Germany's Merz focused on growth amid calls for high taxes on wealthy

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2025-08-20

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is not ruling out higher taxes on top earners to solve the country's long-running budgetary gaps. The government will do everything that is beneficial to the goal of economic growth, and avoid anything that is detrimental, said deputy government spokesman Steffen Meyer in Berlin on Wednesday. Other priorities include investments in infrastructure and easing the burden on the "hard-working middle c......

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