SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert does not think much of the attitude of CSU leader Markus Söder to the third relief package.
Its secretary general counters.
Munich – The tone of the debate about the implementation of the federal government's new relief package is also getting tougher.
SPD Secretary General Kevin Kühnert sharply attacked Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) at the weekend.
"While people in Germany urgently need the federal government's relief to reach them, Markus Söder is playing political games," said the former Juso chairman of the
Rheinische Post
.
This is Kühnert's reaction to the announcement made by the federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg over the weekend.
The two countries had held out the prospect of torpedoing the implementation of the relief package in the Bundesrat.
According to the reasoning, the financial burden for the federal states is too high.
Bavaria has already criticized the plans for a follow-up offer of the so-called 9-euro ticket in the past.
Here, too, Prime Minister Söder was particularly concerned about the costs that the Free State should bear.
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Kevin Kühnert at the political morning pint at the Gillamoos folk festival.
© Peter Kneffel/dpa
Relief package: Kühnert against Söder – “political megalomania at the expense of millions of people”
Kühnert, on the other hand, sees the actions of the CSU leader as a private feud against the traffic light government in Berlin.
"This is political megalomania at the expense of millions of people in Bavaria and the whole country," the SPD general secretary continued and then clearly demanded: "Germany now has no time for the whims of a CSU man who drinks too deeply at the Oktoberfest looked."
The third relief package
At the beginning of September, the traffic light coalition presented a third package of measures to compensate for the rapidly rising prices, the extent of which the government put at around 65 billion euros.
The measures include, for example, one-off payments for pensioners and students and a price cap for basic energy requirements.
The coalition is also aiming for a successor to the nationwide 9-euro ticket at a price of 49 to 69 euros a month - if the federal states help finance it.
With the clear statement, the 33-year-old was probably alluding to the opening of the Oktoberfest on Saturday afternoon, which Söder traditionally attended as Bavarian Prime Minister.
Traffic light coalition: The Scholz cabinet at a glance
Traffic light coalition: The Scholz cabinet at a glance
CSU General Secretary Huber: "Kremlin-Kevin probably looked too deep into the vodka glass"
CSU General Secretary Martin Huber countered the criticism of his party leader with no less sharp words: "Kremlin-Kevin probably looked too deep into the vodka glass," he tweeted on Monday.
"With the chancellor, the SPD has every opportunity to end the botched course." Instead, the traffic light coalition is pompously announcing relief, which should be paid for by the federal states.
"This is socialist centralism," said Huber.
The fact that Bavaria defends itself against this audacity is necessary in the interests of all countries.
"It must not mean: the federal government orders and the states pay," said the CSU politician.
"Germany's biggest problem is the incompetent federal government."
(fd with dpa)
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