Month: May 2020
Extremism: Högl for structural measures
by Thorsten Koch The recently elected Military Commissioner of the Bundestag, Eva Högl, wants to campaign more strongly against right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr. In…
Calls to engage against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism
by Thorsten Koch The number of politically motivated crimes has increased in Germany in 2019, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s annual report….
Increase in the number of deportations of Islamists
The number of deportations of Islamist perpetrators from Germany has increased significantly over the past three and a half years. After the terrorist attack on…
RKI: lower level of new infections
Since there have been surveys concerning the number of cases of Corona infections, over 179,300 people have contracted the lung disease in Germany. Most of…
Travel industry criticizes continued travel warning
The travel industry has described the continued global travel warning as an “absolutely wrong signal”. Many people wanted to visit friends and relatives again, or…
Bundestag extends continued payment of wages, supports dining
Continued wages for parents will be paid for up to 10 weeks instead of up to 6 weeks, the German Bundestag has decided. Single parents…
Economic output is forecast to decline sharply
Economic output in Germany is expected to decrease by 6.6 percent this year, the Ifo Institute announced in an updated forecast. Economic output fell by…
Feld criticizes plans to assume municipal debt
Lars Feld, the chairman of the expert panel on business practices, has rejected plans to assume local municipal debts. The Federal Government should not undertake…
Bundestag resolution to support WHO
The Bundestag has shown solidarity with the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a Bundestag decision, which was supported by almost all political groups, the…
Hans for car purchase premiums – under conditions
Purchase premiums for passenger cars should only be paid for environmentally friendly technology, the Saarland Prime Minister Tobias Hans (CDU) has emphasized. Support for the…
Lufthansa Supervisory Board examining alternatives
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board postponed the vote on the acceptance of the rescue package for the airline, in the amount of 9 billion euros. The…
Raids against 31 Reich citizens
Prosecutors and police forces have been active in the two federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse as part of large-scale raids against the so-called Reich…