Söder wants to approve the Growth Opportunities Act – under one condition. Agreement on the issue of agricultural diesel must first be reached.
CDU chairman Friedrich Merz rejected calls from the coalition that the Union should give up its resistance in the Bundesrat to the planned economic development law. 18 business associations wrote a letter to all prime ministers on Sunday urgently calling for the law to be passed as quickly as possible. The Federal Council is blocking the project because it leads to a loss of income for the states.