FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr has clearly rejected tax increases in view of the current economic situation.

"There will be no new solos with the FDP, as Winfried Kretschmann imagines," he told the German Press Agency.

The prices have already skyrocketed, and people with lower incomes in particular have a hard time struggling with the additional burdens.

"It would be absurd to increase the pressure on companies and consumers with new taxes," he emphasized.

The taxpayers' association also strictly rejects a new edition of the solidarity surcharge to finance the consequences of the Ukraine war.

“The idea of ​​reactivating the old solidarity surcharge or even introducing a new solidarity surcharge does not take into account that tax revenues have continued to rise steadily.

This is also associated with a high tax burden for citizens and companies," said taxpayer president Reiner Holznagel of the "Rheinische Post" (Thursday).

Citizens are already heavily burdened due to high inflation and higher taxes on energy.

According to Holznagel, politicians rightly react to this with compensation.

An additional burden thwarts all of that.

“In addition, the current discussion completely ignores the constitutional framework.

The Federal Constitutional Court must first rule on the existing solos – this poses many problems,” says Holznagel.

Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Kretschmann (Greens) had previously spoken out in favor of holding a debate on higher taxes.

The topic was initiated by the chief economist of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, who called for the reintroduction of the solidarity surcharge because of the Ukraine war and climate change.

Last year, the solos were abolished for the vast majority of payers.

Economic researcher Marcel Fratzscher was also open to the idea.

The state needs more income to finance the additional expenses caused by the Ukraine war, he told t-online.

"In principle, the reintroduction of the solis is therefore a good idea." However, a fair inheritance tax that abolishes preferential treatment for large inheritances would be better.

In addition, the property tax should be increased significantly.

As a result, the state would have more tax revenue in the long term, but households with less income would not be unnecessarily burdened.