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Billions of Euros for the railways?

by Thorsten Koch The German government wants to help Deutsche Bahn in the corona crisis. There are no plans to cut jobs, but austerity measures…

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EU Commission proposes aid package of 750 billion Euros

by Thorsten Koch The EU Commission would like to provide 750 billion euros to support the economy of member states suffering from the Corona crisis….

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Kramp-Karrenbauer: “Hands off the minimum wage”

by Thorsten Koch A proposal by economic policy makers within the Union parties has raised criticism from many sides, namely to abstain from raising the…

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Parts of Union parties favor abolishing solidarity surcharge

Parts of the Union faction in the Bundestag want to abolish the solidarity surcharge, an additional tax, on July 1. This emerges from a draft…

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Transfers into job-training positions to be encouraged

Companies which come to employ, in succession, trainees laid off by insolvent companies could receive a government premium. The federal government, the federal states, business…

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Habeck suggests more funding for young people

Green party leader Robert Habeck campaigns for short-time work allowance for trainees – from day one instead of after six weeks, as is currently the…

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Schäuble and Ferrand for improvements within the EU

The President of the German Bundestag, together with his counterpart, the French President of the Assemblée Générale, has suggested modernizing the EU. Schäuble and Ferrand…

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Promotion of the rule of law through the EU budget

The EU Commission has called for future funding from the EU budget to be linked to whether or not the principles of the rule of…

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The federal government will stabilize Lufthansa

by Thorsten Koch The federal finance minister, Olaf Schulz, would like to guarantee a small profit once the state leaves the Lufthansa Group. Among other…

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Altmaier wants to support small and medium-sized companies

by Thorsten Koch Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) would like, in the near future, to support crisis-hit companies with up to 249 employees…

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Schulze presents social-ecological concept

by Thorsten Koch Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) has presented her social-ecological concept for an economic stimulus package on Monday. The concept should enable…

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Karliczek preparing broader all-day financing law

Federal Science Minister Anja Karliczek (CDU) wants to use “considerably more” money for full-day expansion at primary schools. In November, the federal government decided to…

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