Christian Abel wrote that the AfD parliamentary group presented its own budget concept with 1,051 amendments after the budget session for the federal budget 2027. The fiscal policy spokesman Michael Espendiller criticized the government’s plan as being associated with more debt, taxes, and burdens for taxpayers. According to Abel, the government planned expenditures of 675.7 billion euros and new debts of 210.5 billion euros. The interest costs were expected to rise from around 41.5 billion euros in 2027 to about 81 billion euros in 2030, according to the financial plan. The AfD aims to relieve citizens and companies by 43.8 billion euros in taxes and duties, among other things, through the abolition of the CO₂ price and lower taxes. For a single employee with a gross annual income of 36,000 euros, the annual relief is estimated at 660 euros, and for a family with two children and a gross income of 70,000 euros at 1,535 euros. For financing, the concept, according to Abel, includes the dissolution of two special assets, lower EU payments, cuts in defense spending, and the cessation of payments and arms deliveries to Ukraine. In addition, the AfD wants to abolish the Ministry of Development and allocate 5 billion euros for a municipal financial program. Overall, their budget would incur about 147 billion euros less in new debt than the government draft; however, the planned net borrowing would still amount to 63 billion euros, Abel wrote. https://t.co/39KcOldj4X💙🇩🇪 #AfD #Bundeshaushalt #Steuersenkungen (translated)
