German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 21/16, pp.
1449-1451.
Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable colleagues.
Dear audience in the hall and at the screens.
Governments can be voted out, but not debts. Alone in this
year, the black-red Federal government plans with its budget new debts in the
sum of 143.1 billion euros. That means that every fourth euro which is
over-spent from this Federal budget comes from new debts, thus from money which
we certainly do not have, and also to which no income is matched [gegenüberstehen]; since to the planned
total budget in a sum of 564.3 billion euros, there is matched a total income
of only 421.4 billion euros. Serious appears otherwise, Herr Klingbeil.
In the mid-term finance planning to 2029, thus in the next
four years, it appears worse. Black-red will here take up overall new debts in
a sum of 846.9 billion euros, almost one trillion euros in just four years.
Herren Merz and Klingbeil will thereby increase the current indebtedness within
one election cycle by a whopping 50 percent. They have thereby even topped all
the horror calculations which we here have queued-up, following your coup
d’état of a Basic Law alteration with the voted-out Bundestag. Were the Union
in the opposition, an outcry would go through the country. Axel Springer would
fire from all barrels and the downfall of this country within the briefest time
would be prophesied.
Yet Friedrich Merz is Chancellor, he who longed to be a
Chancellor of change, who however unfortunately wants only to be an extern
Chancellor. Thus everything remains quiet as a mouse. All look away, stick the
head in the sand. Many think: He hopefully will know what he is doing. Others are
simply paralyzed and doubt the reality. It is the monstrosity of this
indebtedness which basically nips in the bud every criticism. Who willingly
places himself against such a huge tsunami? Now, to that, there is an answer.
We do it, once more the only ones in this country. We, the AfD Bundestag
delegation, decisively oppose this madness, are against this financial policy
run amok. This mountain of debt is not without an alternative.
Yes, the problems in this country are great: A decaying
infrastructure, a healthcare system on the verge of collapse, ever further
climbing costs of the social security system. And the economy finds itself,
despite well-tempered, kiss-kiss summer selfies, ever still in decline. Yet all
of this need be no permanent situation. What we now require is a clear analysis
of our spending policy. For what do we spend money? Which purpose does this thus
pursue? Do we thereby at all achieve this purpose? Is there not also another
way? We need thus to ask ourselves in regards each, single budget item: Is it
required? Need that really be? And then we of course need the courage to say:
That can go, that we no longer do; since we are simply no longer able to manage
that. We can thus arrive at an authentic budget consolidation and thus again enable
the state to effectively concentrate itself on its core duties.
We require fundamental structural reforms, and need to
finally stop just talking about deconstruction of bureaucracy, and finally do
it. Our economy, our doctors, our teachers, all are oppressed by a flood of
prescripts which take from them the joy in their work. The work ethic [Arbeitsmoral] in Germany is grounded.
Kathrin
Michel (SPD): By you!
It is aground due to the daily, massive, bureaucratic
tutelage with which the people need to struggle, and which costs our economy
billions, and brings purely nothing.
Although everyone knows this, continually come new
prescripts and regulations. Why actually did not the government for once get
started with that before it started the debts torpedo? Instead, Friedrich Merz
travels through world history and devotes himself to the pet projects of all
the other parties: Give away billions in tax money to foreign countries and the
EU. And the finishing touch on that is the Chancellor wants to buy with the new
mega-debts 43 billion euros worth of weapons for the Ukraine, while in this
country the promised electricity tax reduction still does not yet come for the
citizens. That is an absolute insolence against the working middle of this
country, and it is evidence of an incapability that you here again have broken
your word.
Still more: It is a fatal signal that the seriousness of the
situation in Germany and the signs of the time are ever still not acknowledged.
If we want to get our economy underway, then we need to really unchain it. We
need to reduce the taxes for citizens and business, and that permanently. Every
euro which the state loosens from the citizen in excess taxes reduces the
motivation [Leitsungsbereitschaft] of
every, single individual. Why should one strain himself if from his own work so
little remains; that one asks himself whether work at all still pays? And
should one do overtime when the state withholds half the pay, and then spends
it for dubious NGOs, or the clothing worn by Georgine Kellermann?
The worst is: A large part of the Union quite precisely
knows all of this. Presumably, many even agree with me – secretly, of course.
Yet as a result of the decision to enter into a coalition with the SPD, Germany
now receives a red-red-green Politik.
That looks very nice to the Greens’ present lack of concepts. All that they
have imagined in their most daring dreams will now be implemented by black-red.
They certainly no longer know what they still should say all
day long. Yet this red-red-green socialism, the people in the country have
voted out. The German have voted for a fundamental change of course. They have
voted for financial policy stability, and issued a refusal to the further-so of
the downfall.
The Union basically misplayed it. Yet we will well set it
right. We rejoice at the pending budget consultations, and once again stand
ready with many good proposals for making Germany better.
Many thanks for the attention.
[trans: tem]
