Category: Politics
Prien announces parental allowance overhaul, retaining 14-month benefit and raising payments
(de-news.net) – Germany has announced that it intends to reform its parental allowance program, keeping the current 14-month benefit duration while enhancing income replacement for…
Merz seeks broad consensus on Presidential nominee as female candidates gain support
(de-news.net) – As the debate over the possibility of Germany’s first female head of state heats up, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) is looking for…
Housing expropriation: property rights and investment certainty drive calls for federal action amid legal disagreement (Part II/II)
(de-news.net) – The SPD, the Left Party, and constitutional scholars are becoming more opposed to the Federal Government’s planned limitations on Berlin’s housing socialization plans….
Housing expropriation: property rights and investment certainty drive calls for federal action amid legal disagreement (Part I/II)
(de-news.net) – As Berlin’s coalition talks revive plans to transfer around 160,000 homes into public ownership, Germany’s Federal Government faces mounting pressure to regulate the…
Germany faces persistent electricity costs as coalition discusses tax relief
(de-news.net) – Germany’s electricity prices remain under pressure from high natural gas costs. Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces growing pressure to extend electricity tax relief to…
German Presidential succession debate intensifies as party leaders face calls to proceed to nomination
(de-news.net) – As cross-party support for CSU politician Ilse Aigner grows, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) is under some pressure to settle the Presidential succession…
German coalition debates funding for electricity tax cut
(de-news.net) – As state premiers want immediate relief from soaring energy bills, the governing coalition in Germany is still split on how to finance a…
German government plans stricter rules for housing socialization
(de-news.net) – A disagreement over ambitions in Berlin to transfer significant residential buildings into public ownership would intensify with the planned, Investment Protection Act at…
