German top court rejects challenge to reunification tax

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2025-03-26

Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by six politicians from the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) to abolish an additional tax originally introduced to finance the costs of German reunification. The court ruled that the government still has legitimate financial needs related to reunification but emphasized that the so-called solidarity surcharge cannot be permanent. If the need disapp......

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