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Armin Laschet: »Flying on vacation shouldn't be a privilege for a few«
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The Green Party Congress was not yet over, when Armin Laschet already made it clear: The CDU strictly rejects central demands of the Greens in the election campaign.
»The energy transition must be socially acceptable.
I miss that with the Greens, "Laschet said of" Bild am Sonntag ".
»Higher earners can easily afford 70 euros more for a Mallorca flight, but for some families this can end the dream of a summer vacation.
Going on vacation shouldn't be a privilege for the few. "
Laschet wants to compensate for rising petrol prices with a higher commuter allowance.
“Anyone who lives in the country and depends on the car to get to work must not suffer any disadvantage.
If the price of petrol rises due to the price of CO2, the additional costs must in any case be offset by a higher commuter allowance. "
Instead of compulsory solar systems for new buildings, as the Greens are calling for, the CDU boss is relying on higher tax exemptions for real estate transfer tax: »I want an affordable home for families to become a reality all over Germany. There should therefore be generous allowances for people who are buying their own home for the first time in their lives. The home of one's own cannot remain a mere dream. «According to Laschet, solar roofs make an important contribution to climate protection. »But we have to be careful with ultimate obligations and more and more requirements: the incentive of a lower real estate transfer tax would quickly disappear. Even people with low incomes have to be able to afford a house. "
The Union Chancellor candidate also rejected calls for an increase in the minimum wage or higher taxes for top earners: "After a crisis like the one we have now experienced in recent months, tax increases are certainly a completely wrong idea," said Laschet .
"Tax increases hit medium-sized companies and family businesses in particular and would jeopardize the upswing after the crisis."
Regarding the Green Party conference decision to raise the minimum wage to 12 euros, Laschet said: “Germany has a strong tradition of social partnership and collective bargaining for employers and unions.
That is why the minimum wage commission makes its recommendations independently.
A constant party-political competition for the minimum wage weakens the collective bargaining partners and is harmful. "
Speed limit: "little impact on CO2 emissions"
Laschet believes that a speed limit on autobahns, as demanded by the Greens, is symbolic politics: »There are few routes in Germany on which you can drive faster than 130 during the day, so that a speed limit would have relatively little effect on CO2 emissions.
And why shouldn't an electric car drive faster without CO2 emissions? "
In his own words, after the election, Laschet relies more on the Liberals as a possible coalition partner than on the Greens: "In terms of content, the FDP is much closer to us than the Greens," said Laschet, who has been ruling North Rhine-Westphalia with the Liberals since 2017.
"I've known Christian Lindner for a long time and appreciate him very much."
Hart went to court with the SPD: "We are currently experiencing a completely superfluous dispute in the government that damages the coalition and only fuels the disenchantment with politics in the population," said the CDU chief, referring to attacks by the SPD against Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
"The SPD is clearly suffering from the work of the government and only complains and whines to itself."
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