Union wants to push through agricultural diesel demands – with controversial trick. The Growth Opportunities Act provides for various tax reliefs and is intended to relieve companies of around seven billion euros annually.
The states had stopped the law in the Bundesrat because, in their view, it would create too big a hole in the budgets of states and municipalities. The mediation committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat is scheduled to deal with the conflict on February 21st. The Scholz government also criticized the irrelevant connection on Wednesday.