Category: Economy
Employment in retirement gains ground in Germany, data shows
(de-news.net) – In the past, retirement transitions were usually characterized by a total cessation of paid employment prior to receiving a pension. This established pattern…
Women’s Union pushes to classify child influencer content as child labor under youth protection law
(de-news.net) – The CDU’s Women’s Union has called for more stringent regulation of so-called “child influencers,” maintaining that children’s appearances on social media platforms should…
Schneider (SPD) unveils social-equity subsidy program to boost electric mobility (Update)
(de-news.net) – The Federal Minister for the Environment, Carsten Schneider (SPD), has presented the finalized agreement on a new incentive program designed to accelerate the…
Debate over working hours intensifies as CDU calls for higher labor input amongst rising absenteeism
(de-news.net) – Boris Rhein (CDU), the Minister-President of Hesse, has argued that Germany will need to adapt to longer working hours if it intends to…
Union resistance persists as SPD pushes overhaul of inheritance tax
(de-news.net) – Senior figures within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) have continued to resist the Social Democratic Party’s (SPD) proposals for reforming the inheritance tax,…
Major electric-vehicle incentives prepared amid dispute on combustion-car taxation
(de-news.net) – The Federal Government’s forthcoming subsidy program for private electric vehicle purchases is expected, according to German media reports, to provide financial support ranging…
Germany secures EU backing for 12-GW tender with regard to new power-plant strategy
(de-news.net) – Presenting the initiative as a decisive measure for safeguarding Germany’s long-term security of supply, the Federal Government has announced that it had reached…
Stricter basic-security framework: Bas (SPD) and CDU leadership justify reform
(de-news.net) – In response to criticism voiced during the bill’s formal introduction in the Bundestag on Thursday, Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has offered…
