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Heinold pleased with budget agreement of the traffic light coalition

Schleswig-Holstein's Finance Minister Monika Heinold (Greens) still sees a need for clarification following the federal government's budget agreement. It was good that the federal government had overcome the hurdle, said Heinold on Wednesday in Kiel. "It took a while, but now it has worked."...

Finance Minister Monika Heinold speaks during a cabinet press conference. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Finance Minister Monika Heinold speaks during a cabinet press conference. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Minister of Finance - Heinold pleased with budget agreement of the traffic light coalition

Schleswig-Holstein's Finance Minister Monika Heinold (Greens) still sees a need for clarification following the federal government's budget agreement. It was good that the federal government had overcome the hurdle, said Heinold on Wednesday in Kiel. "It took a while, but now it has worked." The state government must now look in detail at what the individual measures mean for Schleswig-Holstein.

With regard to the budget agreement, Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU) said that it was a step in the right direction so that investments in the future could continue to be made. "Reducing subsidies and increasing environmental taxes, such as raising the CO2 price to the level already agreed by the grand coalition with the associated steering effect, seems to be a practicable way forward for the time being," Günther told the German Press Agency. The CDU had always been open to using the CO2 price as a steering instrument.

The leaders of the traffic light coalition had previously reached an agreement on the federal budget for 2024 after days of negotiations. Following the budget ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, they see themselves forced to make cuts and savings. For example, climate-damaging subsidies are to be abolished, spending by individual departments reduced and federal subsidies cut.

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Source: www.stern.de

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