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Klingbeil: social insurance facing structural reforms

(de-news.net) – Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has announced “fundamental and bold” structural reforms for social insurance but vowed to initially stabilize struggling health…

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An expansion of the statutory pension system: just an idea, Klüssendorf says

(de-news.net) – The German Civil Servants’ Association has rejected Federal Labor Minister Bas’s proposal to integrate civil servants into the statutory pension system, arguing that…

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Minimum wage, pensions: Bärbel Bas sparking controversy

(de-news.net) – Federal Minister of Labor Bärbel Bas (SPD) has sparked controversy within the governing coalition by proposing that self-employed individuals and civil servants contribute…

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Klingbeil does not exclude tax increases

(de-news.net) – Lars Klingbeil, SPD chairman, does not rule out tax increases under the anticipated CDU/CSU-SPD government. He emphasized the importance of financial resources to…

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Lauterbach (SPD): hospital reform will probably be kept up

(de-news.net) – Acting Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) anticipates that the hospital reform will endure under a black-red coalition government, given that the reduction…

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Police Union proposes a special fund for internal security

(de-news.net) – Jochen Kopelke, the Chair of the Police Union (GdP), has emphasized the necessity for greater support for law enforcement during the ongoing coalition…

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Business associations demand relief

(de-news.net) – More than 65 business associations have called on the party leadership of CDU, CSU, and SPD to revise the economic policy agreements reached…

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