(GermanPolicy.com) – The chair of the Greens parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, has called for action against the “rapidly worsening Corona situation.” In view of the “dramatic” development, one must “act urgently,” she said, according to media reports. “We need clear, binding…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The head of the FDP, Christian Lindner, and FDP general secretary Volker Wissing have spoken out in favor of reviving the citizen tests. “In view of the developments, the decision of the CDU-led Federal Government to end free citizen tests was apparently premature,”…

(GermanPo(GermanPolicy.com) – After demonstrations by opponents of the German Corona rules in Leipzig, police has initiated more than 600 administrative offense proceedings as well as 48 criminal cases. A police spokesman announced, that there will be investigations on the grounds of of insult, assault, assault…

(GermanPolicy.com) – After a knife attack had occurred in an ICE express train, the CDU-CSU has demanded that security policy be given more weight in German politics. “It is clear that it will be a great challenge for our security institutions in the future to…

(GermanPolicy.com) – At the beginning of the World Climate Conference in Glasgow, Chancellor Angela Merkel advocated in favor of the concept of CO2 pricing. Steps by the states alone will not suffice, she said, however the industry can get to climate neutrality through carbon pricing….

(GermanPolicy.com) – The co-chair of the SPD, Saskia Esken, would like to run again for the party office she has been holding. It is under discussion that SPD general secretary Klingbeil take the place of co-chairman from Norbert Walter-Borjans. Esken said the SPD should be…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Greens have expressed dissatisfaction with the coalition negotiations leading to the formation of a new Federal Government. The Greens’ Federal Managing Director Michael Kellner commented on the faltering talks with the words: “We are currently seeing too little progress in terms of…

(GermanPolicy.com) – FDP chairman Christian Lindner is against increases in net borrowing as part of the coming Federal Budget beyond 100 billion Euros. The funds for 2022 are already adequate, Lindner emphasized. It had previously been publicly speculated that the Federal Government’s energy and climate…

(GermanPolicy.com) – Norbert Walter-Borjans, the outgoing co-chairman of the SPD, has publicly contradicted the FDP. It is impossible to relieve middle incomes without taxing higher earners to a higher degree, he said. Without a contribution from the “top earners,” people central to the country will…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The outgoing CDU federal chairman Armin Laschet has announced the decision of the federal executive committee that his successor should be determined by the party members. Ballot papers should be sent out by the beginning of December, but online voting will also be…

(GermanPolicy.com) – At a conference of the Federal and State Governments in Lindau, health ministers agreed on a uniform procedure with regard to booster vaccinations against the Coronavirus. Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) announced that he agreed with his colleagues as well as medical…

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) would like a summit between representatives of the Federal Government and the Federal States to coordinate booster vaccinations against Covid-19. To break the fourth Covid-19 wave, booster vaccinations are essential, Spahn said. The vaccinations carried out by…