Everyone against everyone in the traffic light – that is the impression that sets in after the renewed dispute about the growth opportunities law. The echo from the economy is devastating. Now Chancellor Olaf Scholz has intervened.
A new dispute within the coalition immediately after the summer break has caused criticism and a lack of understanding from the opposition and business. “One can hardly show the concentrated inability to govern and a lack of common will to govern more obviously,” said the chairman of the CSU deputies in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, of the “Augsburger Allgemeine” (Thursday). “The dispute traffic light goes into the next round.” Business associations warned of delays in the project.
Contrary to what had been planned, the cabinet did not pass the so-called Growth Opportunities Act by Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) on Wednesday – a package of tax policy measures intended to relieve the economy by around 6.5 billion euros a year. Family Minister Lisa Paus blocked the project, and the FDP spoke of an attempt at blackmail. The Greens politician calls for more money for basic child security. The coalition partners had recently crossed paths on several issues.
Chancellor Scholz wants to quickly end the dispute over the Growth Opportunities Act
The Chancellor wants to end the current dispute quickly. “We will pass a law on growth opportunities this month,” assured Scholz on Wednesday at the NRW Entrepreneurs’ Day in Düsseldorf. The law will be passed at the cabinet meeting in Meseberg. The few days until then will be used to “make the law a little nicer,” said Scholz.
CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann took the chancellor to task. “Germany is no longer just the sick man of Europe, but of the world. The citizens and companies rightly expect the Federal Chancellor to finally take the leadership that he promised and bring our country forward,” said Linnemann of the ” New Osnabrück newspaper”.
The trade association BVMW made a similar statement. “While Germany, unlike other countries, is slipping into a deep recession, the federal government is fighting a personal vanity battle between individual ministers,” said Christoph Ahlhaus, chairman of the BVMW’s federal management. “For this federal government, the legalization of drugs seems to be more important than saving our prosperity and thus social peace,” he said, referring to the cannabis plans launched on Wednesday. “When the cannabis smoke has cleared, the Federal Chancellor should finally make use of his directive competence and ensure that small and medium-sized businesses are the saviors of this country’s prosperity.”
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The president of the family business, Marie-Christine Ostermann, called in the “Rheinische Post” (Thursday) “urgently for a real restart” of the traffic light. “At the cabinet meeting in two weeks, Chancellor Scholz must finally calm down his chaotic team.”
The Secretary General of the Economic Council of the CDU, Wolfgang Steiger, accused the traffic light in the editorial network Germany (Thursday) of destroying trust with power games.
FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki addressed Minister Paus in the newspapers of the Funke media group (Thursday). “I can’t say whether she means to underline the Greens’ ability to govern by demonstrating that the Greens are both for and against the Growth Opportunities Act,” said Kubicki. “In any case, she doesn’t leave a professional impression when she thinks she has to jeopardize the country’s future viability in this difficult economic situation.”
Source: Stern
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