Category: Economy
No job cuts by the Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) will not cut jobs in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. DB’s strategy envisages a doubling of passenger numbers by 2030…
Corona crisis: Germany and France propose an EU program
Germany and France have proposed an EU program with a volume of EUR 500 billion. The economic effects of the Corona crisis are to be…
Kramp-Karrenbauer against tax increases
The chair of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is opposed to tax increases due to the Corona pandemic. These would neither contribute to…
Municipal debt relief: SPD boss labels concerns “ignorant”
by Thorsten Koch The SPD Chairman, Norbert Walter-Borjans, has slammed the concerns about plans to reduce municipal debt as “ignorant”. CDU and CSU “lay across”,…
Meat industry: after the CDU, the Greens make precise suggestions
by Thorsten Koch Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) has spoken out in favor of punishing violations in the meat production more consistently. She advocates…
SPD for wealth tax, Söder for tax cuts
by Thorsten Koch In contrast to the Union in the Bundestag, the SPD, also part of the grand coalition, favors taxes for high-earners. According to…
Due to Corona: reduced tax revenue and a supplementary budget
by Thorsten Koch The Federal Republic of Germany will receive around 100 billion Euros less taxes in 2020 than was forecast the previous year. Such…
BDI against hurdles for foreign investment
by Thorsten Koch The Federal Association of German Industry (BDI) has criticized the reform of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act. Foreign investors had created…
