Category: Economy
CSU proposes relief and economic stimulus package
by Thorsten Koch Due to the Corona crisis, the CSU has spoken out in favor of a relief package and economic stimulus programs with lesser…
83 percent of Germans use online messengers
by Thorsten Koch Almost every 16 to 24 year-old in Germany uses online messenger services. This is the result of a survey commissioned by the…
Scholz would transfer 300 Euros for each child
SPD politicians are now planning with the budget money that has already been decided upon. Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) would like to distribute…
Calls for temporary takeover bans
The Federal Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses wants to have local German companies legally protected. The Coronavirus pandemic often presented firms with the threat…
Economic experts for cheaper energy
The experts of the Panel of Economic Practices have spoken out against purchase premiums for cars and other industry-specific aids. In the current crisis, such…
Klöckner welcomes bans on tobacco advertising
Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) has welcomed the tobacco advertising ban, to which the grand coalition at the federal level has agreed. The…
Meat production to move out of Germany?
by Thorsten Koch The meat industry sees emigration tendencies after the federal cabinet has decided to ban sub-contracts for this branch of industrie. Germany’s largest…
Bitkom: promoting remote work across the board
by Thorsten Koch According to plans by the Federal Ministry of Labor, there should be a legal right to work in the home office. The…
Lufthansa: state participation, but without too much interference?
Despite the disadvantage that the federal government would then have no blocking minority to block decisions, according to media reports, it would initially like to…
Restrictions for the meat industry from 2021
by Thorsten Koch The federal government has decided regarding the meat industry that there will no longer be sub-contracts and nor temporary employment. The root…
Clean new cars might be promoted
The battered automotive industry may get help from the European Union budget within the rampant Corona crisis. By 2022, an amount of 20 billion Euros…
Construction tariff partners postpone bargaining
The collective bargaining for around 850,000 employees in the German construction industry has been postponed without result. The next meeting is scheduled for June 4th….
