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Stegner Warns Against Cooperation with Far-RightSPD’s Stegner calls for fair reforms by summer 2026 and rejects any alliance with the AfD amid rising political tensions.
- The red-black coalition’s reform package must ensure social fairness and stabilize the economy and budget to succeed.
- Stegner insists tax relief should favor low- and middle-income earners while wealthier individuals contribute more to funding.
- A fair pension reform is needed to prevent old-age poverty, allowing longer work without blanket retirement age hikes.
- Any collaboration with the AfD is firmly rejected, viewing the removal of barriers as enabling their destructive agenda.
But whoever tears down the firewall is complicit in arson.— Ralf Stegner (SPD), in a Welt interview reacting to Torsten Albig's proposal to work with the AfD.
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