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Federal States slam new German-wide Corona regulation
(GermanPolicy.com) – After the expiry of nationwide regulation in force thus far, the mask requirement is supposed to continue to apply in more areas than previously planned. According to media reports, the Federal Government coalition made up of the SPD, the Greens, and the FDP,…
Federal Government decides on tax relief and higher commuter allowances
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Cabinet has decided, in retrospect to 1 January, a tax relief for commuters and a higher basic allowance in citizens’ tax returns. The commuter rate is to be raised from 25 to 28 Cents per kilometer, while the rate for advertising…
Heating cost subsidy for around 2 million people
(GermanPolicy.com) – Housing benefit recipients will soon receive a heating subsidy. The Federal Government parties have voted for this in the Bundestag, together with the party Die Linke. The CDU-CSU was against, while the AfD abstained. More than 2 million people are expected to benefit…
Grants for people on welfare
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Cabinet made up of representatives from the SPD, Greens and FDP have decided on surcharges for the needy. For children and young people, 20 Euros more per month should be paid, and adults from families who already receive social benefits such…
Fuel prices: Habeck tasks Cartel Office
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Economics, Habeck (Greens), has commissioned the Federal Cartel Office to examine whether fuel prices are reasonable. The fuel market in Germany is structurally problematic due to the strength of the corporations, he explained, adding that unreasonable profits are unacceptable. The…
Companies to determine protective measures themselves
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to an ordinance by the Federal Cabinet, companies will determine on their own which regulations with regard to infection protection apply in the workplace, from Sunday this week. The work-from-home obligation, which applies wherever possible due to the type of employment, will…
Commission to ensure fewer members for the Bundestag
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Bundestag has decided on Thursday that a commission will be set up to prepare a reform of the electoral law. The Bundestag aims to reduce the number of members in the German Parliament. The standard size of the Bundestag has so far…
CDU-CSU criticizes Federal Government’s budget planning
(GermanPolicy.com) – The two Union parties have sharply criticized the Federal Government’s budgetary policy, which they described as “beautified and built on sand.” The financial expert of the CDU-CSU, Christian Haase, emphasized that the federal budget could not withstand a reality check. This is the…
Medical associations for a more comprehensive mask requirement
(GermanPolicy.com) – In view of the high number of Covid cases and a high death toll, representatives of medical associations have demanded that the mask requirement be kept in public indoor areas from 20 March, when the current Infection Protection Act will have expired. The…
Compulsory vaccination from the age of 18 or 50?
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) would like to approach the CDU-CSU in view of a general obligation to vaccinate against the Coronavirus. Like the SPD, he two Union parties are in favor of compulsory vaccination, said Lauterbach. There is an opportunity…
Covid-19: back to normal in most parts of Germany
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the leader of the Liberal parliamentary group in the Bundestag, the FDP supports a “return to normality” through the infection protection law to be passed next week by the Bundestag, followed by the Bundesrat. “With the agreement on the changes to…
Lauterbach: Covid situation still critical
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) warned on Friday against underestimating the current situation in view of the Corona pandemic. The pandemic is not over, and in terms of the number of cases, the situation is “objectively much worse than the atmosphere”…
