"There are no hiding places where a few billion are still lying around," said SPD member of parliament Thorsten Rudolph. #Stromsteuer #Haushaltsverhandlungen #Koalitionsausschuss (translated)
The author wrote that Lars Klingbeil had stated that the reduction of the electricity tax could not be implemented because the necessary five billion euros could not be found in the budget. He contrasted this with more than 100 billion euros for Ukraine and asked if he was the only one who saw this contradiction. #Stromsteuer #Haushalt #Ukraine #DE #UA (translated)
We had to close a gap of 34 billion euros. #Haushalt2027 #Stromsteuer #Neuverschuldung (translated)
The author wrote that Schwarz-Rot plans new debts and leaves it open whether the electricity tax for households will be lowered. https://t.co/OcKFOj5dW0 #Schulden #Energiepolitik #Haushalte #DE (translated)
The agreement on the federal budget shows that the economically favorable times are over and Chancellor Merz should profile himself as a tough saver instead of lowering the electricity tax. #Bundeshaushalt #KanzlerMerz #Haushaltsdebatte (translated)
Friedrich Merz has failed with his proposal to lower the electricity tax to the SPD, while the coalition has agreed on the budget for 2027. #Stromsteuer #Haushalt2027 #FriedrichMerz (translated)
Chancellor and CDU leader Friedrich Merz had announced a reduction in the electricity tax for everyone just four weeks ago. #Stromsteuer #Bundeshaushalt #Kritik (translated)
The author criticized that the black-red coalition plans to incur almost 123 billion euros in new debt in the core budget for 2027. At the same time, the promised reduction of the electricity tax for everyone is still pending, while Friedrich Merz urges the EU to provide additional billions for Ukraine. This, according to him, jeopardizes the future of the children. #Zukunft #Schulden #Politik #EU #UA (translated)
"The big promises that Chancellor Merz made just a few days ago, the reduction of the electricity tax for everyone, this promise remains a broken promise," said Haßelmann on ZDF's "Morgenmagazin." #Haushaltsentwurf #Stromsteuer #Wortbruch (translated)
Silke Schröder wrote that, with a budget of 560 billion euros and new debt of 210 billion euros, it seems too much to ask to raise five billion euros for a reduction in the electricity tax. https://t.co/whAOcrACYG #Haushalt #Stromsteuer #Finanzen (translated)
"The electricity tax is increasingly becoming a symbol of a federal government that makes big announcements but does not take action," criticized Green Party member Katrin Uhlig. #Bundeshaushalt #Schulden #Stromsteuer (translated)
An expansion of renewable energies SUSTAINABLY REDUCES electricity costs. Depending on the time of day, in some countries even to 0. A reduction in electricity taxes changes nothing at all. When the CDU misses taxes in one area, they collect/cut them in another area. And their friends continue to profit. (translated)
After Finance Minister Klingbeil announced the plastic tax, everything seems uncertain again. #Bundeshaushalt #Schulden #Stromsteuer (translated)
In the ARD Daily Topics, CDU politician Paul Ziemiak says: "I am confident that if everyone wants to, we will create a start to lower the electricity tax." #Bundeshaushalt #Stromsteuersenkung #Haushaltsverhandlungen (translated)
The Budget Committee of the Bundestag has approved a provisional federal budget for 2027 with expenditures of 560.9 billion euros in a reconciliatory session, while the financing of a reduction in the electricity tax requested by Chancellor Merz is still unclear. #Bundeshaushalt #Haushaltsausschuss #Stromsteuer (translated)
Harald Martenstein criticizes in his letter to Paul Ziemiak the current situation of the CDU, which shows little political clout despite its promises to reduce the electricity tax and is perceived as subordinate within the coalition structure. #CDU #Politik #Stromsteuer (translated)
Friedrich Merz has made a firm decision: The reduction of the electricity tax for everyone shall happen. #Bundeshaushalt #FriedrichMerz #CDU (translated)
This statement is now coming back to haunt Chancellor Friedrich Merz (71, CDU) and threatens his credibility: "I think it works" – he said that at the end of October during the CSU party conference regarding the planned reduction of the electricity tax. #Stromsteuer #FriedrichMerz #CDU (translated)
This sentence is now coming back to haunt Chancellor Friedrich Merz (71, CDU) and threatens his credibility: "I think it can be done" – he said this at the end of October at the CSU party conference regarding the planned reduction of the electricity tax. There is also controversy over the promised tax policy: Merz had ruled out tax increases, but there is now discussion about higher burdens on top earners and an increase in the wealth tax. #Stromsteuer #FriedrichMerz #Haushaltskrise (translated)
That the leaders of the Union and SPD will find more than five billion euros for the electricity tax reduction “for all” promised by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) at their meeting next Tuesday is considered extremely unlikely. #Haushalt2027 #Steuerreform #CDUCSUSPD (translated)
