Category: Politics
Economic stimuli or broad funding for families?
by Thorsten Koch While the federal government is banking on incentives for economic development, and does not support cash checks for citizens, SPD chairman Saskia…
Protection shield for cities and municipalities not agreed upon with Union
by Thorsten Koch Bavaria rejects the model of the Federal Ministry of Finance to set up a protection shield comprising billions of Euros for the…
Vaccination will be voluntary
by Thorsten Koch The Minister of State of the Chancellery, Helge Braun (CDU), has stated that there should be no obligation in Germany to vaccinate…
Respect requested during protests against Corona restrictions
by Thorsten Koch Public protests against Corona restrictions will take place in several German cities on Saturday. Parliamentarians have expressed concern over the esoteric and…
AfD announces annulation of a membership
by Thorsten Koch Following the decision of the federal executive board of the AfD, the party membership of the Brandenburg state chairman Andreas Kalbitz has…
SPD for wealth tax, Söder for tax cuts
by Thorsten Koch In contrast to the Union in the Bundestag, the SPD, also part of the grand coalition, favors taxes for high-earners. According to…
Due to Corona: reduced tax revenue and a supplementary budget
by Thorsten Koch The Federal Republic of Germany will receive around 100 billion Euros less taxes in 2020 than was forecast the previous year. Such…
BDI against hurdles for foreign investment
by Thorsten Koch The Federal Association of German Industry (BDI) has criticized the reform of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act. Foreign investors had created…
Deterrence: Mützenich faces headwind from SPD politicians
by Thorsten Koch SPD politicians in the fields of foreign policy and defense have criticized the party’s parliamentary group leader, Rolf Mützenich. In a meeting…
Virus reproduction rate relatively low
by Thorsten Koch According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the coronavirus reproduction number “R” remains situated below the critical threshold of 1.0. The new…
933 new Corona cases
by Thorsten Koch On Thursday, the number of Coronavirus cases in Germany was 933 higher than on Wednesday – totaling 172,239. The Robert Koch Institute…
German border controls to be eased slightly
by Thorsten Koch The border controls between Germany and some of the neighboring countries, which have been introduced in order to reduce the negative effects…
