Regeringskoalitionen søger konsensus med arbejdsmarkedets parter om reformer

Den sort-røde koalition er blevet enig med arbejdsgivere og fagforeninger om yderligere drøftelser vedrørende reformer efter et møde i kanslerkontoret. Målet er at styrke Tysklands konkurrenceevne.

Aftenen forinden mødtes repræsentanter for CDU, CSU og SPD anført af kansler Friedrich Merz med ledere fra erhvervsorganisationer og fagforeninger. Mødet varede tre og en halv time og behandlede situationen på arbejdsmarkedet, stabiliteten i de sociale sikringssystemer, reduktion af bureaukrati og skattepolitik. Regeringens talsmand Stefan Kornelius udtalte efterfølgende, at alle parter havde udtrykt vilje til konstruktivt at støtte reformprocessen. Der er aftalt yderligere drøftelser. Merz havde tidligere skrevet på platformen X, at gode løsninger opstår gennem dialog. Inden 1. juli skal koalitionsudvalget vedtage hovedpunkter for en reformpakke. Disse inkluderer ændringer af indkomstskatten, social sikring og arbejdsmarkedet. Pensionskommissionen skal præsentere sine forslag inden udgangen af juni.

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