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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Merz (CDU): the federal budget is outdated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…
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…
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…
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…
Özdemir proposes relief for food
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Agriculture Özdemir has proposed consumer relief for food, which should take effect instead of relief for fuel. Less expensive food…