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FDP rejects tax increases

The traffic light coalition is struggling to decide how much money the federal government can spend in the coming year. The FDP rejects a tax increase in the budget crisis.

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"Tax increases are not only rightly ruled out in the coalition agreement, they would also be exactly wrong for our competitiveness," says FDP deputy chairman Johannes Vogel. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Household - FDP rejects tax increases

In the budget crisis, the FDP has rejected tax increases. Johannes Vogel, deputy chairman of the FDP, told the German Press Agency: "Tax increases are not only rightly ruled out in the coalition agreement, they would also be exactly wrong for our competitiveness - because Germany is already a high-tax country. Instead, we must provide even greater relief for the middle class and companies, as agreed."

Following the Karlsruhe budget ruling, SPD leader Lars Klingbeil has questioned agreements made in the coalition agreement. The decision by the SPD, Greens and FDP not to increase taxes is under scrutiny, Klingbeil said.

The traffic light coalition is struggling to decide how much money the federal government can spend in the coming year. This is because the Karlsruhe ruling has torn gaps worth billions in the budget for 2024 as well as in a fund for modernizing the economy and for climate protection.

Topic of the debt brake

Vogel, First Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP parliamentary group, also spoke out against suspending the debt brake again next year due to an emergency - as many in the SPD are demanding. Vogel said that this does not seem legally possible, at the latest after the statements of the Federal Constitutional Court.

"But it would also be politically wrong - just like a fundamental softening of the debt brake, as the majority of the Union Minister Presidents want. The debt brake has just been strengthened by the ruling from Karlsruhe." Weakening the debt brake in response to the ruling or increasing taxes is out of the question for the Free Democrats.

Vogel emphasized: "The state does not have a revenue problem, but it must now prioritize more clearly, realize the need for reform and use the resources at its disposal accurately. We must and can make savings and pursue more effective policies with less money."

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Source: www.stern.de

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