Comparison of the election programs: According to the study, plans by the Union and FDP mainly help high earners

According to a report, the parties' election manifestos for the federal election differ significantly in terms of the financial impact on citizens. While the SPD, the Greens and the Left would like to better position small and medium incomes in particular, the CDU / CSU and FDP are planning the greatest financial plus for high earners, as reported by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" in its Thursday edition, citing calculations by the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW). If the Union and the Liberals prevail, the gap between rich and poor would widen further.

The ZEW economists calculated the central proposals of those five parties that have a chance of participating in the government after the election.

In doing so, they focused on tax, social and family policy, the effects of which on individual households can be quantified financially.

The election manifestos and additional documents show that the Union is planning to improve households with gross earnings of 150,000 to 250,000 euros per year by an average of 5,000 euros.

Union plans four percent more for high earners

According to the report, this corresponds to a financial plus of more than four percent.

In this way, the Union would relieve high earners four times as much as almost 80 percent of the taxable population, for whom it provides less financial plus.

According to the report, households with the Greens and the SPD can expect a bigger plus in their wallets up to the middle class.

If their plans were implemented, the risk of poverty in Germany would also decrease.

According to the information, a couple with two children who earn 40,000 euros gross per year can expect an additional 3,000 to 4,000 euros.

On the other hand, high earners with more than 150,000 euros a year want to burden the SPD and the Greens more heavily than before.

The left want households up to the middle class to do a lot better than what the SPD and the Greens are planning, the report said.

The FDP promises a multiple of what the Union is planning, especially in the upper classes.

The costs for this are supposed to be offset by growth alone;

The FDP excludes additional debts or higher taxes.

As in this year, the federal government will take on massive debts in 2022 due to the corona crisis. The draft budget for the coming year provides for new borrowing of almost 100 billion euros.