On Thursday will announce the Minister of Finance Scholz probably declining revenue. Even now, the Grand coalition is arguing about the future budget policy. Union group chief Brinkhaus called the budget a “General revision”.
in the face of declining tax forecasts, Union leader Ralph Brinkhaus has warned of the wrong choices. “It would not be wise to increases to our financial principles – Black Zero and no tax to depart,” said the CDU politician of the Newspapers of the Funke media group. Rather, the Federal budget of a “General revision should be subjected to”. “All expenses must to the test,” urged Brinkhaus.
the Minister of Finance Scholz wants to hold on to in the face of lower revenue in its austerity.
focus on investments in the future
Brinkhaus warned, the welfare state to expand. Germany was not as unjust as they are often portrayed. Whether the welfare state to remain financially viable, depends on the economic performance in the coming decades. Therefore, the priority must now be placed on investments in the future. In the case of education, Innovation and infrastructure, we must think big”, and not a Mess”. It would take a community effort of the Federal government and the länder to make the necessary funds free up.
CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak called for a change in priorities. “If the tax estimate is lower than initially assumed, it must be for the Grand coalition an opportunity to set the priorities,” said Ziemiak of the “Rheinische Post”. “We need to redefine what money can be spent and must, and we need to talk, especially about how in the future, money can be generated.”
the Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz wants to announce the new tax estimate on Thursday. In the face of the economic downturn, the tax revenue could go back. The CDU leadership meets in early June to an exam. That’s where it should go, according to the Chairman Kramp-karrenbauer Annegret to the question of how the tax estimate of the impact on the budget.
