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Union resistance persists as SPD pushes overhaul of inheritance tax

(de-news.net) – Senior figures within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have continued to resist the Social Democratic Party’s (SPD) proposals for reforming the inheritance tax,…

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Hesse demands reform of of federal fiscal equalization mechanism as debt pressures mount

(de-news.net) – Boris Rhein (CDU), the Minister-President of Hesse, has argued that Germany’s current system of interstate fiscal equalization requires a fundamental overhaul, explicitly linking…

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Major electric-vehicle incentives prepared amid dispute on combustion-car taxation

(de-news.net) – The Federal Government’s forthcoming subsidy program for private electric vehicle purchases is expected, according to German media reports, to provide financial support ranging…

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Germany secures EU backing for 12-GW tender with regard to new power-plant strategy

(de-news.net) – Presenting the initiative as a decisive measure for safeguarding Germany’s long-term security of supply, the Federal Government has announced that it had reached…

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Stricter basic-security framework: Bas (SPD) and CDU leadership justify reform

(de-news.net) – In response to criticism voiced during the bill’s formal introduction in the Bundestag on Thursday, Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has offered…

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Wealth inequality does call for reform of inheritance‑tax system – but with constitutional hurdles

(de-news.net) – Monika Schnitzer, the chair of the German Council of Economic Experts, has argued that a comprehensive and carefully structured revision of the inheritance‑tax…

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SPD unveils inheritance‑tax reform plan as CDU/CSU rejects overhaul

(de-news.net) – The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has formally introduced a comprehensive proposal to revise Germany’s inheritance tax system, asserting that the existing network of…

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SPD seeks 1-million-euro lifetime exemption for inheritances (Update)

(de-news.net) – According to a concept paper jointly drafted by the SPD’s leadership and its parliamentary caucus, the party has put forward a detailed proposal…

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Debate over income and corporate tax cuts highlights divisions over Germany’s economy

(de-news.net) – Leading figures from the SPD and the CDU/CSU have articulated sharply contrasting priorities in the ongoing tax policy debate within Germany’s governing coalition….

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Söder (CSU) urges SPD to revive reform legacy amid demographic and economic pressures

(de-news.net) – Markus Söder, minister-president of Bavaria and leader of the CSU, has called on the Social Democratic Party to orient itself more strongly toward…

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