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Federal Government should prepare further protective measures, council
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Council of Experts, which the Federal Government has set up to provide technical support for the corona pandemic, has called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his ministers to prepare additional protective measures from now. It is to be feared that the hospitalization…
CDU politician: government must present draft law for compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to CDU general secretary Mario Czaja, the conference of prime ministers must demonstrate clear ways to make vaccination compulsory. He expects a concrete proposal from the government. Czaja said that he, personally, could imagine compulsory vaccination once the crucial questions have been…
Association of cities opts for planning an exit strategy
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Association of Towns and Municipalities has called for a gradual relaxation plan. This is necessary in order to have planning security, when which restrictions would be reduced, and under what conditions. The general manager of the association, Landsberg, said that an exit…
Commemoration of the crimes of the Nazi era
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, any form of anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination must be clearly opposed. Steinmeier said this during a visit to the Sachsenhausen memorial, one day before yesterday’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday. Millions of people were abducted, tortured and…
Three holidays in 2022 on Sundays
(GermanPolicy.com) – Several holidays will be on weekends in Germany, according to the Federal Office of Statistics. Besides New Year 2022, Sunday celebrations will take place on 1 May, and on the First Day of Christmas. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be on…
Sales ban on New Year’s Eve bollards will lead to fewer fireworks
(GermanPolicy.com) – New sets of New Years Eve fireworks have not been sold this year in Germany, so that there will be fewer bollards at the dawn of this weekend. The nationwide sales ban on New Year’s Eve fireworks, which had already been decreed the…
Steinmeier calls for social cohesion
(GermanPolicy.com) – In his Christmas address, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for society to stand together in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Steinmeier said: “We are one country.” Even after the pandemic, people had to be able to live together and look each other…
Parcel boom and much traffic at Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – Deutsche Post reported a parcel boom on Christmas Eve which was celebrated yesterday: The quantities of gift parcels were roughly at the level of 2020, after the demand on Black Friday and Cyber Monday was even stronger than a year ago. Clothing in…
Coalition agreement prompts “confidence”
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the coalition agreement of the traffic light parties – SPD, Greens and FDP – 400,000 new apartments are to be built per year, and the rent brake is to apply until 2029. In addition, the minimum wage is to be raised…
Altmaier and Juncker on the importance of Angela Merkel
(GermanPolicy.com) – The name of the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel will in future be cited on an equal footing with Konrad Adenauer, Willy Brandt, and Helmut Kohl. This is what Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier (CDU) has said. Merkel, an “exceptional Chancellor,” has been…
Scholz wants to initiate a general vaccination requirement
(GermanPolicy.com) – The designated Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has announced that a legislative process for a general vaccination requirement will be initiated before the end of 2021. The Bundestag vote should take place without any group pressure. The compulsory vaccination should then be implemented…
Lauterbach: Corona measures will be sharpened before Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to Karl Lauterbach (SPD), the Corona measures will be tightened before Christmas. Closing bars, clubs and discos is no alternative given the drastic increase in infections. In addition, there will be a mask requirement at schools and restrictions for people who are…
