Search

In Berlin, a red-green-red alliance is taking shape. Söder: "The red front is here!" Söder: "Honecker 2.0!" Frei: "An unnecessary game with fire!" Volkmann (JU Chief): "A cultural break!" In Saxony-Anhalt, AfD, BSW, and anonymous CDU members are doing what they want. CDUCSU: (translated)

Climate_Inform referred to an NDR article and wrote that the CDU/CSU had already significantly delayed the expansion of the grid under Angela Merkel. The decision from 2015, made at the request of the Union to use more expensive underground cables, had further increased the delays. Robert Habeck later approved numerous routes and initiated the construction; nonetheless, according to Climate_Inform, the expansion of the grid is about ten years behind. Due to the delayed expansion, cheaper electricity from renewable energies must be curtailed more often, resulting in billions of losses for electricity customers, the author wrote. He blamed the CDU/CSU for high electricity prices and accused the Minister of Economics, Reiche, of slowing down the expansion of wind and solar energy instead of accelerating the grid expansion and allowing more construction activities to take place in parallel. Climate_Inform also wrote that the CDU/CSU were working against Germans and German companies and that the AfD wanted to further restrict the expansion of renewable energies. In conclusion, the author asked why people chose such parties and what their voters wanted to achieve. #Netzausbau #ErneuerbareEnergien #CDUCSU (translated)

Saskia Ludwig expressed her sympathy to Bärbel Bas and described her fate as tragic. At the same time, she wrote that it was inexplicable to make 84 million people wait for necessary reforms because of the personal fate of one person; there are representatives, state secretaries, and substitute arrangements. She called the SPD parliamentary group's 1.5-year refusal to justify it cheeky. Ludwig considered the accusation against the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for not taking Bas' personal situation into account as part of a strategy of the SPD and asked who was using the personal stroke of fate. https://t.co/LguQ39rKWO #Politik #Deutschland #Reformen (translated)

Jan Schäfer wrote that Bärbel Bas has been criticized as a minister for over a year for professional reasons and has been fiercely attacked at times. She responded with the term "bullshit." Schäfer described the way the SPD uses a personal tragedy to settle scores with the CDU/CSU as embarrassing and shabby. #Politik #SPD #CDUCSU (translated)

AllyAgainstHate wrote that Bärbel Bas has resigned from her position as Minister of Labor and from the chairmanship of the SPD. In a public statement, she justified the decision with the death of her stepdaughter and public attacks against her, including those from the coalition partner Union. The author expressed strong disgust towards the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. #Politik #SPD #Deutschland (translated)

Blocktrainer wrote that the Bundestag passed a bill for the international exchange of crypto transaction data last night. The AfD expressed concerns about data protection, while the CDU/CSU parliamentary group made statements regarding the holding period. https://t.co/nwpMNCmEC8 #Krypto #Datenschutz #Bundestag (translated)

Blocktrainer wrote that the Bundestag rejected proposals from the Greens and the Left for the abolition of the Bitcoin holding period. The account also asked what this meant for the planned change to the crypto tax by Lars Klingbeil and how the CDU/CSU parliamentary group positioned itself on this matter. https://t.co/xusi31NQeD #Krypto #Bitcoin #Bundestag (translated)

Blocktrainer reported that the financial policy spokesperson of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, Fritz Güntzler, stated today that taxing Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies like stocks instead of like gold could create new gaps in fairness. https://t.co/Zn03F2gapQ #Kryptowährungen #Bitcoin #Steuern (translated)

Blocktrainer reported that the CDU/CSU financial politician Olav Gutting commented in the Bundestag on the proposal to abolish the holding period for profits from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Gutting stated that a corresponding change in taxation must be systematic and should not only affect individual areas. https://t.co/2MnKaJHhIY #Bitcoin #Krypto #Steuerreform (translated)

Stefan Energie Chiemgau/Outdoor Chiemgau wrote that as a CDU member he feared for his job, as the party had supposedly lost another half a percent to the AfD. He also criticized Merz for traveling to Ukraine on the national holiday and leaving billions there. He asked the CDU/CSU parliamentary group if they were even aware of this. https://t.co/Z3Dse1f2Oa #CDU #AFD #Politik (translated)

Blocktrainer reported that different positions regarding the planned change in crypto taxation were gradually emerging within the Union, after the responses from members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group had long been almost identical. Parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei described the assessment as unclear and simultaneously pointed to the group's responsibility to ensure adequate funding for the federal budget. He did not rule out compromises. CDU member Roderich Kiesewetter, on the other hand, saw no convincing reason to treat Bitcoin differently from gold. He argued that Bitcoin fundamentally differs from traditional investments due to the absence of an issuer, ongoing interest or dividend payments, and the securitization of company shares. He referred to proximity to physical gold or foreign currencies as an appropriate benchmark within the framework of § 23 EStG. CSU member Lenz saw no reason to change the existing regulation, citing the coalition agreement and tax law principles. Felix Schreiner, parliamentary manager of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, described the holding period as sensible because it promotes long-term and self-responsible wealth accumulation. He viewed a blanket abolition critically and announced his intention to advocate for the maintenance of the one-year holding period in the further parliamentary process. Blocktrainer also called on Union representatives to be contacted and to point out the problems it sees with the planned change. #KryptoSteuer #Bitcoin #Bundestag (translated)

Der Verfasser schrieb, er habe mit Mariam Lau über die ernste Lage der Bundesregierung gesprochen. Lau habe gesagt, es könne „wie bei einem Unfall jederzeit vorbei sein“. Im Mittelpunkt des Gesprächs habe jedoch die existenzielle Krise der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion und deren ausgeprägte Orientierungslosigkeit gestanden. https://t.co/yYsQ6LwnfL https://t.co/EbWjPcU8oR #Bundesregierung #Krise #CDU

The Union threatens to block the income tax reform proposed by Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil as long as the SPD does not make progress on the agreed reforms in the pension and labor market areas, which further strains the coalition atmosphere. #Einkommensteuerreform #SPD #CDUCSU (translated)