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Rail bodycam plans gain political backing amid calls for legal safeguards
(de-news.net) – While civil liberties advocates and privacy campaigners have voiced sustained criticism of the planned deployment of body cameras among railway personnel, several senior…
Chancellor Merz urges strategic autonomy, calls for renewal of transatlantic partnership (Update)
(de-news.net) – Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has outlined a comprehensive foreign policy strategy at the opening of the Munich Security Conference, placing particular emphasis…
Body cameras and 200 new guards: Deutsche Bahn strengthens protections for frontline staff
(de-news.net) – Following the fatal assault on a train conductor in early February, Deutsche Bahn has set out a series of enhanced safety measures directed…
Spahn signals higher retirement age as life expectancy rises
(de-news.net) – Jens Spahn, chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has indicated that a substantial increase in the statutory retirement age should be expected and…
NRW Health Minister calls for systemic overhaul of long-term care
(de-news.net) – Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), the health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, has reiterated his call for a comprehensive overhaul of Germany’s long-term care system, arguing…
Health advocates press sugar tax as CDU leadership pushes back
(de-news.net) – Foodwatch, a consumer advocacy group, has reiterated its call for the introduction of a sugar tax ahead of the CDU’s federal party convention,…
Cabinet adopts AI implementation law to align rules with EU digital standards
(de-news.net) – The Ministry for Digital Affairs has submitted a draft implementation bill to the Federal Cabinet that is intended to give domestic legal effect…
Government advances accessibility amendment amid human rights concerns
(de-news.net) – In line with the governing coalition agreement, the Federal Cabinet has approved a draft amendment to the Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons…
Nationwide study reveals widespread, largely unreported violence in Germany
(de-news.net) – In an effort to systematically capture forms of violence that do not appear in official crime statistics, the Federal Government has released its…
BAMF restricts access to integration courses citing budget constraints
(de-news.net) – According to a notice circulated to course providers and subsequently reported by several media outlets, the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) has…
