Three months before the general election, the polls are bad for the left.
At the weekend she wants to decide on her election program and hopes for a new impetus for the election campaign.
Berlin (dpa) - The Left confirmed at its party congress that it wants to tax high incomes, assets and companies more heavily.
"We need a redistribution from top to bottom," said the top candidate and co-chair of the party, Janine Wissler, on Saturday the broadcaster "phoenix" on the sidelines of the two-day online meeting.
Investments in climate protection, education, infrastructure and the health system have to be paid for by someone.
In return, the left wants to reintroduce wealth tax and tax high incomes and companies more heavily.
"We consider that to be socially just."
“There is money like hay in this country,” said Wissler.
In the Corona crisis, many became poorer, but few also became much richer.
A company like Amazon could “pay reasonable taxes in Germany”.
Large retail groups also made big profits.
At their two-day party congress, around 580 delegates want to decide on the election manifesto of the left.
It includes a minimum pension of 1200 euros, a higher minimum wage, more money for caregivers, the abolition of the debt brake, long-term free public transport and a fee for assets of two million euros or more to cope with the corona crisis.
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