German chancellery halts draft bill on sugar tax, sources say
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The chancellor's office has stopped the draft sugar tax for the time being. However, Minister of Finance Klingbeil remains confident that its introduction has been agreed and will also come.
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Chancellor’s office halts sugar tax plan in coalition showdown, Klopp hits out at racist criticism ahead of first victory, shops to close on Saturday while Berliners could face earlier disruptions and more news on Friday, October 2nd.
Apparently, neither sugar nor taxes ever fill up – the state collects with remarkable appetite. Nevertheless, the sugar tax is back on ice. Why it's not too bad about them.
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saarbruecker-zeitung.deFederal Chancellor Merz (CDU) has put a stop to the plans of Vice Chancellor Klingbeil (SPD) for the sugar tax. SPD Vice-President Schweitzer wonders and sends an appeal to Berlin.
The fact that a sugar tax should come was already clear. Nevertheless, the chancellor's office is now slowing down a draft from the Ministry of Finance. What is behind it? Why is the issue pressing? By Nicole Kohnert.
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