Overview
- In a new ntv interview reported by WELT, the ex-FDP leader says the schwarz‑rote government is piling up debt instead of delivering the reforms promised by Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
- He warns that by the end of the decade a high share of the federal budget will be required for interest payments.
- He criticizes the EU‑backed €90 billion loan for Ukraine as debt mutualization that erodes fiscal discipline.
- He calls his biggest political mistake not demanding a renegotiation of the coalition agreement after the Constitutional Court ruling on about €60 billion.
- He says he became a father in 2025, is moving into a leadership role at Autoland, and praises Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt’s migration policy while noting Economics Minister Katharina Reiche sometimes lacks political backing.