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The illuminated Reichstag building: The gap between the federal government and the opposition is widening.
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The Union is demanding more tax relief to promote the economy.
The SPD, in turn, accuses the CDU and CSU of party politics - there is a lot going on behind the scenes.
Berlin - As the federal and state governments struggle to provide investment stimulus for the economy, the Union is calling for greater tax relief.
“The Growth Opportunities Act is intended to create investment incentives for the German economy,” said Union deputy parliamentary group leader Mathias Middelberg (CDU) on Tuesday.
“That is why the Union is committed to degressive depreciation for residential buildings and movable assets as well as a temporary increase in the loss carryforward.” The CDU politician also made approval of the law dependent on the traffic light government abolishing tax aid for agriculture -diesel takes back.
The SPD parliamentary group expressed irritation that details from the internal negotiations were being made public by the Union.
Your financial policy spokesman Michael Schrodi accused the Union of party politics.
“It is a highly unusual process that content is deliberately leaked out of small, informal negotiations,” Schrodi told the Reuters news agency.
For the Union, the focus is not on economic growth and the necessary impulses, but rather on party tactical maneuvers: “The Union is consciously accepting that the negotiations will fail.
This really irritates me and is completely irresponsible.”
SPD state leaders also express concerns
The Growth Opportunities Act was originally intended to relieve companies of seven to eight billion euros in investments and research through numerous measures such as better depreciation options.
It is now hanging in the mediation committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat because the state chamber refused its approval because the states would have to shoulder part of the costs.
According to negotiating circles, the relief volume currently amounts to around three billion euros, which the states would be prepared to contribute in the event of an overall agreement.
An informal working group of the Mediation Committee met on Monday evening.
According to Reuters information, further discussions are planned in larger groups on Friday.
The mediation committee is scheduled to deal with this on February 21st.
There are also concerns from the ranks of the SPD-led federal states.
Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) called for improvements on Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday.
The Union also sees SPD heads of government and the Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) at its side when it comes to criticizing the abolition of agricultural diesel aid.
Agricultural diesel is not part of the Growth Opportunities Act, but rather the Second Budget Financing Act.
This is due to pass the Federal Council on March 22nd, but does not rely on the approval of the state chamber.
(Reuters, lf)