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The Great Show of Excuses: Government Question Time on 20/05/2026 – Lars Klingbeil (SPD) and Verena Hubertz (SPD) in Justification ModeOn 20 May 2026, the federal government once again appeared before the Bundestag for questioning. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and Construction Minister Verena Hubertz (both SPD) were allowed to present their record after almost one year in office. What followed was a textbook example of political self-absolution: external crises as universal excuses, vague promises, and the systematic brushing aside of structural failures. The coalition presents itself as a victim of global circumstances – and not as a co-creator of the crisis. Klingbeil’s Fiscal Policy: Debt Spree with Special Funds and Messages of EnduranceKlingbeil evoked the “seventh year of crisis” – pandemic, war in Ukraine, war in the Middle East, and social polarization. The country must be “guided through this time.” His recipe: investment, structural reforms, and budget consolidation. Sounds good, but it does not work.The AfD parliamentary group presented the numbers without mercy: by the end of the legislative period, the federal government alone could face €78.7 billion in interest payments. Money that is missing for pensions, care, and healthcare. The government’s own forecast was revised downward, 171,000 industrial jobs were lost in the first quarter of 2026 alone. The ifo business climate index at pandemic lows. Tax revenues falling. Yet still one trillion euros in new debt. Klingbeil’s response? Smokescreens. The Iran war is to blame, not his own policies. The focus is on growth through investment. A plan B for repaying the debt? None. Instead, he refers to special funds and defense exemptions – meaning additional debt outside the debt brake. The question remains: how is a country that has been structurally weakening for years supposed to ever bear this burden without massively harming future generations? Particularly brazen: while Klingbeil wants to relieve small and middle incomes, the government is simultaneously cutting housing benefits, pensions, and healthcare spending. The Greens and the Left rightly criticized that lower incomes barely benefit from the planned income tax reform. The response remained vague: first stabilize the social systems, then maybe relief. Classic social democracy – spend first, save later at the expense of the wrong people. Hubertz’s Housing Policy: Construction Turbo as PR PlaceboVerena Hubertz painted a picture of cautious hope: building permits are slightly increasing, a “construction turbo” and a “building code upgrade” are supposed to work wonders. The reality is one of the worst housing shortages since reconstruction. The Pestel Institute speaks of 1.4 million missing apartments. In large cities, distribution conflicts are intensifying; young families and single parents are desperate.The AfD asked the obvious question: isn’t uncontrolled mass immigration (net increase of approx. 4 million since 1989) the main cause? Hubertz consistently refused to acknowledge this. Instead: “every apartment counts” and no group should be played off against another. A classic refusal to face reality. If population growth is driven almost exclusively by immigration while too little is being built, this is not coincidence but policy failure. The “construction turbo” is being torn apart by experts, construction costs remain far too high, and overloaded standards and regulatory complexity are only being addressed hesitantly. The “building type E” law is supposedly coming at some point. Until then: announcements. At the same time, the government is planning billions in cuts to housing benefits – precisely for those who need it most: single parents, pensioners, low-income earners. Hubertz admitted that it “hurts.” For those affected, this is not pain, but an existential threat. The Big Excuse: It’s Always Someone Else’s FaultA common thread ran through the entire hearing: diffusion of responsibility. Wars, global crises, Trump, Putin – anything but the government’s own years of policy on energy transition ideology, bureaucratic expansion, open borders, and hostility to investment. Klingbeil spoke of “structural changes” and reducing bureaucracy, yet practice shows the opposite: ever more regulations, ever higher standards, ever more subsidies that do not work.Climate policy was particularly exposed. The Council of Experts on Climate Issues delivered a “resounding slap in the face.” The measures are insufficient. At the same time, the government is slowing down renewables and relying on fossil bridge solutions. Klingbeil defended billions in investments in the climate fund with moral appeals, without providing concrete proof of effectiveness. When asked by how many degrees Celsius global temperatures would fall due to Germany’s €100 billion spending, there was no answer – only ideological conviction. A Government Without a CompassThe hearing revealed a coalition already deeply on the defensive after just one year. Klingbeil and Hubertz provided no convincing answers to the most pressing questions:
Citizens have the right to critically question this government – not only on 20/05/2026 in the Bundestag, but every day. Because the crisis is not only “external.” It is homegrown. Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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