CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann warned of an irreversible decline in the German economy. “The IMF forecast shows that Germany is in real danger of going into a downturn that at some point we will no longer be able to avoid,” Linnemann told “Stern.”
That CDU-Politicians demand: “We must take immediate action.” Therefore, Linnemann called for further efforts from the federal government to get the economy running again: “The most important thing is to plan security for the economy,” the politician said. Secretary General of the CDU. “Germany needs a 2030 Agenda that addresses key issues such as taxes, skilled workers, energy prices and reducing bureaucracy. The CDU will put forward concrete proposals on this in January.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had previously lowered its growth forecast for this year in Germany to zero on Tuesday. It is estimated that there will only be an increase of 0.8 percent in the coming year. The figure is 0.5 percentage points lower than previous estimates. In the second quarter of this year, the German economy experienced a surprising contraction.