All of the individual programmes ultimately have social policy objectives. But it pays to at least be aware of the side-effects. The importance of these side-effects is growing in the light of globalisation and demographic change. Do you truly see the opportunity for far-reaching change to occur? Ever since Agenda 2010, society seems to have become rather anti-change.
Things are naturally more difficult now because the challenges are less obvious than ten years ago. That is precisely why I am stimulating this debate. Angela Merkel may be many things – but not a reformer, if most voters do not want reform. I have the impression that the current chancellor, like her predecessors, is looking out for the country’s best interests.