The CSU summarizes its demands for the federal election on 18 pages.
How it intends to finance the large number of reliefs and tax cuts remains open, however.
Gmund - The CSU wants to fight for votes in the federal election in two months with billions in tax cuts and warnings of “random majorities” without the Union.
At a board meeting at Tegernsee, CSU boss Markus Söder warned the Union of a sleeping car election campaign on Friday. "There is still a lot of room for improvement," he said in view of the latest polls. The likelihood that the Union will appoint the Chancellor is high for many people, "but it is not certain". For the CSU he wants at least three ministerial posts again: "More like - less not."
In its election program, which the CSU presented at Tegernsee and which is intended to supplement the joint program with the CDU, there are a number of further demands: The CSU demands a permanent reduction in value added tax in gastronomy, a reduced tax rate for regional food, an expansion the mother's pension, longer parental allowance payments and other relief for families and companies. Initially, the CDU did not want to endorse many of these points in the joint program.
Söder spoke of some “specialties” that have been worked out - but he sees the CSU in line with the Union's candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet in calling for relief.
"We are completely in agreement," said the CSU chairman.
"We just accentuate certain points a little more." Recently there was still some irritation between the CSU and Laschet.
Clear messages - especially towards the CDU
Söder warned against “random majorities” if the Union did not “clearly” exceed the 30 percent mark in the election. That is why we now need a clear edge and a clear profile. "It is very important that we document in the next few weeks that it is not just about driving to the Chancellery in a sleeping car, at slow speed." The Union must now step up and mobilize. “The Union has stabilized - but it is not yet where we want it to be.” In the past few weeks, the CSU had voiced some skepticism about Laschet's calm election campaign leadership.
Söder named the areas of business / medium-sized businesses, family and home, including climate protection, as the focus of the CSU program. "Germany is facing a change of epoch," it says right at the beginning of the paper. With a view to the pandemic, the CSU emphasizes: “We can only leave the crisis behind with renewed momentum. We want new growth instead of more taxes, more government and more debt. "
The election program entitled “The CSU Program. Good for Bavaria. Good for Germany. ”Among other things, only the demand for a permanent reduction in VAT for the catering industry to seven percent beyond the Corona crisis. "This will relieve our gastronomy after the corona pandemic and strengthen our classic Bavarian inn culture." In addition, the CSU names the permanent reduction in VAT for regional food as a political goal for the coming election period: a "separate, reduced VAT rate" is to apply to domestic products - The CSU does not name a number. A reduced VAT rate of seven percent currently applies to most groceries.
Furthermore, the CSU calls for the commuter flat rate to be linked to the annual average price for carbon dioxide (CO2): “The guideline should be: 10 cents more at the pump will make 1 cent more flat rate for commuters in the future,” said the draft for the board meeting.
In addition, the CSU reaffirms the already known demands for further tax relief: including the complete abolition of the solos, the lowering of corporate taxes, the relief of families and single parents, for example through a new "child splitting", which is intended to supplement the existing spouse splitting in the tax.
The third stage of the mother's pension is expressly mentioned as a basic condition for the CSU to participate in government after the election - the CSU wants to credit older mothers and younger mothers with three instead of two and a half pension points per child.
Planned more relief for parents
According to the wishes of the CSU, the parental allowance is to be extended to up to 16 months;
"This is how we relieve parents and give them more financial leeway," it says in support of the rationale.
The CSU is demanding a four billion euro investment program from the federal government to expand the daycare center.
Federal participation in the cost of childcare of two billion euros is also to be continued after 2022.
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The CSU wants to move into the federal election campaign with billions in demands for tax cuts.
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Furthermore, the CSU relies on a doubling of the craftsman bonus in the election program.
The tax bonus should therefore be fixed at 2400 euros in order to push modernization and climate-protecting renovations.
In addition, the construction of solar systems is also to be given greater support for businesspeople through tax advantages.
The CSU explicitly calls for the reintroduction of the so-called declining balance depreciation for rental housing construction.
As a contribution to climate protection, the CSU is also calling for a special federal program for the reactivation of selected old railway lines in Bavaria and Germany, and if necessary also to convert them into cycle superhighways or lanes for autonomous buses.
In addition, the federal government is calling for a further special program for the barrier-free expansion of train stations.
A climate bonus for private households is also intended to create more incentives for climate protection. Purchases of climate-friendly refrigerators or washing machines should become more attractive for consumers. In general, the aim must be to combine climate protection and economic growth in such a way that deindustrialization of the country is prevented. dpa