Berlin - Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck is on austerity! And because his ministerial colleagues have asked greedy financial demands, takes Steinbrueck now back on a tried and tested method: the warning letter.
Many ministries have already received the bad post. In it, he urges his colleagues to substantially cut their budget ideas. Steinbrueck wanted to give in to all demands, he would have by 2012 a total of 55 billion euros add new debt - 40 billion more than planned!
Especially hard hit are Economics Minister Michael Glos. His household registration was "no realistic basis for budget negotiations," said Steinbrueck.
Blue letters, it also gave to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Stein Meier, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, Minister of Transport Wolfgang Tiefensee, research minister Annette Schavan and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.
