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Merz rejects tax increases
In the federal budget, there will soon be larger billions of billions – is a austerity course enough? The Chancellor still does not want to know anything about another option.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives considerations on tax increases for stuffing household holes. In the coalition agreement, the Union and the SPD agreed that taxes would not be increased, said the CDU chairman in the “Berlin directly summer interview” of the ZDF. “This coalition agreement applies.” The topic had long been discussed in the coalition negotiations. CSU boss Markus Söder and he both said not to sign a contract with tax increase. “The SPD knows that.”
The Chancellor added: “The fact that the SPD has other ideas on this question is just as okay as we have our ideas in other questions. We are not looking for what separates us. We are looking for what lets us goverize together.”
SPD brought tax increases into play as an option
Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) had not excluded higher taxes for top earners and the wealthy in order to close a foreseeable gap of more than 30 billion euros in budget 2027. “No option is taken off the table,” he made it clear. This has been discussed for a few weeks.
dpa
Source: Stern
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