The Christian Social Union has adopted a 15-point paper intended to help ease the burden on citizens in times of rising inflation. Party leader Markus Söder had already appealed to the federal government at the weekend and published proposals.
The CSU has called on the federal government to grant federal citizens further relief in order to counteract inflation. To this end, the party executive passed a 15-point paper on Monday, which, among other things, provides for the temporary abolition of value added tax on staple foods. The electricity tax is to be reduced, as is the taxation of heating oil and diesel for local public transport.
The federal government must now become more active in energy policy and throw ideologies overboard, said CSU party leader Markus Söder. “The federal government is increasing the problems instead of solving them permanently,” he said. Among other things, Söder called on the federal government to reduce the immense national debt, which could lead to a significant investment backlog if interest rates rise.
According to the ideas of the CSU, the 300-euro energy allowance should also be paid to pensioners and students. Heavily burdened and low-income households should receive a winter housing allowance. Furthermore, the cold progression is to be abolished – ie the increased tax on those increases in income that only serve to compensate for inflation. “The state indirectly enriches itself from inflation – that can’t be the case,” said Söder.
When it comes to energy generation, the CSU renewed its call for nuclear power plants to be extended until at least 2024. “It is the need of the hour to show common sense in terms of energy policy,” said Söder. Furthermore, the expansion of renewable energies is to be massively promoted.
In the face of skyrocketing energy prices, the CSU boss had proposed at the weekend, among other things, to suspend VAT on staple foods. Dynamizing the commuter allowance would also “help the middle class quickly and effectively,” wrote the CSU party leader on Facebook on Saturday.
The “Münchner Merkur” had previously reported that according to Söder’s ideas, there should be a commuter allowance increased to 38 cents per kilometer from next year and a winter housing allowance for particularly stressed households. The proposals are part of a 15-point plan that the CSU board wants to decide on Monday.
Söder had already called on the federal government on Friday to ensure the security of gas supplies in Germany. The throttled gas supplies from Russia would have to be compensated for as soon as possible.
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