Category: Finance
Tax reform debate intensifies as CDU and SPD outline competing plans
(de-news.net) – There have been divergent and, at times, sharply contrasting reactions across Germany’s political and economic landscape to the proposal advanced by Carsten Linnemann,…
Linnemann (CDU) calls for tax cuts to ease middle-income burden (Update)
(de-news.net) – General secretary of the CDU Carsten Linnemann has called for income taxes to be reduced in a clearly perceptible manner and emphasized that…
NRW Health Minister calls for systemic overhaul of long-term care
(de-news.net) – Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), the health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, has reiterated his call for a comprehensive overhaul of Germany’s long-term care system, arguing…
Health advocates press sugar tax as CDU leadership pushes back
(de-news.net) – Foodwatch, a consumer advocacy group, has reiterated its call for the introduction of a sugar tax ahead of the CDU’s federal party convention,…
BAMF restricts access to integration courses citing budget constraints
(de-news.net) – According to a notice circulated to course providers and subsequently reported by several media outlets, the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) has…
Council expert Werding sees no fiscal gain in integrating civil servants into pension system
(de-news.net) – Martin Werding, a member of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, of the Federal Government’s Old-Age Security Commission, and a professor at Ruhr University…
Schulze urges work obligations for Grundsicherung recipients as Federal Labor Ministry calls for caution
(de-news.net) – Sven Schulze (CDU), the recently appointed minister-president of Saxony-Anhalt, has argued in favor of tightening the obligations attached to Germany’s Grundsicherung by requiring…
