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The Social Democratic Party (SPD) of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to lower taxes for a majority of the population if reelected in next year’s federal elections, according to a draft resolution to be adopted on Sunday. In return, the top 1% of incomes are to be taxed more heavily. “This reform will give people more financial leeway and strengthen purchasing power. We are thereby stimulating the economy from the bottom up and from the middle of society,” says the draft prepared for Sunday’s SPD executive committee meeting, seen by dpa. The German economy – Europe’s largest – is struggling…

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