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Former SPD leader calls for pragmatic shift in party priorities, balancing social protection and economic realities

(de-news.net) – Sigmar Gabriel, the former leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), has urged the party to recalibrate its political agenda so that it…

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BDK welcomes tougher sentences for attacks on first responders

(de-news.net) – The head of the German Association of Criminal Police Officers (BDK), Dirk Peglow, has welcomed the Federal Government’s plan to tighten criminal penalties…

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Broad backlash mounts against KBV plan for per-visit patient fees

(de-news.net) – Broad resistance has mounted to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians’ (KBV) proposal to introduce a per-visit fee. The proposal has…

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Urgent pressure to reform long-term care amid rising costs and an aging population

(de-news.net) – Simone Borchardt, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s spokesperson on health policy, has emphasized the need to set aside ideological considerations in debates over reforms…

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BKA President calls for expanded legal powers to confront escalating cyber threats

(de-news.net) – Holger Münch, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), has called for a substantial expansion of his agency’s authority in the national…

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Physicians call for contact charge amid rising insurance deficits

(de-news.net) – The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) has advanced a proposal for the introduction of a per-visit patient fee and has…

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Retirement-age debate deepens as calls for pension reform intensify

(de-news.net) – The CDU’s Economic Council has aligned itself firmly with calls for a later statutory retirement age, asserting that a systematic upward adjustment beyond…

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