They had to choose their words carefully. Shouldn't give the impression that every detail has already been clarified. Could only quietly celebrate the success of the negotiations. Actually.

Well, they didn't really succeed.

When the leaders of the traffic light parties and the Union announced the breakthrough in the dispute over citizen income on Tuesday, in the struggle for the interpretation of victory and defeat, what this agreement is all about: the preliminary results of informal talks, quickly went down.

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