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Mützenich (SPD) calls on Esken to renounce party office
(GermanPolicy.com) – The leader of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Rolf Mützenich, has urged SPD leader Saskia Esken to resign from her post if she becomes a minister in the new Federal Government. Previously, the co-chairman of the SPD, Norbert Walter-Borjans, had…
Fitch confirms Germany’s excellent creditworthiness
(GermanPolicy.com) – The US rating agency Fitch has confirmed Germany’s excellent creditworthiness and retained its AAA rating. Fitch sees Germany’s outlook as “stable”. In their justification, Fitch experts referred to the diversified economy, strong institutions, and stable public finances in Germany. The experts expect that…
Merkel satisfied with G20 agreement on minimum taxation
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her satisfaction with the agreement on minimum taxation for large companies which has been reached at the G20 summit in Rome. The agreement is a clear “signal of fairness in the age of digitization,” said Merkel. With regard…
Lindner criticizes SPD and Greens on the subject of tax relief
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the FDP, Christian Lindner, has criticized the SPD and the Greens after politicians from both parties claimed that small and medium-sized companies cannot be relieved of taxes because the FDP rejected a tax for top earnings. Lindner emphasized that it…
CDU district heads for member survey on top party executives
(GermanPolicy.com) – The 326 district chairmen and 27 regional chairmen of the CDU have voted, by a large majority, in favor of a member survey to be held regarding the party chairmanship of the Christian Democrats. In terms of the participation, the approximately 400,000 members…
CDU-CSU workers for a fair industrial transformation
(GermanPolicy.com) – The newly elected chairman of the CDU-CSU workers’ group in the German Bundestag, Alex Knoerig (CDU), has spoken out in favor of concluding an employment pact with a view to a fair transformation of German industries. All industries should be included in such…
Vaccination ordinance provides for the right to booster vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – In principle, all citizens are entitled to a booster vaccination against the Coronavirus, the Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed. For certain groups such as people over the age of 60, medical staff or people with an immune deficiency, a booster vaccination is…
Walter-Borjans to give up SPD chairmanship – Scholz will not be his successor
by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com The SPD’s candidate for Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, does not want to succeed Norbert Walter-Borjans as chairman of the SPD. This was said correspondingly by SPD circles and by Scholz himself. Scholz, dwelling in Rome, said the SPD would in time find consensus…
Söder warns of new government taking up massive debt
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the CSU, Markus Söder, has appealed that the two Union parties adjust to the opposition role. “It must be clear to everyone that we, as a Union family, are facing a profound turning point,” he said on Friday. The ‘traffic…
Social association and pension expert warn of financial problems
by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com According to pension expert Axel Börsch-Supan, a “financial shock” might occur if the SPD, FDP and the Greens do not manage reforms of the statutory pension insurance. In view of the more than three million new pensioners to retire in the next…
Health system: Lauterbach sees “construction sites”
(GermanPolicy.com) – Health expert Karl Lauterbach (SPD) has identified “huge construction sites” in the health care system. During the Corona crisis “in the last two years a lot has been left behind,” he explained. The balance sheets of the hospitals showed deficits, university hospitals in…
Statutory health association calls for reforms in care
(GermanPolicy.com) – The vice-chairman of the Central Association of Statutory Health Insurance (GKV) has called for reforms in statutory care insurance. According to media reports, Gernot Kiefer said that the implementation of solutions to the problems at hand cannot be postponed. Sufficiently qualified and better…
