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What Germany's election means for Bitcoin and the super rich - REUTERS

FEBRUARY 08, 2025

By Tom Sims


FRANKFURT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Germany elects a new parliament on February 23, with potential ramifications for the financial industry of Europe's largest economy.
Below is an outline of how those parties faring best in the polls are planning to shape finance, based on hundreds of pages of platform documents.

Spoiler alert: The far-right Alternative for Germany wants to exit the euro and deregulate Bitcoin, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats want to tax the super rich.

CDU/CSU

Chancellor candidate: Friedrich Merz
The conservative alliance of Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) are leading in the polls and, where finance is concerned, lay out only broad-brush ideas with few specifics.

Popularity of government parties over time.


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