Category: Finance
German consumer associations embrace initiative to introduce a digital euro
(de-news.net) – The introduction of a digital euro as an electronic counterpart to traditional cash has been welcomed by German consumer associations, provided that its…
After Bundesrat stops health sector savings package, Warken rules out return of practice fee
(de-news.net) – Jens Baas, Chief Executive Officer of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance, has issued a grave warning concerning the future of statutory health…
Federal Council halts austerity package aimed at stabilizing health insurance contributions
(de-news.net) – The savings passage, which had been approved by both the Bundestag and the Federal Government with the intention of stabilizing the state’s health…
Reintroduction of the practice fee in Germany?
(Gemini Audio) (de-news.net) – Regarding the possible reinstatement of a practice charge for German patients, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds (GKV) has…
Pension reforms highlight generational rift aside calls for structural changes
(de-news.net) – Prominent officials continue to predict an eventual resolution regarding Germany’s contested pension package. CDU/CSU parliamentary leader Jens Spahn has expressed confidence that the…
Chancellor Merz stresses coalition unity while defending pension safeguard
(de-news.net) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reinforced his government’s stance in the ongoing debate over pension legislation, presenting the draft law as both a fulfillment…
Reiche and SPD support stability in the debate surrounding pension reform
(de-news.net) – Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) has reiterated her backing for the legislative plan at the center of the grand coalition’s pension package…
Pension reform sparks youth and business opposition, appeals to hold tight voiced by SPD
(de-news.net) – Following sharp criticism from the Junge Union, the debate over Germany’s proposed pension reform has intensified considerably. SPD social policy specialist Annika Klose…
