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Trump's tariffs: Swiss export industry trembles: The Swiss business associations have clear expectations of the Federal Council's tariff negotiations - | ...
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Trump's tariffs: Swiss export industry trembles
How the "Investment Booster" is supposed to work: The black-red growth package is to be passed in the Bundestag today. What does the funding program provide for? ...
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debt: Bundestag adopts “investment booster”: The law will mathematically relieve companies of almost 46 billion euros between 2025 and 2029. However ...
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debt: Bundestag adopts “investment booster”
Tax relief: Apparent agreement between federal and state governments: Black-Red wants to boost the economy with an "investment booster". This will lead to tax ...
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Tax relief: Apparent agreement between federal and state governments
Kretschmer on the citizen's income: "We have to get by with fewer social costs": Saxony's head of government Michael Kretschmer welcomes the agreement between ...
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Kretschmer on the citizen's income:
Debt offensive: Friedrich Merz ignores citizens' fear of inflation: Germany is now flooding the market with federal bonds - but ordinary citizens will end up ...
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Debt offensive: Friedrich Merz ignores citizens' fear of inflation
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Merz’s Debt Strategy Risks Municipal and Consumer Stability
Nearly one trillion euros in debt will be funded by bonds, while local governments warn of severe financial shortfalls ahead.
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  • Friedrich Merz proposes a massive investment package financed primarily through the issuance of government bonds.

  • Municipalities demand full compensation for revenue losses caused by tax cuts to avoid budget deficits.

  • Financial experts caution that high debt levels combined with geopolitical tensions may trigger an inflation shock soon.

  • Rising interest rates and inflation increase costs for public budgets and private borrowers, impacting society at large.
  • The principle 'Who orders, pays' must be applied consistently.André Berghegger, Managing Director of the German Association of Cities and Municipalities, in the Rheinische Post.
Minister Presidents' Conference: hope, thanks - but still many questions: There are always disputes when the federal and state governments meet ...
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Minister Presidents' Conference: hope, thanks - but still many questions
Meeting with Merz: Schwesig secures almost two billion euros for MV: From Donald Trump to the 16 heads of the federal states: Chancellor Merz agreed on financial ...
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Meeting with Merz: Schwesig secures almost two billion euros for MV
Investment booster: Tax cut as Merz's first test of strength with the federal states
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Investment booster: Tax cut as Merz's first test of strength with the ...
Investment package - | States united before meeting with Merz: Time is running out: On July 11, the "investment booster" for the economy is due to be approved by ...
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Investment package - | States united before meeting with Merz
Lars Feld's call to order: The states are ripping the federal government off like a Christmas goose
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Lars Feld's call to order: The states are ripping the federal ...
Conference: States demand compensation for relief package: Companies should be given tax relief - | but states and municipalities are footing a large part of the ...
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Conference: States demand compensation for relief package
Minister-Presidents' Conference: The investment booster and the tax shortfalls
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Tax relief and co.: How the investment booster is supposed to stimulate the economy
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Tax relief and co.: How the investment booster is supposed to stimulate ...
Blatten rockslide: Federal emergency aid imminent: The Federal Council could discuss funding for the Lötschental as early as Friday. The reason is also political ...
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Blatten rockslide: Federal emergency aid imminent
Disaster in Blatten: The mayor makes the federal councillors look pale: Albert Rösti and Martin Pfister, two federal councillors, attended the media conference ...
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Disaster in Blatten: The mayor makes the federal councillors look pale