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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…

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Posted in Finance Politics

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…

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Posted in Economy Finance Politics

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,…

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Posted in Finance Politics

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….

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Posted in Finance Politics

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….

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Posted in Finance Politics

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…

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Posted in Finance Politics

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…

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