Category: Economy
Unions for wage increases due to price increases
(GermanPolicy.com) – The trade unions in Germany are demanding that wage increases be enforced in the course of the upcoming collective bargaining rounds. This is…
Health insurance companies demand a savings package for medicines
(GermanPolicy.com) – The statutory health insurance companies have asked Health Minister Lauterbach to put together an austerity package for medicines. The increase in expenditure on…
More company start-ups founded in the past year
(GermanPolicy.com) – In 2021 significantly more new companies were founded than in the previous year, according to the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau. Many start-ups would have…
Promotion of plug-in hybrid vehicles: FDP and the automotive industry contradict Habeck
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to plans by Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens), the subsidy for plug-in hybrid vehicles is to expire at the end of the…
Lindner releases funds for storage and regasification
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) has given the go-ahead for 2.47 billion Euros in funding for liquid gas terminals in Germany. Four floating…
Habeck repeats his rejection of fracking in Germany
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens) has justified why he rejects fracking in Germany. One would have to “destroy deep layers of rock with…
Reduced energy tax
(GermanPolicy.com) – As part of the relief package launched by the Federal Government to combat high energy prices, a reduction in energy tax is to…
Nine-Euro ticket to be available from June
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the Association of German Transport Companies, the 9-Euro monthly ticket for local and regional transport will be sold in June, July,…
