Tag: Finance
Habeck: credits to finance climate measures
(GermanPolicy.com) – Co-chairman of the Greens Habeck is campaigning for Germany to take out more loans to finance domestic measures in view of climate protection. The public purse is supposed to go into debt in order to enable climate investments. Debt should also be possible…
Scholz and Habeck comment on tax relief
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor candidate Scholz (SPD) and Greens chairman Habeck see no possibility of achieving tax relief for small and medium incomes. The FDP rejects increases in taxes and duties. Scholz and Habeck said that relief is only possible if taxes on higher income increases….
Greens want to negotiate better housing benefits
(GermanPolicy.com) – In the coalition negotiations starting this Wednesday, the Greens want to campaign for the housing benefit, the basic income and the tax-free subsistence level to be increased. These measures are meant to counteract the rise in energy prices. With a higher housing benefit,…
SPD, Greens, and FDP: no fundamental tax reform
(GermanPolicy.com) – The traffic light parties (SPD, Greens, and FDP) do not want to tackle a major tax reform, all three parties announced, according to media reports. The solidarity surcharge should not be abolished, nor should other major reliefs be decided upon. In contrast, the…
CDU expert warns against ‘flexibility’ in debt
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the Medium Enterprises and Economy Union, Linnemann (CDU), has warned of a growing mountain of debt. In the exploratory paper on the coalition negotiations between the SPD, the Greens, and the FDP, nothing can be found with respect to the…
The KfW could play a role in climate protection
(GermanPolicy.com) – The state bank KfW is to play a role in the expansion of the future government’s climate policy projects. Investments in climate protection should therefore also be financed by credit. As an investment agency, the bank could lead to innovation for part of…
Coalition negotiations from next week
(GermanPolicy.com) – After one last meeting of leaders of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, 22 working groups with 96 participants each will begin coalition negotiations next week. According to media reports, topics such as acceleration of planning and the right to vote will…
CDU criticizes the traffic light parties’ pension plans
(GermanPolicy.com) – CDU pension expert Peter Weiß has sharply criticized the traffic light parties’ pension plans. According to media reports, he said that if SPD, Greens and FDP said they would keep the pension level at 48 percent, “then the pension fund will be empty…
FDP bodies agree to coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – The federal executive board and the parliamentary group of the FDP have unanimously voted in favor of coalition negotiations with the SPD and the Greens. According to media reports, FDP chairman Christian Lindner had previously emphasized the basic values of freedom and self-determination….
CDU-CSU warns of ‘traffic light’ parties turning left
(GermanPolicy.com) – The parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the Bundestag, Brinkhaus, has accused the traffic light parties of following a strict left-wing course. The exploratory paper by the SPD, Greens and FDP does not say anything about the financing of a perpetual…
Traffic light parties: no tax increases, right to vote from the age of 16
(GermanPolicy.com) – The FDP, in an exploratory paper with the SPD and the Greens, has prevailed to the effect that no wealth tax will be introduced, and no taxes will be increased. The three traffic light parties will not, however, give tax relief to low-wage…
‘Traffic light’ parties in favor of coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD, Greens and FDP are in favor of starting coalition negotiations that could lead to a joint Federal Government. An exploratory paper says: “We are a constellation that can bring together three parties with different traditions and different points of view to form…
