Rolf Mützenich: SPD parliamentary group leader “astonished” by Green Party leader Omid Nouripour. Critics - including representatives of the SPD and the Greens - complained that only families with high incomes benefited from this.

"The finance minister looks at the high earners," says Mützeinich. Green Party colleague: "We don't want to send the signal that we are granting support to some of the families with higher incomes," says Nouripours.