Result after a long dispute
Agreement on basic child security in the Chancellery
08/28/2023, 12:30 am
Finance Minister Lindner wants to make significantly less billions of euros available for basic child security than Family Minister Paus reports. The dispute over this drags on for weeks. Now he is apparently coming to an end through the mediation of Chancellor Scholz.
After months of dispute, the federal government has reached an agreement on basic child security. According to media reports, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Family Minister Lisa Paus and Finance Minister Christian Lindner agreed on the key points for the new family benefit after hours of negotiations on Sunday evening. Details are expected to be presented on Monday morning.
Paus and Lindner have been arguing for months about the amount of money for basic child security, which from 2025 should bundle essential family policy services and make them more accessible. With a view to children from poor and low-income families, the family minister felt that significantly higher amounts were necessary than the finance minister wanted to provide.
In mid-August, Paus then blocked the passage of the draft law for the Growth Opportunities Act in the Federal Cabinet. Lindner’s proposal provides for tax breaks for companies amounting to 6.5 billion euros. The declared goal of the federal government was to settle the dispute over basic child security by the start of the cabinet meeting on Tuesday at Meseberg Castle, so that the Growth Act can be passed there.