Coalition committee: Söder for savings in social costs

Before the top meeting of the Union and SPD this week, CSU boss Markus Söder calls for savings on social expenditure, further relief for the economy and more speed in the mother’s pension. “It may not be that we have record expenditure in the civil allowance and therefore have to postpone other important concerns such as relief in electricity tax. This is exactly what will be said in the coalition committee,” said Söder of the German Press Agency.

The leaders from Union and SPD want to meet for the coalition committee in Berlin on Wednesday. According to information from the German Press Agency, it should also be a further reduction in energy prices. It should be discussed which expenses are dispensable to create scope for further relief, it was said from government circles.

According to Söder, the controversial decision on electricity tax should also be discussed. “We also have to talk about it again and create an overall view,” said the CSU boss. In this context, he also referred to savings potential in the social area: “We still have too high costs for citizenship and other comparable expenses.” The welfare state may not be “shredded”. However, a fundamental update is necessary, for example, in the case of citizenship.

Call for “complete relief” for medium -sized companies and craft

Union and SPD agreed in the coalition agreement to reduce electricity tax for everyone to the European minimum size – including private consumers. However, the coalition has moved away from this and justified it with household constraints. There is broad criticism of the decision – also from the Union.

Söder described the reduction in electricity tax for industry as the first step. “But we also need a complete relief for medium -sized companies, the craft,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister. It is important that all companies have shared the reduction in energy costs and not just the large companies.

Requires more speed when the mother’s pension is paid out

Söder also insists on the fastest possible payment of the extended mother’s pension. In 2028, the CSU boss is clearly too late. The new regulation is a central question of social justice. “It has to come earlier and shouldn’t be pushed onto the long bench.”

The child -rearing period in statutory pension insurance will be extended to a total of three years for children born before 1992. However, the payment is only scheduled from 2028 because the pension insurance, according to its own statement, needs for the technical implementation two years after the law was announced.