German chancellery halts draft bill on sugar tax, sources say

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Federal Chancellor Merz (CDU) has put a stop to the plans of Vice Chancellor Klingbeil (SPD) for the sugar tax. SPD Vice-President Schweitzer wonders and sends an appeal to Berlin.

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Rainer Holznagel, President of the German Tax Association, calls for a stronger austerity policy and less support programmes from the Federal Government. He calls the sugar tax "reconcilable".

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The sugar tax should be directed, not above all to flush money into the cash register.

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It is an extraordinary ruffle: the chancellor's office is stopping the vice chancellor's tax plans for the time being. What is going on now - and what that says about the coalition situation.

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Due to the recent election results, power relations within the Union and the SPD have shifted – with consequences for the coalition. Does the dispute over the budget lead to a break?