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Financial benefits for changing heating technology
(GermanPolicy.com) – From 2024, every new heating system should be operated with 65 percent in renewable energy. The deadline was previously set for January 1, 2025. Property owners should also be able to replace their heating systems which are more than 20 years old. Finally,…
Relief package: praise and criticism from economic experts
(GermanPolicy.com) – Ifo President Clemens Fuest described the energy price relief package as “fiscally expensive.” However, it is positive that the petrol price reduction has been limited. “It would have been better to specifically relieve small and medium-sized companies with high fuel costs,” Fuest explained….
Associations criticize relief package
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) finds that the relief package presented by the traffic light coalition to be insufficient. According to the VZBV, there is a lack of compensation for households with lower incomes with regard to gas and heating oil….
High costs due to increased disability pensions
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government wants for people with reduced earning capacity to be better off. According to media reports, this should cost around 1.3 billion Euros in 2024 and around 2.6 billion Euros in 2025. The subsidy applies to pensioners with reduced earning capacity…
Union parties demand that nuclear power and coal-fired power be reevaluated
(GermanPolicy.com) – A longer operation of nuclear power plants should be examined with an open mind. This is what the energy policy spokesman for the CDU-CSU, Jung, has demanded. Continued operation of coal-fired power plants should also be examined. Federal Economics Minister Habeck said he…
Federal funds for farmers
(GermanPolicy.com) – Farmers in Germany are to receive higher crisis aid in view of the conflict in Ukraine. The 60 million Euros provided through EU funding are to be increased nationally by 120 million Euros, Minister of Agriculture Özdemir (Greens) said. As a result, fuels…
Negotiations with the SPD: Union parties for a compromise on compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – The CSU-CSU in the German Bundestag is “not optimistic” that the forthcoming negotiations with Chancellor Scholz (SPD) will lead to an agreement on compulsory vaccination from the age of 18. Scholz wants a “grand coalition for mandatory vaccination,” as reported. But there will…
Minister of the Interior: coordination of refugee distribution working
(GermanPolicy.com) – Interior Minister Faeser (SPD) has defended herself against criticism that the coordination with regard to the distribution of refugees from Ukraine arriving in Germany is working poorly. She said the admission and care are coordinated with the Federal States. Integration and language courses…
Merz (CDU): the federal budget is outdated
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the CDU and parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the German Bundestag, Merz, has accused the Federal Government of being unrealistic. The budget presented by the government is based on outdated assumptions, Merz said. Chancellor Scholz (SPD) mainly…
Scholz against permanent subsidies for fossil fuels
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Scholz (SPD) has stressed in the German Bundestag that there should be no overturning of the market mechanisms in view of the high fuel prices. He rejected subsidies on fossil energy on the grounds that the goal of climate neutrality was important….
Lindner presents federal budget
(GermanPolicy.com) – The draft of the new federal budget includes expenditures of 458 billion Euros. New debt is 100 billion Euros, and the special fund for the Bundeswehr encompasses an additional 100 billion Euros. This was said by Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) during a…
Mobility allowance for small and medium incomes
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to media reports, the traffic light coalition intends to propose a mobility allowance for small and medium-sized incomes. A model by Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP), who had brought a tank discount into play, is no longer on the table. The mobility…
