Sunday, October 18, 2009

The future government of Germany is working seven days a week

The party leaders, included in a future government coalition of Germany, Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer and Guido Westerwelle discuss the main issues on which they disagree - taxes and the state budget. In Germany, negotiations are continuing between the partners on the future of the ruling coalition - the Christian representatives of the bloc of parties CDU / CSU and the liberals of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP). On Sunday, October 18, leaders of the victorious parties in the parliamentary election - Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel, CDU), Horst Seehofer (Horst Seehofer, CSU) and Guido Westerwelle (Guido Westerwelle, FDP) - consult on key controversial issues. Among other things, will discuss fiscal policy and the state budget. Taxes and budget - the main contentious issues As the German news agency dpa, the outcome of negotiations on these topics will depend on the decision of the majority of other issues in the financial sector. Hot debate about tax policy in the coalition talks had already conducted the day before, on October 17. FDP calls for tax reform and reduce the tax burden in the next 4 years for a total of 35 billion euros. The Liberals have already announced that they will not sign the coalition agreement, not having received certain concessions in this area by the Christian Democrats. Block CDU / CSU initially insisted on reducing taxes on 15 billion euros, then made concessions and agreed to a $ 20 billion. As the news agency Reuters, 17 October Horst Seehofer said that taxes should be significantly reduced. And Angela Merkel stressed that the chances of reaching a compromise in the tax field are high. Health care and energy policy Moreover, so far failed to reach agreement on a number of other clusters, particularly on health and energy policy . On Saturday, October 16, Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer and Guido Westerwelle still managed to achieve some progress and get closer to the desired result. However, to remain unsolved, in particular, questions about the duration of operation of nuclear power and the future of Central Health Foundation. Despite all the differences, partners in the future government coalition do not doubt that next week they will be able to come to terms on all major issues, said dpa. Recall the coalition negotiations are conducted in 10 major clusters. Their aim is to develop a program of action of the future government of Germany for the next 4 years and the signing of the coalition agreement. At the end of the negotiation process among the three parties will be allocated portfolios. Partners in future coalition has reached a compromise in some areas, particularly on internal security

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