The Union has announced that it will handle several of the traffic light coalition’s heart projects if it comes into government responsibility after the next federal election. The Greens find this fatal.
The Green party leader, Britta Haßelmann, has accused the Union of unsettling citizens and potential investors with its “backward-looking positioning”. CDU General Secretary “Carsten Linnemann announces every week what he no longer wants: a modern citizenship law, the end of fossil combustion engines, the exit from risky, expensive nuclear power or a change in heating,” Haßelmann told the German Press Agency.
In doing so, the CDU/CSU faction is unsettling citizens and businesses alike. “This has the potential to slow down important investments in our future and weaken the economy,” she added.
According to Linnemann, the top tax rate should rise from currently around 65,000 euros per year to 80,000 euros. “That would mean that the tax curve would become flatter and the middle class would be completely relieved,” said the CDU politician to “Welt am Sonntag”. Building regulations should be drastically streamlined to make it easier to purchase home ownership. In addition, administrations could declare any building application approved if the applicant does not receive any response within a few months.
Union wants to abolish citizens’ money and faster naturalizations
The Union wants to stop the traffic light coalition’s heating law. Citizens’ money should be abolished and replaced by basic security. According to Linnemann, the Union also wants to withdraw the new citizenship law, which enables faster naturalization. The law legalizing cannabis should also be deleted without replacement.
The Union lacks new concepts and ideas and is sticking to old structures – “that’s a blockage to the future instead of a departure,” criticized Haßelmann. The co-group leader said: “I ask myself, where are the necessary reform approaches in the areas of climate protection, social justice and social progress given this backward-looking positioning of the CDU/CSU.”
Source: Stern
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