Posted in Economy Technology

Merkel considers G20 in Rome a success

(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the G20 conference in Rome as successful and constructive. The meeting sent out a “good signal for Glasgow.”…

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Potsdam Institute: global warming could become more extreme than projected

(GermanPolicy.com) – Climate researcher Ottmar Edenhofer from the Potsdam Institute has warned that global warming could be far more extreme than previously feared. The emissions…

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Posted in Economy Finance

Tenants more at risk of poverty than property owners

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the Federal Government, a quarter of all rented households are at risk of poverty. The rate of poverty risk for tenants…

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Opel boss: all contracts will be kept

(GermanPolicy.com) – Opel boss Uwe Hochgeschurtz has assured the employees of the car manufacturer that all three production sites in Germany will be retained: Rüsselsheim,…

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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…

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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…

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Posted in Finance Politics

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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