The federal government’s reform package: Will the reform package save the German economy?

There was a sigh of relief when a high-ranking manager from major industry spoke into the telephone on this Thursday morning. A few minutes ago, the government coalition presented its long-awaited reform program in the garden of the Chancellery, which is intended to finally bring crisis-stricken Germany on track. There was fighting and bickering for weeks, people feared the worst, but in the end it happened relatively quickly; after around nine hours, the coalition members had reached an agreement. “At least something,” the manager now says, “at least unity and a common will.” However, he also says: That could only be a beginning. “That’s not enough.”