
After the budget agreement, CDU MP Andreas Mattfeldt sharply criticized the procedure and the content of the federal budget.
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The article reports on internal tensions within the CDU following an agreement on the federal budget.
Andreas Mattfeldt Leading CDU budget politician sends fire letter to Merz about budget agreement
In unusually sharp words, MP Andreas Mattfeldt takes stock of the procedure after the black-red compromise on a federal budget. From his point of view, the entire budget bears a social democratic signature.

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