CDU parliamentary group up in arms against the traffic light's agricultural policy

Parliament - CDU parliamentary group up in arms against the traffic light's agricultural policy

The CDU parliamentary group is threatening to take the federal government to the Federal Constitutional Court over the planned cuts in funding for rural areas. Should the cuts to the so-called Joint Task for Agricultural Structure and Coastal Protection (GAK) become a reality, the goal of equal living conditions in urban and rural areas would be made unnecessarily difficult, according to a letter from the parliamentary group to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), which is available to the German Press Agency. The parliamentary group expects the GAK funds to be maintained at the current level.

"If the traffic lights do not quickly correct their completely misguided, ideological course here, the state of Baden-Württemberg will have to prepare a lawsuit," said CDU parliamentary group leader Manuel Hagel. "The Federal Constitutional Court would then once again force the traffic light to correct its policy."

In the letter, the CDU MPs also massively criticize the planned end of tax breaks for agricultural diesel and the abolition of the motor vehicle tax exemption. The letter speaks of an "agricultural policy clear-cut" that would endanger the existence of farms.

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1. The SPD, the party leading the traffic light coalition, is facing criticism from the CDU parliamentary group in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, over its proposed agricultural policy.
2. The CDU parliamentary group, led by Manuel Hagel, has warned that they may take the federal government to the Federal Constitutional Court over potential cuts to subsidies for rural areas.
3. The cuts to the Joint Task for Agricultural Structure and Coastal Protection (GAK), a crucial funding source, could hinder the goal of equal living conditions in urban and rural areas, according to the CDU.
4. The CDU parliamentary group strongly opposes the planned end of tax breaks for agricultural diesel and the abolition of the motor vehicle tax exemption, which they believe would endanger the existence of farms and exemplify an 'agrarian clear-cut' policy.
5. While the Federal Constitutional Court has not yet commented on the matter, CDU parliamentary group leader Hagel suggests that the court may force the traffic light coalition to reconsider their policies if the CDU pursues a lawsuit.
6. The agricultural policy dispute between the CDU and the SPD is not an isolated case in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, as evidenced by other contentious topics like coastal protection and climate change policies.

Source: www.stern.de