Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin.
I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.
I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
