Budget compromise sought by Schmidt

West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt put proposals to his Cabinet for compromise on the 1983 budget, on which the future of his left-liberal coalition depends.

Failure of his Social Democratic Party to agree with the Free Democratic Party on a budget could end their 13-year alliance and bring down the coalition. Political sources said wide differences remain over state borrowing, welfare cuts, and measures to combat unemployment.

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