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Schwesig had emphasized before the meeting: “Citizens, hospitals and the economy expect little dispute and many solutions.” The biggest point of contention was the Growth Opportunities Act passed by the Bundestag, which provides tax relief for companies and an acceleration of approval procedures. The Federal Council stopped it with the argument that the states would have to bear a large part of the costs. A compromise has already been developed that reduces the volume of relief from the previously planned seven billion euros annually to 3.2 billion euros. The Union-led states only wanted to agree to this if the traffic light waived the Bundestag’s decision to abolish tax breaks for agricultural diesel for farmers.