Controversia in un dibattito politico: Bovenschulte e Merz esprimono opinioni contrastanti sullo stato del benessere. - La Commissione ha già presentato proposte.
In recent developments, leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) have expressed their opposition to cuts in social policy and their call for tax increases.
At the Gillamoos folk festival in Lower Bavaria's Abensberg, the SPD Mayor of Bremen, Andreas Bovenschulte, criticized the statements by Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) about the lack of money in the social state, dismissing them as nonsense. Bovenschulte emphasized that, when measured against economic power, no more money is spent on the social state than ten or twenty years ago.
Bovenschulte, a strong defender of the social state, rejects cuts, arguing that the economic performance capacity is not affected by additional expenditures for the social state. He has emphasized the need to defend the social state "with claws and teeth," a stance that opposes cuts in social aid, such as the reform of the citizens' income.
Holger Grießhammer, the SPD faction leader in the Bavarian state parliament, also spoke out against cuts, particularly those that would affect the poorest and weakest. However, he did not specify any specific actions they plan to take to defend the social state.
Ronja Endres, chairwoman of the SPD in Bavaria, lashed out at Minister President Markus Söder (CSU) and Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), comparing Söder to a professional food blogger, and Aiwanger to canned liver sausage.
The Union, on the other hand, is pushing for cuts and a reform of the citizens' income. The federal government is expected to have an intensive debate between the Union and SPD on the financing of the social state in the coming weeks.
The social state, according to Bovenschulte, stands for security, dignity, and respect. He reiterated that it was fought for from below. Repeated calls from the SPD for tax increases have been made, but no specific actions from Bovenschulte to implement these calls have been mentioned.
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