Category: Finance
Health insurance contributions will only increase minimally
(GermanPolicy.com) – The increase in health insurance contributions will be minmal. Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) ensured that there will be a “small” increase only….
Increased prices: Lindner (FDP) presents relief package
(GermanPolicy.com) – A relief package with a temporary reduction in fuel prices and with one-off payments is intended to cushion the rise in prices. Federal…
Financial benefits for changing heating technology
(GermanPolicy.com) – From 2024, every new heating system should be operated with 65 percent in renewable energy. The deadline was previously set for January 1,…
Relief package: praise and criticism from economic experts
(GermanPolicy.com) – Ifo President Clemens Fuest described the energy price relief package as “fiscally expensive.” However, it is positive that the petrol price reduction has…
Associations criticize relief package
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) finds that the relief package presented by the traffic light coalition to be insufficient. According to…
High costs due to increased disability pensions
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government wants for people with reduced earning capacity to be better off. According to media reports, this should cost around 1.3…
Federal funds for farmers
(GermanPolicy.com) – Farmers in Germany are to receive higher crisis aid in view of the conflict in Ukraine. The 60 million Euros provided through EU…
Merz (CDU): the federal budget is outdated
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the CDU and parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the German Bundestag, Merz, has accused the Federal Government…
Scholz against permanent subsidies for fossil fuels
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Scholz (SPD) has stressed in the German Bundestag that there should be no overturning of the market mechanisms in view of the…
Lindner presents federal budget
(GermanPolicy.com) – The draft of the new federal budget includes expenditures of 458 billion Euros. New debt is 100 billion Euros, and the special fund…
