Martin Günther calls for EU budget to support economic restructuring

Martin Günther, a Member of the European Parliament for The Left, is calling for a revised European Union budget designed to address 21st-century challenges through economic restructuring and decarbonization.

In a guest contribution, Günther argues that investment in renewable energy is essential to end dependency on expensive fossil fuels. He also advocates for higher wages and pensions to stimulate domestic demand and increase Europe's resilience to crises.

Günther criticized austerity measures and spending cuts proposed by the German federal government. He characterized the current economic situation not as a standard crisis, but as a failure of a system reliant on