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Scholz: expanding sustainable energies faster
(GermanPolicy.com) – The SPD candidate for the office of Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, would like to see renewable energies expanded more quickly. For this there must be changes in the law so that CO2 neutrality can be achieved by 2045. With regard to a coal…
Laschet for planning acceleration after the Federal Elections
(GermanPolicy.com) – The candidate for Chancellor of the Union parties, Armin Laschet (CDU) wants to move towards a “planning acceleration package” after a possible election victory. This should ensure growth and competitiveness. It is crucial to be able to “plan, approve and implement” faster. Legal…
Laschet for a National Security Council
(GermanPolicy.com) – Should Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU) win the election after the Bundestag vote, he would like to establish a permanent National Security Council. Other ministries than the Chancellery should participate. Foreign deployments of the Bundeswehr should be carefully considered in the future. The…
Fewer real estate units for sale
(GermanPolicy.com) – The real estate supply in the Federal Republic of Germany is declining. As announced by the real estate agent ‘Homeday,’ there were around 277,000 properties for sale in the first six months of the year – around 41,000 fewer than in the same…
The majority of hospital patients with Covid-19 do not have any vaccination protection
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the intensive care doctor Christian Karagiannidis, the majority of Covid patients in Germany’s clinics are those have not received any Corona vaccination. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the proportion of Covid patients in hospitals is 12 to 13 percent. “This quota may also…
A ‘future fund’ for the car industry
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government will provide a “future fund” of one billion Euros for the changing automotive industry by 2025, as announced by the Federal Minister of Finance and SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. 340 million Euros are to flow into regional cooperations and…
Situation in Afghanistan: towards preventing a humanitarian tragedy
by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com The Federal Cabinet decided on Friday to provide 100 million Euros in emergency aid for the benefit of the refugees who have arrived in neighboring countries from Afghanistan and those who will be arriving. As the Federal Foreign Office announced, further funds…
Maas: continuing airlift from Afghanistan intensively
by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com The German government intends to enter into negotiations with the Taliban about the departure of Afghan local staff. For this purpose, the German ambassador to Afghanistan, Potzel, has flown to Doha (Qatar) to ensure that local staff can be flown out of…
Afghanistan: proposals for evacuating people at risk
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel regards the Taliban’s takeover of power in Afghanistan as “bitter hours.” In a meeting of the CDU, she described it as important to save the Afghan local forces of the Bundeswehr. There are around 2,500 local employees in addition to…
7.7 percent more new apartments in the first half of the year
(GermanPolicy.com) – In the first half of the current year, the authorities recorded an increase in permits for the construction of apartments of 7.7 percent. Two-family houses were particularly in demand, with an increase of 37.5 percent. This was announced by the Federal Statistical Office….
Lindner (FDP) wants to form a coalition with the Union parties
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the FDP, Christian Lindner, would like to form a coalition with the Union parties after the Federal Election in September instead of entering a so-called traffic light coalition with the Greens and the SPD. “The task of the FDP is…
Vaccinations to protect against Covid-19 make sense from the age of twelve
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine has spoken out in favor of looking at the psychosocial problems of twelve to 17 year olds. The Standing Vaccination Commission, which advises the Federal Government, must protect children and adolescents from the possible consequences,…
