Federal government: “Slight irritation” after Union letter. Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) and CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt proposed twelve measures for the next two months.
Similar to the letter to Chancellor Scholz (SPD), Economics Minister Robert Habeck also received mail from the Union faction. These include a permanent reduction in electricity tax to the European minimum as well as stronger sanctions for refusing to accept employment from citizens' benefit recipients.