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Lindner releases funds for storage and regasification

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) has given the go-ahead for 2.47 billion Euros in funding for liquid gas terminals in Germany. Four floating storage and regasification units are to be leased. Liquified natural gas should be stored to ensure Germany’s gas supply. Due…

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Habeck repeats his rejection of fracking in Germany

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens) has justified why he rejects fracking in Germany. One would have to “destroy deep layers of rock with great pressure and chemical substances in order to extract gas,” he said, according to media reports. “This is difficult under…

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Reduced energy tax

(GermanPolicy.com) – As part of the relief package launched by the Federal Government to combat high energy prices, a reduction in energy tax is to make fuel cheaper from June 1 and for three months. This results from a draft issued by the Federal Ministry…

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Nine-Euro ticket to be available from June

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the Association of German Transport Companies, the 9-Euro monthly ticket for local and regional transport will be sold in June, July, and August. It will be valid until the end of the sales month. Not included in the use is long-distance…

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Lindner (FDP) would like to adhere to the debt brake in 2023

(GermanPolicy.com) – In 2023, Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) once again wants to meet the debt brake. “It’s a constitutional mandate,” he explained. The current aid package is a kind of shock absorber to support the economy, Lindner said – a regulation not passed lightly….

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Federal Ministry of Justice against tightening the rental price brake

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Justice Minister Buschmann (FDP) has blocked the Bundesrat initiative by Bavaria’s Justice Minister Eisenreich (CSU) to reform the rantal price break. Eisenreich had planned to make the price brake more effective. Both the Federal Ministry of Economics and the Federal Ministry of…

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Funding for companies affected by the crisis

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government would like to grant subsidies of up to five billion Euros to entrepreneurs who are particularly hard hit by the situation in Ukraine. Loans can be taken up to a total of 100 billion Euros. The liquidity protection through loans…

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Modalities of climate budget: Union parties file lawsuit

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Union faction in the German Bundestag has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court because the supplementary budget can be used for investments that serve climate protection. The head of the parliamentary group of the CDU and CSU in the Bundestag, and…

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More money for the young through training grants

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Cabinet has decided to increase state training funding by five percent. The Bafög rate for students is to be increased to 449 euros per month. For students who live in their own room or apartment, 359 euros should soon flow to…

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CDU to adopt a binding women’s quota

(GermanPolicy.com) – The CDU would like to introduce a quota for women. Secretary General Czaja emphasized that half of the population in Germany is female. It is therefore necessary to ensure that women are “in equal proportions in management positions.” A binding quota within the…

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22.3 million people in Germany have a migration background

(GermanPolicy.com) – In 2021, 22.3 million people or 27.2 percent of the population of Germany had a migration background, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. 53 percent of the residents with foreign roots had German citizenship. The migration background is present in every case…

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Highest pension increase in 30 years

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Cabinet has approved a pension increase of 5.35 percent from 1 July. Federal Minister of Labor Heil (SPD) described this as the highest increase in 30 years. In East Germany, pensions will climb by 6.12 percent. Incidentally, the 3 million recipients…

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