Tag: solidarity
Expanded asylum returns as EU states move toward reinforced Dublin returns and a revised solidarity mechanism
(de-news.net) – Reports indicate that Germany and Greece have reached a preliminary arrangement to resume, from June 2026, the systematic transfer of asylum seekers who…
Solidarity surcharge: abolition, continuation, or reform?
(de-news.net) – Reiner Haseloff (CDU), Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister-President, advocates for the continuation of the solidarity surcharge, emphasizing its necessity in financing the welfare state. He argues…
FDP for Growth Opportunities Act and abolition of the Solidarity Surcharge for companies
(de-news.net) – The FDP has spoken out in favor of providing additional relief to German companies. The FDP’s budget spokesman in the German Bundestag, Fricke,…
Laschet for less bureaucracy, Scholz for solidarity – both opt for tax relief
(GermanPolicy.com) – The two candidates for the office of Federal Chancellor, from the CDU and the SPD, have affirmed their different positions in tax policy….
Flooding in Germany: “overwhelmed” by the solidarity
by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com Within a week, the Action Alliance for Disaster Relief, supported by the TV broadcaster ZDF, recorded over 36 million Euros in donations….
Klingbeil: “super rich” should continue to pay solidarity surcharge
The general secretary of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil, has spoken out against abolishing the solidarity surcharge for all taxpayers from July 1st. “For the top…
Parts of Union parties favor abolishing solidarity surcharge
Parts of the Union faction in the Bundestag want to abolish the solidarity surcharge, an additional tax, on July 1. This emerges from a draft…