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Markus Söder (CSU), Prime Minister of Bavaria, at a press conference.
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CSU boss Söder doesn't think much of the traffic light coalition's projects.
He wants to reverse it with an immediate program in the event of a change of government.
Munich - Bavaria's Prime Minister and CSU leader Markus Söder is known for his often harsh criticism of projects and plans of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) traffic light coalition.
Now he is apparently embarking on a plan to reverse almost all of the federal government's major projects if there is a change in government.
Markus Söder wants to reverse traffic light projects: “Delete the heating law, reform citizens’ money”
The aim of Söder's concept: to stimulate the German economy again, as the
Augsburger Allgemeine
reported, citing the Bavarian Prime Minister's plan.
This primarily concerns the heating law and citizens' money.
Söder wants to abolish both and reintroduce social assistance instead of citizens' money.
“We are abolishing the heating law and reforming citizens’ benefits and basic child welfare in their current form.
“This creates scope for important investments,” the newspaper quoted the CSU boss as saying.
Instead of spending more and more money and incurring new debts, “savings have to be made in the right places,” says Söder.
He strictly rejected a relaxation of the debt brake, which is being discussed by the Council of Economic Experts.
Söder wants to reduce taxes for companies: CSU boss calls for nuclear power to make a comeback
While German economic output also shrank in the fourth quarter, experts also expect at least a slight recession in 2024.
With these developments in mind, Söder's concept also includes tax cuts for the economy.
“Corporate taxes, energy taxes and VAT in the catering industry must come down, as well as the truck toll,” says the CSU boss.
In his program, Bavaria's Prime Minister sticks to his call for the return of nuclear power.
He has his sights set on new but smaller reactors.
But this should not be the only energy measure.
He also calls for a “non-ideological examination” of whether it is possible to use Germany’s own gas reserves instead of importing them.
Because: “Small businesses and trades need lower energy prices.” In order to combat the much-lamented shortage of skilled workers, he wants to introduce free master training throughout Germany based on the Bavarian model.
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Less prosperity in Germany: four-day week?
Söder and experts express concerns
The CSU boss is concerned about the demands for a four-day week.
“Less work and a four-day week also mean less prosperity.
“That cannot be our model,” he emphasized.
Instead, the state must make overtime tax-free.
Söder is not alone in his criticism of the four-day week.
“We urgently need more growth in Germany.
And for this we have to be prepared to work more and harder again - instead of discussing a four-day week with full wage compensation," said Die
Welt
, for example
the head of Deutsche Bank, Christian Sewing.
Michael Hüther, director of the German Economic Institute, also expressed concerns: “A full-time worker in Germany works 250 hours less than in Switzerland.
We need to talk about this.”
Siemens CEO Roland Busch agreed.
He described the discussion about a four-day week as “completely wrong”.
Because: Especially with a view to the aging of society and the lack of workers, this discussion is going in the wrong direction.”
(bb)