Overview
- Frei told RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland he is open to a fundamental revision of the coalition agreement because of Germany’s weak economy.
- He said some framework measures have already been set in motion by the CDU/CSU–SPD government.
- He criticized the previous Ampel coalition for sticking to its contract after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urged learning from that approach.
- He argued a coalition must be able to confront unforeseen challenges and may need to step up countermeasures in the current slump.
- Industry chief Peter Leibinger of the BDI recently warned the economy is in free fall and called it the worst crisis in the history of the Federal Republic.