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Zoff’s stoplight is red today!
The general debate is THE climax of budget deliberations in the Bundestag. On Wednesday starting at 9 am (live on BILD) an exchange of blows is expected on the government policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel (66, CDU) and the management of the Corona crisis.
It is Merkel’s latest debate on the Chancellery’s budget. Next year a new Bundestag will be elected; this will also be felt when Merkel herself and the chairmen of the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag take the floor.
Alice Weidel from the largest opposition party, the AfD, will kick off, then the Chancellor will speak at around 9:20 am
Parliamentarians will then discuss individual ministries’ budgets at the end of the week. After the week, spending plans are discussed further in the budget committee and usually something is changed. The Bundestag should finally adopt the plan by the end of the year.
Controversial Scholz plans
The Minister of Finance, Olaf Scholz (62, SPD), plans to recover debts of almost 100,000 million euros during the crisis. Reason: Economic stimulus programs such as bridging aid and short-time allowances should continue, and investments should be made in climate protection and structural change.
Scholz’s financial plans are controversial. Because: There will be gaps for the period 2022 onwards. The vice chancellor is betting that the economy will eventually recover faster than is currently forecast. The opposition accuses him of not making funding proposals and leaving the problems to the next federal government.
Photo: Maja Hitij / Getty Images
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The Greens and the Left are in favor of tax increases for the rich, the Union and the FDP in favor of controlling spending. “Tax increases would be completely wrong,” emphasized the vice president of the Union’s parliamentary group, Andreas Jung (45, CDU). They would put a strain on family businesses, whose success is the reason for the opportunities the state offers.
Jung explains: “The goal of the Union remains black zero. It has put us in a position where the state can fight the crisis ”. A moment in which it can be reached again cannot be named yet. “A lot will depend on economic development,” Jung said.
