"A small coalition partner who instigates disputes over budget issues, a chancellor who withdraws in a huff instead of leading, a relationship with France characterized by discord instead of cooperation - what reads like a description of government relations in Berlin is a summary of Ludwig Erhard's chancellorship. This was a good six decades ago, and yet the parallels of these days are becoming clear as Erhard's memoirs from his time as chancellor become public for the first time."
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is publishing Ludwig Erhard's memoirs in edited form as a book in cooperation with the Ludwig Erhard Foundation. In an interview with Handelsblatt, he describes his impressions of the sometimes astonishing parallels between Erhard's time as chancellor and today's government.