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Border controls with European neighbors expected to drop soon
Controls at the German borders are likely going to be lifted mid-June. Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) declared this after consultations with…
FDP expert calls for strengthening “work regardless of location”
FDP labor market expert Johannes Vogel has called for a modern legal framework for remote and mobile work. The freedom of choice between either a…
Lindner opts for income tax reform
The chairman of the FDP, Christian Lindner, has criticized the provisional reduction in VAT and called for the income tax to be reformed instead. The…
2 million applications for Corona Emergency Aid
2 million self-employed and small businesses have applied to the Federal Government’s Corona emergency aid. According to a document by the Ministry of Finance and…
EU-China Summit postponed
Due to the Corona pandemic, the EU-China Summit, which was set to take place in Leipzig in mid-September, has been postponed. Government spokesman Seibert said…
More new apartments were completed in 2019
With an increase of 2 percent, more apartments were built in Germany in 2019 than in almost 20 years. 293,000 new units were created in…
Almost 15,000 potentially violent right-wing extremists?
Constitutional protection counts 30,000 people in Germany as belonging to the scene of the extreme right. However, police authorities only classify 65 right-wing extremists as…
Economic expert for limited non-wage labor costs
The chair of the German Council of Economic Experts, Lars Feld, has questioned the planned basic pension. The reason is that the social security contributions,…
IAB director against an increase of the minimum wage
The director of the Institute for Labor Market and Vocational Research (IAB), Bernd Fitzenberger, has labeled an increase in the minimum wage during the Corona…
Coalition committee approves 130 billion Euro stimulus package
The federal government’s stimulus package will include a total of 130 billion Euros for 2020 and 2021, it was decided on Monday evening by the…
The EU should help developing countries during the Corona crisis
Development Minister Müller is committed to ensuring that the EU takes greater account of the global consequences of the Corona pandemic. So far, the EU…
Over half of learners aged 16 and over use digital media
More and more schoolchildren and students from the age of 16 use digital learning materials. In the first quarter of the previous year, 54 percent…
