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Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth (www.dw.com)

submitted 6 months ago by PlasticLove@lemmy.today to c/world@quokk.au

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The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax plan — though it will most likely never get a chance to implement it.

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[–] FleetingTit@feddit.org 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They also barely scrape together 5% in the polls, which means their seats in parliament are on shaky ground right now.

[–] derGottesknecht@feddit.org 5 points 6 months ago

They will most likely get three direct elected, so their seats are pretty sturdy.