The ZEW (Leibnitz institute for European economic research) calculated how the tax plans of all parties would affect the ordinary budget. The CDU would create a hole of over 100b€ per year. Calculated on 10 years it would be 1tr which is the amount of debt Merz wants to take on.
The ZEW (Leibnitz institute for European economic research) calculated how the tax plans of all parties would affect the ordinary budget. The CDU would create a hole of over 100b€ per year. Calculated on 10 years it would be 1tr which is the amount of debt Merz wants to take on.
Source (it is in German tho): https://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/gutachten/Bundestagswahlprogramme_ZEW_2025.pdf