Traffic light politicians: Trouble about the household: Habeck and Lindner get into correspondence with each other

It's nothing new that there are crunches within the traffic light government.

Traffic light politicians: Trouble about the household: Habeck and Lindner get into correspondence with each other

It's nothing new that there are crunches within the traffic light government. Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have now clashed when preparing the 2024 budget. In a letter from Habeck to Lindner it says: "We ask you not to make any further public or internal preliminary decisions that unilaterally prioritize further expenditure." The stock pension, the sales tax reduction for the catering trade and the German Armed Forces are mentioned as examples. The letter was available to the German Press Agency on Thursday, as was Lindner's letter in reply. The news portal “The Pioneer” had previously reported about it.

Habeck writes that the rules for compliance with the debt brake have been agreed and are not being questioned by the Greens. "However, other political projects were also agreed, which are by no means subordinate to compliance with the debt brake. In this respect, we are all called upon to find new and alternative ways of achieving these goals while complying with the stipulation you have specified for a 2024 budget that complies with the debt brake. can be achieved. Since there are no proposals on the table for this, we cannot accept the key figures as they are." Habeck suggests "discussing how we can improve revenue, promote the reduction of environmentally harmful subsidies and identify programs that can be replaced by regulatory law". Habeck writes "on behalf" of the ministries led by the Greens.

Lindner's reply to Habecks said that the news that the green ministries no longer accepted the benchmarks for the 2024 federal budget "surprised" him. These key figures were agreed in March 2022, and negotiations are currently underway on the detailed structure and the 2024 budget.

Regarding Habeck's proposal for "income improvements", Lindner writes: "I do not want to take up this suggestion. On behalf of the ministries led by the Free Democrats, I can state that tax increases or other structural additional burdens for the citizens or the economy are excluded from the coalition agreement. "

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