the federal government," said Kuhle on ntv's "Frühstart". In these difficult times, people have no understanding for politicians complaining about their own work. "You stand for election, take on responsibility in government and then you have to live up to this responsibility in difficult times."
The FDP politician is confident about the outcome of the upcoming members' vote on whether to remain in the traffic light coalition. "In a democracy, it is quite normal for there to be a lot of discussion. And that is why I am very confident that we will get a decision in which the members of the FDP say by a large majority: we want the country to continue to be governed by the FDP."
Kuhle also believes that the traffic light coalition will survive the budget crisis. "Yes, the federal government and the coalition will make it through this crisis. But it's not easy, because worlds with very different views on national debt are clashing." In the end, smart people will have to put their heads together and find a solution together. "And that will also succeed here."
Kuhle expects the CDU and CSU "to work together with the coalition now. Not because they are supposed to help the coalition, but because this ruling from Karlsruhe will also have an impact on many state budgets. And there are also special funds in the federal states. The CDU/CSU is partly involved in governing them." If, for example, the Climate and Transformation Fund were to be turned into a special climate fund anchored in the Basic Law, it would require a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag - and thus the votes of the CDU/CSU.
However, Kuhle is critical of such a special fund. "I am skeptical when it comes to anchoring further special funds in the Basic Law. Ultimately, this is nothing more than a circumvention of the debt brake in the constitutional text," says Kuhle. The FDP politician believes that many citizens would also not understand this approach. "We should rather think about how we can structure the budget in such a way that the state can ultimately make do with the money available."
Source: www.ntv.de
