First time: AfD and CDU will vote together on tax relief in Thuringia
There is always a first time, even for the Germans. In Thuringia today there will probably be a small parliamentary revolution: the CDU (the German Christian Democrats, EPP) and the FDP (Liberals) will vote together with the identitarians of the AfD (ID) to obtain a tax reduction in the real estate registration tax, putting the the current left-wing government made up of the SPD, Greens and Linke.
The majority of the regional parliament is in favor of reducing the tax on real estate transfers . The Budget Committee gave the green light on Friday. In the decision AfD, CDU and FDP prevailed against the government coalition consisting of the Left, SPD and Greens. The reform aims to reduce the tax on real estate transfers from 6.5 to 5%. Now we need to vote on the measure in the chamber.
Even if the issue seems secondary, in reality it marks a small, or large, revolution for Germany: AfD, placed on the margins of German political life, accused of any atrocity, from neo-Nazism to populism, instead finds itself alongside the traditional party of government, the CDU, to reverse left-wing policies and try to get Germany out of a crisis that, at the moment, seems to have no exit. AfD has always been treated worse than a plague victim by the CDU which has refused even any local collaboration. Now, for the first time, he is welcome in a vote that, unofficially, also constitutes an act of government.
The CDU's reasons are obvious and more than acceptable. The CDU parliamentary group is primarily concerned with easing the burden on families when purchasing property and with boosting the construction sector, among other things, said parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt. “We cannot give up on making important and right decisions for Thuringia just because the wrong people threaten to agree,” Voigt said about the AfD voices and criticism of them. “We cannot accept such attempts at red-red-green blackmail.”
In an increasingly confused Germany there would be dozens, perhaps hundreds, of practical issues like this that could see the AfD and CDU vote together: from immigration problems, to energy problems, to the protection of national industry, to putting a stop to the madness caused by CO2 policies. In the end it is quite obvious that the bulk of AfD voters are nothing more than former CDU and FDP voters who are dissatisfied with the policies of their parties, prone to the most stolid Gretinism and who do not accept Germany's economic, social and cultural decadence.
Officially nothing will change, at least for now: CDU leader Merz will continue to deny any prospect of collaboration with the AfD, but political virginity is lost. Meanwhile, the German economy is plummeting, chaos is increasing, and a change of direction in Berlin and therefore in subjugated Brussels is more necessary than ever. Maybe it's coming…
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/la-prima-volta-afd-e-cdu-voteranno-assieme-un-alleggerimento-fiscale-in-turingia/ on Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:00:22 +0000.