Unemployed before the tax trap: Government savings plans provoke debate!
Unemployed before the tax trap: Government savings plans provoke debate!
A controversial savings project takes on form: The Austrian government plans to abolish the additional earnings limit for unemployed. According to the report of Today is now to tax unemployed people that they earn in addition to their unemployment benefit. Those affected are currently allowed to earn EUR 551.10 euros per month tax -free. This measure will be part of a savings plan to save 6.4 billion euros, and is considered necessary by the FPÖ and ÖVP to generate higher tax revenue that is estimated at 82 million euros.
controversy among the population
The opinions of the citizens are divided: Martin speaks for the plans and thinks that everyone has to work more in order to strap the belt closer. Maria, with anonymized name, believes that the individual situation is important - there are people who take advantage of the system and they should be asked to checkout. Christian, on the other hand, criticizes the measure as questionable, since unemployed people already have little money and can hardly keep up with unemployment benefit. These savings plans are intended to help avert an impending EU deficit procedure, while the coalition negotiations between FPÖ and ÖVP will continue on Monday.
Hungary failed council presidency
In the meantime, the neighboring Hungary draws a negative balance from its recent council presidency in the EU. Here, too, the economic climate was shaped by discrepancies. Orbán presented the ambitious agenda "Mega - Make Europe Great Again" in the past six months. But while his government team proudly refers to "enormous success", many observers criticize that too little has been achieved. According to Welt , only eight legislative procedures were successfully completed, which compared to the previous government with almost 70 and Spain is disappointing. Special controversy arose through Orbán's uncoordinated foreign policy, which moved numerous EU top politicians to distancing.| Details | |
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