Growth Opportunities Act provides tax relief for companies until 2028. Law is stuck in mediation process between federal and state governments.

18 business associations have now written a letter to the Prime Minister. Green Party leader Katharina Dröge calls on CDU leader Friedrich Merz to give up his blockade of the law. The volume of relief in the mediation process is expected to fall from the planned seven billion euros annually to three billion euros. The inclusion of agricultural diesel in the negotiations is only appropriate, says Mathias Middelberg of the Union.