Federal Budget: SPD State Politicians Support Klingbeil in the Dispute over Electricity Tax

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On Friday, the Minister of Finance and the SPD Vice-Chancellor linked the Union's demand for a reduction in electricity tax to serious counter-financing. Klingbeil said that the five billion has not yet been found.

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First Chancellor Merz envisages a reduction in the electricity tax for all - now the discharge remains for the time being. In the Union, this provides criticism, but several SPD politicians show understanding for the argumentation of Finance Minister Klingbeil and stand behind their party leader.

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The mayor of Bremen Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) and the Hamburg finance senator Andreas Dressel (SPD) have shown understanding of the negative attitude of the Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) in particular to a reduction in electricity tax. He would have very much supported it if the electricity tax had been lowered, said Bovenschulte of the "world" (Friday edition). But this would have required serious counter-financing, for example…