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Merz and Klingbeil in Dead Ends – "Then the Tax Reform Is Broken

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Tax reform, premium, debt brake: Merz and Klingbeil are stuck. Does the coalition hold until 2029?

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Lars Klingbeil insists on tax increases for top earners - despite headwinds from the Union. Jens Spahn prefers to cut subsidies. According to him, even for skilled workers tax rates threatened up to 60 percent.

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Tax reform, premium, debt brake: Merz and Klingbeil are stuck. Does the coalition hold until 2029?

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After the Federal Council Veto on the discharge premium, the coalition is wrestling around the design of a tax reform. The pressure is high, also from the countries. We bring a breakthrough to the coalition committee?

Following the Federal Government's 1,000 euro “relief premium” failed in the Federal Council, Green Group leader Katharina Dröge is calling for income tax relief. Dröge told the newspapers of the Funke media group that a reform of the income tax would make sense if it specifically relieved lower and middle incomes. “As part of the income tax reform, we are proposing to increase the basic allowance by 500 euros and the employee lump sum to 1,500 …

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After the stop of the 1000-euro-premie in the Federal Council Katharina Dröge calls for Chancellor Merz and Vice Chancellor Klingbeil to reconsider.

The German Federal Council (Bundesrat) on Friday blocked the government's promised crisis bonus for all employees in Germany. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil had previously announced a plan for a one-off, tax-free bonus of 1,000 euros, which would allow companies to pay out the money to their employees. The bill had already been approved by the Bundestag.

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rp-online.de broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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