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Medical associations for a more comprehensive mask requirement
(GermanPolicy.com) – In view of the high number of Covid cases and a high death toll, representatives of medical associations have demanded that the mask requirement be kept in public indoor areas from 20 March, when the current Infection Protection Act will have expired. The…
Compulsory vaccination from the age of 18 or 50?
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) would like to approach the CDU-CSU in view of a general obligation to vaccinate against the Coronavirus. Like the SPD, he two Union parties are in favor of compulsory vaccination, said Lauterbach. There is an opportunity…
Covid-19: back to normal in most parts of Germany
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the leader of the Liberal parliamentary group in the Bundestag, the FDP supports a “return to normality” through the infection protection law to be passed next week by the Bundestag, followed by the Bundesrat. “With the agreement on the changes to…
Lauterbach: Covid situation still critical
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) warned on Friday against underestimating the current situation in view of the Corona pandemic. The pandemic is not over, and in terms of the number of cases, the situation is “objectively much worse than the atmosphere”…
CDU and CSU among parties proposing Steinmeier for re-election
(GermanPolicy.com) – The three governing parties, together with the CDU and CSU, have proposed Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for re-election, in a letter to the President of the Bundestag, Bärbel Bad (SPD). The letter is signed by seven party leaders and those responsible for the…
Improved business climate
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Ifo business climate index has risen in January. The executives of the German economy have ensured this with an optimistic outlook. The index is the key leading indicator for the German economy. It rose to 95.7 points after six downward moves. Ifo…
Business turnover increased
(GermanPolicy.com) – The adjusted, nominal turnover of the commercial economy rose again in December, as compared to November. This was announced by the Federal Statistical Office. This was also due to price increases and ensured that nominal sales were 22.8 percent above February 2020 for…
Friedrich Merz succeeds Armin Laschet as CDU leader
(GermanPolicy.com) – Friedrich Merz will become the new CDU chairman and successor to Armin Laschet. During a, mainly virtual, federal party conference, Merz received 94.6 percent of the votes cast. This must now be formally confirmed by postal vote. Merz called for a “powerful” new…
Czaja becomes CDU general secretary
(GermanPolicy.com) – The former health senator of the state of Berlin, Mario Czaja, has secured the position of general secretary of the largest German opposition party, the CDU, with 92.9 percent of the votes at a predominantly digital party conference. In the future, there ought…
Armin Laschet: Merz is “just right” for the CDU
(GermanPolicy.com) – The outgoing CDU chairman Armin Laschet thanked the delegates at his party’s virtual CDU party conference and called for self-confidence and unity. You have to be well positioned for the upcoming state elections, he said. As his successor, Friedrich Merz is “just the…
Merkel does not wish to become honorary chairwoman of the CDU
(GermanPolicy.com) – Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not wish to become honorary leader of the CDU. Instead, she wants to show her attachment to the current opposition party in a different way in the future. The office of honorary chairman no longer fits the…
Deutsche Bank surprisingly makes billions
(GermanPolicy.com) – In the 2021 financial year, Deutsche Bank recorded its best result in ten years with a surplus of EUR 1.9 billion, significantly more than market observers had expected. In particular, the bank’s business in bonds and currencies contributed to this. Pre-tax profit rose…
