(GermanPolicy.com) – Germany has made proposals on how to improve structures and processes in defense policy within the European Union. In a paper drawn up with the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Slovenia, the German defense minister, Kramp-Karrenbauer, speaks out in favor of a rapid reaction…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Greens want to enforce a ‘care period plus.’ Employees who looked after relatives or confidants might in the future be allowed to take leave of absence for up to three months. SPD health expert Lauterbach said that one had to take action…

(GermanPolicy.com) – There is a shortage of skilled workers in around 70 professions, particularly in the MINT professions: mathematics, IT, natural sciences and technology. The Federal Employment Agency warned that there was a shortage of 800,000 skilled workers and a total of 1.2 million workers….

(GermanPolicy.com) – After one last meeting of leaders of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, 22 working groups with 96 participants each will begin coalition negotiations next week. According to media reports, topics such as acceleration of planning and the right to vote will…

(GermanPolicy.com) – CDU pension expert Peter Weiß has sharply criticized the traffic light parties’ pension plans. According to media reports, he said that if SPD, Greens and FDP said they would keep the pension level at 48 percent, “then the pension fund will be empty…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The German economy is likely to recover from the Corona pandemic as early as 2022, the Hamburg World Economic Institute assumes. Managing Director Dirck Süß explained: “After the economic output slumped by 4.6 percent last year, growth of 2.5 percent is expected for…

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) has declared that his house is investigating whether to introduce border controls for flights from Greece, the reason for this being the large number of refugees who have already been recognized in Greece and who later apply…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The federal executive board and the parliamentary group of the FDP have unanimously voted in favor of coalition negotiations with the SPD and the Greens. According to media reports, FDP chairman Christian Lindner had previously emphasized the basic values ​​of freedom and self-determination….

(GermanPolicy.com) – At a small party congress, the Greens have approved coalition negotiations with the SPD and FDP. Greens chairman Habeck said before the so-called state council that the exploratory paper previously presented jointly with the SPD and the FDP stands for a policy “in…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the Bundestag, Brinkhaus, has accused the traffic light parties of following a strict left-wing course. The exploratory paper by the SPD, Greens and FDP does not say anything about the financing of a perpetual…

(GermanPolicy.com) – The FDP, in an exploratory paper with the SPD and the Greens, has prevailed to the effect that no wealth tax will be introduced, and no taxes will be increased. The three traffic light parties will not, however, give tax relief to low-wage…

(GermanPolicy.com) – On the Deutschlandtag of the Junge Union, the CDU chairman Armin Laschet acknowledged responsibility for the bitter election result of the CDU-CSU. Laschet warned against becoming “shrill” and “clumsy” during the term in the opposition. He also warned the Union parties to show…