+++ Federal Politics +++: Hamburg's Mayor Tschentscher criticizes black-red tax policy - and makes a counter-proposal

Bundespolitik: Hamburg’s Mayor Tschentscher criticizes the black-red tax policy and proposes an alternative approach. Chancellor aims to make Germany as independent as possible from other nations for competition with China. The cabinet will discuss with EU countries on the right steps to take. Gropp pointed out that the current economic growth in Saxony-Anhalt is due to immigration.

The number of German workers is decreasing as more are retiring than coming in. "We can sort out the added value that migrants create into specific jobs and industries," Gropp said. This added value would then disappear. Many sectors are affected, with the proportion of foreigners in nursing being relatively low at 33-40 percent, but high at 33-40 percent in food production, construction, hospitality, and logistics.

About 20 percent of all doctors come from abroad. Frei noted that domestic and foreign challenges are enormous, and they won't change even if someone else faces these tasks. He acknowledged that the poll numbers are "terrible," but the CDU remains the most successful Christian democratic party in Europe. However, the framework conditions are extremely difficult.

The central question, according to Frei, is whether the black-red coalition has the strength to push through the planned reforms in the fall. Frei considers the proposals of the government-appointed Pension Commission groundbreaking, calling the planned reform a century-long project. It involves a compromise - not just between political parties but also between generations.