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While the Greens demanded a limit on the commuter allowance, the free democrat and FDP leader Christian Lindner wants to continue to do so.
Berlin – FDP leader Christian Lindner has announced a review of federal subsidies to finance plans of the coalition negotiators of the SPD, the Greens and his party – but he is sticking to the commuter allowance. During the election campaign, the Greens demanded that they be limited.
One will examine subsidies, said Lindner of the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post”. “However, the reduction in subsidies must not result in a tax increase for the working middle class, as would be the case with the commuter allowance.”
Instead, he questioned the funding for hybrid cars with combustion engines and separately chargeable electric motors: “For example, we are spending one billion euros in subsidies for plug-in vehicles that have no reliable ecological benefit,” said Lindner.
“In any case, projects should be prioritized. Not everything happens immediately, ”said the free democrat, who wants to become finance minister. “The state has a lot of money, but there are often no directional decisions. My suggestion is that in the coming years we give priority to public investment over new consumer spending by the state. “
Lindner wants to stimulate private investments in climate protection and digitization by accelerating operational depreciation “over two or three years”. Such investments could be promoted by public promotional banks such as KfW. For them he suggested an equity increase or more federal guarantees for KfW loans.
In contrast, the FDP sees subsidies such as those proposed by the Greens and the SPD with skepticism. “There are deadweight effects. Development loans, on the other hand, require private joint liability and co-financing. In any case, there are better instruments than shadow budgets beyond parliamentary control that were brought into discussion by others. ”Dpa
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