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World Climate Conference: subsidies for fossil fuels should be canceled
(GermanPolicy.com) – In its final declaration, the World Climate Conference has called on all countries to turn down the use of coal. In Glasgow, Scotland, the countries also agreed to recommend that subsidies for the fossil fuels oil, gas and coal be abolished. The goal…
Merkel supports free citizen tests
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government has confirmed that it will support the reintroduction of free corona tests which the SPD, FDP and Greens want to implement. With a view to the currently rampant fourth wave of infections, this is the right step, which Chancellor Merkel…
New nationwide Corona rules planned
(GermanPolicy.com) – The traffic light parties – SPD, Greens and FDP – have presented a draft law. According to the draft, a distance requirement, a mask requirement and 3G should be introduced for workplaces and events. The regulations – valid until March 19 – are…
Klingbeil nominated for SPD co-chair
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD general secretary Lars Klingbeil, candidate for the co-chairmanship of the SPD, wants to ensure a “social democratic decade in Germany” by modernizing his party. “An election victory is not enough for me,” Klingbeil said. Previously, the SPD presidium and party executive had…
Demand for vaccines growing in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg
(GermanPolicy.com) – The willingness to vaccinate against the Coronavirus is growing in some Federal States. The mobile vaccination teams in Saxony are at the limit. In Baden-Württemberg, too, the demand for vaccinations has grown in the last four weeks.
Corona rules strengthened in several German states
(GermanPolicy.com) – Several Federal States have rendered the measures against Corona infections stricter. In Bavaria, the protective measures against the Coronavirus are being strengthened. From now on, the 3G rule will apply in the workplace. Unvaccinated people who have not had Corona disease must be…
Greens: traffic light parties must take a more consistent 1.5 degree path
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Greens have made the approval of a traffic light coalition agreement dependent on taking climate protection into actual account. “In a government that does not get on the 1.5-degree path and that does not make an appropriate climate protection policy – Alliance…
FDP against compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – Volker Wissing (FDP) has spoken out against mandatory vaccination. “There will be no compulsory vaccination with the FDP, neither for the entire population nor in certain professions. I consider that debate a dangerous one,” said the FDP general secretary, according to a media…
Drosten for more responsibility in journalism
(GermanPolicy.com) – At the ceremony to award the Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Prize, virologist Christian Drosten called on journalism to undertake a necessary “reflection” with regard to the Corona pandemic. There is an immense responsibility with the media, because they reflect the reality of the people…
Spahn: booster vaccinations to be made possible for everyone
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has announced that the governments on federal and state level want to make booster vaccinations possible for the entire population in Germany. This was decided by the federal as well as the state health ministers at a…
Social democratic women for a female SPD general secretary
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Working Group of Social Democratic Women – an official party branch of the SPD – calls for a woman to be elected to the post of general secretary if the incumbent, Lars Klingbeil, should run for co-chair of the SPD. Parity starts…
Preliminary decision for SPD chairmanship on Monday?
(GermanPolicy.com) – The SPD executive committee wants to make a preliminary decision this Monday for the dual leadership of the party chairmanship, according to a news agency report. Party chairwoman Saskia Esken plans on deciding on a second candidacy by then. Meanwhile, SPD General Secretary…
