Bundesregierung: Wie ein kleines Steuergesetz einen großen Koalitionsstreit auslöste
Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil setzt eigentlich nur um, was Union und SPD beschlossen haben. Doch sein Steuergesetz ist gleich doppelt zum Streitfall innerhalb der Koalition geworden.
In the final session of the Union parliamentary group before the summer break, Jens Spahn (CDU) promised his colleagues a relaxed summer, stating that the reform package had finally been agreed upon. However, a month later, Spahn was no longer the Fraktion leader, the cabinet was redesigned, and the abolition of the pension at 63 was questioned.
Furthermore, a tax dispute between the Union and the SPD had erupted. The catalyst was a legislation draft from the Federal Finance Ministry, which was supposed to be self-executing. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) planned to adjust the tax decisions on which Union and SPD had agreed at the beginning of July. However, Union politicians found the agreed-upon tax relief insufficient and demanded improvements.
Klingbeil was infuriated, accusing the Union of underestimating the planned tax cuts in the bill and even removing a minor tax legislation change that Union officials had included, following protests from the Union.
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