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CDU Backbencher Opens Door to Higher Top Tax in Exchange for Social Reforms

A conditional offer from Andreas Mattfeldt injects a new bargaining chip into talks on making Germany’s social system financially secure.

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Overview

  • CDU lawmaker Andreas Mattfeldt told Bild he could accept raising the so‑called rich tax, but only if the SPD enacts concrete social reforms.
  • Bild reports that additional Union MPs may also be softening, and SPD figures such as Dirk Wiese welcomed the opening for a targeted debate.
  • Finance Minister and SPD leader Lars Klingbeil has recently left higher taxes on top earners and the wealthy on the table.
  • Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Bavaria’s Markus Söder continue to oppose broad tax hikes, with Merz pressing for a reset in social policy.
  • The discussion now includes mooted ideas like taxing firm heirs reported by Bild, and Germany’s top income tax rate currently stands at 45 percent above €277,825.