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Greens: Nouripour would like to restructure his party
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to Omid Nouripour, the second largest governing party, the Greens, are to be restructured. This is to be discussed by the new federal board under the supervision of Nouripour and Ricarda Lang, to be in office from next week. Nouripour admitted mistakes…
Wiese: vaccination to be enforced as mandatory
(GermanPolicy.com) – On Wednesday, the German Bundestag debated various group proposals for compulsory vaccination against the coronavirus. In the coming weeks, a model for and an application against a general obligation to vaccinate are to be voted on, as well as a regulation for people…
Caritas President: vaccination compulsory from the age of five or 50
(GermanPolicy.com) – The President of Caritas sees a vaccination requirement for residents over the age of 18 as insufficiently justified. The vaccination approval applies to people from the age of five, said Welskop-Deffaa. However, one could also assume the risk to groups, in which case…
Vaccination register unnecessary, Lauterbach
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach considers a vaccination register unnecessary. The introduction of such a database would take too long to help prevent a new wave in autumn this year. Instead, they want to act quickly and focus on a general obligation to…
Lauterbach: current corona measures are to be maintained
(GermanPolicy.com) – The measures against the corona pandemic should be maintained and not tightened. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is committed to this: “An easing would be fatal. We would pour oil on the fire and accelerate the wave.” He justified this by saying that…
German parliaments decide on shorter quarantines
(GermanPolicy.com) – Bundestag and Bundesrat have decided on shortened quarantine rules for infected people and people who have been in contact with people infected with Covid 19. Instead of 14 days, one now only has to go into isolation for a period of ten days….
PCR tests are restricted to certain groups
(GermanPolicy.com) – The number of new corona infections is currently increasing, mainly due to the omicron variant. The state health ministers have therefore decided that PCR tests should be limited to the staff of hospitals, medical practices and nursing facilities. In addition, they should continue…
Hospitals at the breaking point
(GermanPolicy.com) – The medical association Marburger Bund sees German hospitals at their breaking point. “By the beginning of February at the latest, it will be very cramped in hospitals across Germany,” criticized chairwoman Susanne Johna, according to a media report. This is due to the…
Ministry of Health: ‘recovered’ status still at three months
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Ministry of Health does not want to change the validity of the convalescent status to three months. The status was recently reduced to three months, enough to allow EU citizens to be treated like unvaccinated, three months after becoming infected. As…
CDU-CSU: funding stop for energy-saving buildings “ruthless”
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has been criticized by various bodies for having stopped subsidies for energy-efficient buildings. The CDU-CSU and business associations have called for the funding program to be ramped up again. The Union parties justified this by saying that…
Nahles to become chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency
(GermanPolicy.com) – Ex-SPD chairwoman Andrea Nahles has been elected chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency, according to the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations and the German Confederation of Trade Unions. In addition, Katrin Krömer and Vanessa Ahuja should sit on board chairs. The Federal Government…
Biontech begins study for drug against Omicron
(GermanPolicy.com) – BioNTech and Pfizer have started a first clinical trial for a vaccine against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. 1,420 subjects aged 18 to 55 have agreed to take part in the study, which aims to ensure the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of…
