Assuming the coalition remains strong and determined under political fire, there are nonetheless collective risks for both partners from the Budget.

BBC: Budget: Osborne package will test coalition strength

The unions, supported by former cabinet ministers, are fighting a proposal to replace collective wage agreements with company-level ones, a reform that would make it easier to fire workers.

ECONOMIST: How much more can Greeks take?

Yet, apart from the fire-bombing of Dresden and Hamburg, it is barely registered in the official German collective memory.

ECONOMIST: A German review of history