when crisis struck ⇒ Germany ⇒ was under coalition government ⇒ led by SPD. SPD ⇒ wanted to increase welfare for the unemployment ⇒ but its coalition partners refused. Weaknesses of Weimar Republic Result ⇒ coalition collapsed in 1930s.
President ⇒ Paul Von Hindenburg ⇒ used his powers under article 48 ⇒ to appoint a new chancellor ⇒ Heinrich Bruning. Apart from cutting government spending on welfare ⇒ Bruning also cut wages of civil servants and most other government employees.