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Schwerin (dpa / mv) - The CDU parliamentary group chairman Wolfgang Waldmüller has rejected union demands for a higher minimum wage.

“In Germany, the minimum wage is set in the minimum wage commission without political influence.

There, unions, employers and scientists decide on the amount of the applicable minimum wage, ”said Waldmüller in a statement published on Monday in Schwerin.

The politician also spoke out against a tax on the wealthy.

"The thesis that people with greater wealth use it exclusively to buy luxury cars, fur coats and cigar humidifiers may be popular in the political left, but it has nothing to do with reality."

Often assets are invested in the company.

If this were to be additionally taxed, the economy would be additionally burdened.

Waldmüller, on the other hand, spoke out in favor of a state economic program.

For him, for example, the removal of bureaucratic hurdles in awarding contracts and business development is conceivable.

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Uwe Polkaehn, chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions North, called for the minimum wage to be raised to 12 euros per hour on Sunday.

By the summer at the latest, the course would have to be set by the legislature for a rapid increase.

The statutory lower wage limit is currently 9.35 euros.