Ifo boss Fuest wants to abolish the parental allowance. What a bad idea

Berliner Zeitung

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Ifo President Clemens Fuest would "abolished" the parental allowance for more armor. He could have saved himself this original savings idea. A comment.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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Ifo CEO Clemens Fuest thinks: Parental allowance is dispensable, a "Nice to have". This is not only unrealistic, but also outrageous.

nd-aktuell.de

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The future federal government needs more money for the military. Economists like Clemens Fuest therefore propose cuts in social benefits.

berliner-sonntagsblatt.de

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The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag has rejected the call by Ifo President Clemens Fuest to abolish parental allowance. "Parental allowance has proven itself to be a key family and equality policy benefit," said the Union parliamentary group's family policy spokeswoman, Silvia Breher, to the "Editorial Network Germany". The aim of politics must be to ensure that working parents continue to decide to have children in the future. "If …