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Taxpayers’ Association for adjustment of income tax scale
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Taxpayers’ Association has demanded that the income tax rate be adjusted by six percent in the event of six percent inflation, rendering the two factors equivalent. This should happen by the end of the year at the latest. Only by comprehensively reducing…
Health insurance contributions will only increase minimally
(GermanPolicy.com) – The increase in health insurance contributions will be minmal. Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) ensured that there will be a “small” increase only. The relief package which the Federal Government has decided upon will be “much larger” than the contribution increase due to…
Trade Union Confederation in favor of social reforms without delay
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Trade Union Federation has issued a warning that the planned social reforms should not be called into question in the aftermath of the situation in Ukraine. DGB chairman Hoffmann sees the danger that promised measures such as citizen income and basic…
Ukraine refugees: Bavaria calls for registration without exception
(GermanPolicy.com) – To date, the Federal Police have registered 266,975 refugees from Ukraine to have arrived in Germany. The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that there are mainly three groups: women, children, and elderly. However, there is a lack of seamless border controls. Therefore,…
Increased prices: Lindner (FDP) presents relief package
(GermanPolicy.com) – A relief package with a temporary reduction in fuel prices and with one-off payments is intended to cushion the rise in prices. Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) presented the package. Lindner said: “We will reduce the price of for petrol by 30 Cents…
Financial benefits for changing heating technology
(GermanPolicy.com) – From 2024, every new heating system should be operated with 65 percent in renewable energy. The deadline was previously set for January 1, 2025. Property owners should also be able to replace their heating systems which are more than 20 years old. Finally,…
Relief package: praise and criticism from economic experts
(GermanPolicy.com) – Ifo President Clemens Fuest described the energy price relief package as “fiscally expensive.” However, it is positive that the petrol price reduction has been limited. “It would have been better to specifically relieve small and medium-sized companies with high fuel costs,” Fuest explained….
Associations criticize relief package
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) finds that the relief package presented by the traffic light coalition to be insufficient. According to the VZBV, there is a lack of compensation for households with lower incomes with regard to gas and heating oil….
High costs due to increased disability pensions
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government wants for people with reduced earning capacity to be better off. According to media reports, this should cost around 1.3 billion Euros in 2024 and around 2.6 billion Euros in 2025. The subsidy applies to pensioners with reduced earning capacity…
Union parties demand that nuclear power and coal-fired power be reevaluated
(GermanPolicy.com) – A longer operation of nuclear power plants should be examined with an open mind. This is what the energy policy spokesman for the CDU-CSU, Jung, has demanded. Continued operation of coal-fired power plants should also be examined. Federal Economics Minister Habeck said he…
Federal funds for farmers
(GermanPolicy.com) – Farmers in Germany are to receive higher crisis aid in view of the conflict in Ukraine. The 60 million Euros provided through EU funding are to be increased nationally by 120 million Euros, Minister of Agriculture Özdemir (Greens) said. As a result, fuels…
Negotiations with the SPD: Union parties for a compromise on compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – The CSU-CSU in the German Bundestag is “not optimistic” that the forthcoming negotiations with Chancellor Scholz (SPD) will lead to an agreement on compulsory vaccination from the age of 18. Scholz wants a “grand coalition for mandatory vaccination,” as reported. But there will…
