FDP plans economic turnaround”: SPD outraged

FDP plans economic turnaround”: SPD outraged

Today the FDP leadership plans to present a concept to tighten the rules for citizens' money and end the pension at 63. This step has already led to disagreements in the traffic light coalition, as the SPD clearly rejects the proposals. Kevin Kühnert, General Secretary of the SPD, clearly criticized the coalition partner and emphasized that the SPD would not allow the country to be “run with the tact of investment bankers.”

The FDP presidium plans to adopt the concept before the federal party conference votes on the matter in Berlin next weekend. In addition to the possibility of immediately reducing the benefits of those who refuse to work by 30 percent, the two-page paper also proposes the abolition of the pension at 63 and tax incentives for overtime as well as the reduction of bureaucracy in various sectors.

The number of citizens' benefit recipients whose benefits were reduced due to the rejection of job offers was relatively low last year. According to the Federal Employment Agency, there were a total of 15,774 cases of benefit reductions among around 5.5 million recipients of citizens' benefit, of whom 3.9 million are considered employable.

The SPD was outraged by the FDP's proposals and described them as outdated and out of date. Group leader Rolf Mützenich emphasized that the Liberals' demands do not correspond to current requirements. Party leader Lars Klingbeil made it clear that measures to stimulate the economy and secure jobs were important, but this did not have to be done at the expense of craftsmen, nurses or educators.