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A New Mode Regarding Our Website Statistics: Looking Back One Year
The displayed statistics of the Policyinstitute.net websites as well as the domains which are classed under de-news.net have just been changed. From now on, you will see the number of views of the past 365 days, the reason for this being a purging of old…
Hospital reform and debates on financing the German nursing care insurance
(de-news.net) – Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) has announced that the proposed hospital reform is set to pass in the Bundestag by the end of the week. After extensive negotiations, coalition party representatives finalized the details and technical changes. For instance, small rural clinics will now…
Broadcasters Arte and 3sat to be merged
(de-news.net) – The TV channels Arte and 3sat are planned to be merged, according to a vote by the Federal States. Instead of ten channels, there will be four additional ones alongside the main ARD and ZDF programs, according to the German Länder. Channels like…
A new law to reduce bureaucracy
(de-news.net) – A measure aimed at cutting bureaucracy was enacted by the German Bundestag. The SPD, Greens, FDP, and Union were in favor of the bill. Its yearly savings target is around 944 million Euros for the administration and economy. Tax assessments no longer need…
Pension reform debated in the Bundestag
(de-news.net) – During the first reading of the Pension Package II bill in the German Bundestag, Labor Minister Heil (SPD) emphasized the need to renew the generational contract without pitting generations against each other. FDP parliamentary manager Vogel warned against a noticeable increase in pension…
Collective resignation of the Green Party’s federal executive board
(de-news.net) – A liberating move: the Green Party’s executive board surprisingly announced its collective resignation on Wednesday. A “fresh start” with new faces is needed, as Green Party leader Nouripour and his co-chair Lang explained in Berlin. The fresh start is to be heralded at…
Brandenburg SPD to hold exploratory talks with the CDU and the BSW
(de-news.net) – The SPD wants to hold initial exploratory talks with the CDU and the BSW at the end of the week in order to prepare for negotiations towards forming a coalition in Brandenburg. The CDU and the BSW were cautious about a possible participation…
Discussions about the minimum wage
(de-news.net) – Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) has once again stressed that the minimum wage must rise significantly in 2026. A week ago, Heil said that it was important not only to have good jobs in Germany, but also to ensure that people can…
Deutschlandticket will cost more
(de-news.net) – From January 1, 2025, the Deutschlandticket for local public transport will cost 58 Euros per month. The transport ministers of the Federal States have agreed on this solution to ensure the financing of the model. The ticket, which has been available since May…
State elections in Saxony and Thuringia: CDU and AfD in the lead
(de-news.net) – The populations in the Free State of Saxony and in the Federal State of Thuringia have voted. According to the preliminary final result, the CDU has become the strongest force in Saxony. The AfD is in second place. After counting all constituencies, the…
Citizen’s income reforms meet different positions
(de-news.net) – Politicians, business and welfare associations have spoken out in the discussion about reforms to citizen’s income. Saxony’s Prime Minister Kretschmer (CDU) went to criticize the latest tightening proposals by the traffic light coalition as “cosmetic.” He demanded that those who intend to receive…
Authorities investigate after hacking attack on the CDU
(de-news.net) – The CDU has fallen victim to a cyber attack one week before the European elections. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has announced that the CDU’s network has been affected. Both the German police and the Federal Office for the Protection of the…
Faeser (SPD) announces further border controls
(de-news.net) – The temporary border controls are to be continued, Federal Minister of the Interior Faeser said in an interview. She justified this by saying that the controls were necessary until the reformed EU asylum system, which primarily affects people with little prospect of protection,…
Calls to introduce electronic ankle bracelets under federal police law
(de-news.net) – Federal Minister of the Interior Faeaser (SPD) wants to change the Violence Protection Act to prescribing anti-violence training for perpetrators. Electronic ankle bracelets are planned to better implement prohibition of contact and restraining orders. Faeser also wants to set up pilot projects for…
Debate about construction and housing after cabinet decision on rent controls
(de-news.net) – While the CDU is critical of the situation around housing construction, Federal Construction Minister Geywitz (SPD) is optimistic, especially with regard to the rent cap. The CDU-CSU parliamentary group vice-president in the German Bundestag, Lange, sees the developments as to new buildings as…
Liberals Wissing and Baum against coalition breakup
(de-news.net) – Federal Transport Minister Wissing and the former Federal Interior Minister Baum (both FDP) have warned their party not to end the traffic light coalition. Wissing pointed out that he was asking himself what would be better about a different coalition. A CDU Chancellor…
Federal Council votes for Growth Opportunities Act
(de-news.net) – The Federal Council confirmed the Growth Opportunities Act on Friday after there had already been a majority in the Bundestag. There had until recently been resistance from the CDU-CSU after an initial rejection in the Federal Council last year. The project includes stimuli…
Pensions increase the same in East and West Germany
(de-news.net) – Pension payments in Germany will be increased noticeably in the second half of 2024. According to the Federal Ministry of Labor, the adjustment in East and West is equal to 4.57 percent – for the first time after West and East pension levels…
Criticism of the draft law for planned hospital reform
(de-news.net) – Several of the statutory health insurance companies are preparing to increase contributions after the draft hospital reform bill has been announced by Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD). According to estimates, the additional contribution rate will have to increase by 0.3 percent by 2027….
Ministers of Education for opening up the teaching profession – criticism from associations
(de-news.net) – The Conference of Ministers of Education would like to open up the teaching profession in view of the ongoing shortage of trained teachers. In the future, graduates with just one subject will be allowed to become teachers instead of currently two subjects to…
Özdemir speaks out against parts of the EU agricultural reform
(de-news.net) – Federal Agriculture Minister Özdemir has criticized the weakening of environmental regulations for farmers as being too far-reaching. Relief and reductions in bureaucracy should not neglect environmental protection, said the Green politician. He spoke out in favor of adjusting the plans. According to the…
