[HIGHLIGHTS] Conflict over the direction of the Union: Haseloff wants to get the economy going with debt

Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff would like to see the federal government declare a budget emergency. Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) and his deputy Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) are apparently pursuing a different approach.

The measures in the Growth Opportunities Act, which the federal and state governments are currently discussing in the Mediation Committee, are at best homeopathic doses. "We need an offensive to preserve the industrial core of our country," said Haseloffs.