Officials only at Police and Customs? Linnemann with a Bristling Advance
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In the middle of 2024 there were around 1.7 million officials in Germany. Carsten Linnemann now pleads for fewer people to serve – for example with the employees of the ministries.
CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann wants to save on officials - and excludes tax increases.
CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann has called for an end to the coalition debate on higher taxes. "There are no tax increases in the coalition agreement, and there won't be any," he told the newspapers of the Funke Media Group (Sunday editions). The CDU politician continued: "I think the entire debate is wrong. Our prosperity is eroding, AI is dramatically changing the world – and we spend days debating a few percentage points more on this …
CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann wants to limit civil service to a few areas with sovereign tasks.

CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann wants to save on officials - and excludes tax increases.
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