Category: Politics
Housing expropriation: property rights and investment certainty drive calls for federal action amid legal disagreement
(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…
Global warming: Steinmeier urges renewed attention to climate protection
(de-news.net) – As extreme weather increasingly jeopardizes lives, economic stability, and international security, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for a reinvigorated commitment to climate…
Söder renews CSU bid for Ilse Aigner to become Germany’s next President
(de-news.net) – As support for a female head of state grows across party lines, CSU leader Markus Söder is advocating for the Bavarian Parliamentary President…
Germany still weighs nationwide pay-as-you-go public transit ticket
(de-news.net) – A nationwide pay-as-you-go transit ticket that would cap monthly expenses at the Deutschlandticket price and charge passengers for public transportation based on distance…
