Before the federal election
Merz: No citizens’ allowance for those who want to work
Six days before the Bundestag election, four candidates for Chancellor face the questions of voters in an ARD show live. One of them says without “unreasonable” it will not work.
With the announcement of tax cuts and radical changes to the citizens’ allowance, Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz in the ARD “Wahlarena” tried to score with the voters. “Those who cannot work, but can work will no longer receive a citizens’ allowance in the future,” Merz announced in the event of a government led by the Union after the Bundestag election on February 23.
Merz: “Remind sleeves”
For an economic upswing, everyone would have to roll up the sleeves and tackle them, emphasized Merz. The economic turnaround would not be possible without “imposition”.
The CDU politician promised “more net of gross” a teacher for nursing professions that also works in her husband’s company and complained about the tax burden that is too high in her view. “We have too high tax burden in Germany,” added Merz. This also affects people with small and medium -sized incomes.
In the program “Wahlarena 2025 for the Bundestag election”, voters have the opportunity to address their questions live to the candidates for chancellor Alice Weidel (AfD), Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Robert Habeck (Greens). The alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) had tried unsuccessfully to legally dispute a place on the show.
dpa
Source: Stern
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