Posted in Economy Finance

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…

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Posted in Finance Politics

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…

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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…

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Posted in Economy Technology

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…

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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…

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Posted in Health Politics

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…

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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…

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Merz (CDU): the federal budget is outdated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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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