Union election marketing campaign: CDU chief Merz: Election program is critically financed | EUROtoday

Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz defended the joint election program of the CDU and CSU towards the accusation that the various guarantees of aid weren’t financed. “This is very serious because we do the counter-calculation,” stated the CDU chairman and head of the Union faction within the ARD “Report from Berlin”.

“We would like to point out that just one percent (economic) growth – and that is the lower limit of what we have to achieve – means ten billion euros more government revenue,” defined Merz. In addition, the prices of residents’ cash have exploded and now quantity to nearly 50 billion euros. “We will turn this citizen’s money system upside down and we will be able to save tens of billions,” he stated.

The SPD and the Greens accuse the Union of constructing guarantees price round 100 billion euros in its election program with out saying the place the cash will come from. Among different issues, the Union guarantees to work in a brand new coalition for tax aid and a discount in power prices.

However, Merz doesn’t wish to assist the present tax aid of the previous visitors mild events SPD, Greens and FDP by decreasing the so-called chilly development by influencing the Union Prime Ministers. The visitors mild venture has already been permitted within the Bundestag, however nonetheless requires the approval of the states within the Bundesrat. “It’s just another five days, something the federal government needed three years to do and couldn’t come to an agreement on,” stated Merz. And with a view to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD): “He has to talk to the states, because more than half of what he promises here has to be paid for by the states and municipalities in Germany.”

Merz additionally rejected the appeals of the red-green minority authorities to do one thing concerning the sharply rising power prices, citing the dearth of price range planning because of the coalition break: “That is a path that we certainly cannot follow, simply because there is none There is a budget for it.”

According to him, the Union desires to transcend its election program and submit an “Agenda 2030” with additional concrete proposals to stimulate the ailing economic system within the second week of January. To do that, we must always look ahead to varied annual statistics and analyze the scenario over the flip of the 12 months.