MARIANNE MERTEN: Confusion about political processes underlying budgets in full view
It is unclear what has been achieved in the past two weeks of discussions in the multiparty cabinet
12 March 2025 - 05:42
It’s budget day, again. The national spending plan is unlikely to bring good news. Years of warnings about bloating debt service costs went unheeded despite graphic analogies of the jaws of the hippo or, slightly more optimistic, the aloe’s resilience against drought. ..
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