Rezo Schlauch of the Greens accused the great coalition in Stuttgart of having run down the state and neglected rural areas such as Oberschwaben. DIHT expects difficult year for the economy The German Industry and Commerce gremium expects a difficult year for the economy. DIHT manager Schoser said in Bonn, the economy, which seems to have stirred further into the doldrums since the beginning of the year, will not gain much speed in the coming year. An hangover-mood prevails. The additional exports will not be sufficient in 1996 to equalize the lacking impulses from within the country.
Employment remains the worry number one.
The deficit of the household of the State of Berlin seems to be larger than assumed so far. Finance senator Vogmann-Hesing declared today that alone this year the budget is short of. DM 5.3 billion. By the end of the legislative period in 1999, a gap of about DM 32 billion will result. Shortly before the end of their coalition negotiations in January, CDU and SPD still assumed the gap would be about DM 23 billion.