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SPD wants a minimum wage of 15 euros and new debt rules
The SPD wants to relieve most taxpayers. (archive image) photo
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A year before the federal election, the SPD is lining up for the election campaign. Economic policy plays a central role in this.
SPD presents draft resolution
Minimum wage of 15 euros and reform of the debt rules
At its closed meeting on Sunday and Monday in the Berlin party headquarters, the SPD executive board will set the first substantive and strategic course for the federal election, which, as things currently stand, will take place on September 28, 2025. The six-page resolution with the title “We are fighting for Germany’s future: stimulating the economy, securing jobs, relieving employees” is available to the German Press Agency. In the paper, the SPD also advocates for a minimum wage of 15 euros, several measures to promote sales of electric cars and a reform of debt rules.
Link super depreciation and tax bonuses to investments
In order to promote investment in Germany, the party does not want to reduce corporate taxes. Instead, it wants to “link comprehensive super depreciation and tax bonuses for companies to investments in future industries and good jobs in Germany,” as the draft resolution says. “Anyone who invests in Germany receives tax advantages.”
Purchase bonus for e-Cars
In order to promote the sale of electric cars, a purchase bonus should be examined, among other things. The SPD also wants to introduce an electric car quota for leasing providers and provide tax incentives for electric company cars.
Accusation of Merz: “Lost respect for the real top performers”
The SPD sharply criticizes the economic policy of the CDU under its chairman and candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz in the paper. “Anyone who insults employees in Germany as lazy and denies them good wages and secure pensions has lost respect for the true top performers who keep our country running every day with their hard work,” the paper says. “This also includes the many millions of employees with a migration background and their families who have to experience every day being described as a “problem” by the CDU and CSU.