Category: Politics
Frei (CDU): coalition will deliver on four key initiatives
(de-news.net) – According to Thorsten Frei, who serves as the Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, the forthcoming coalition government comprising the…
Lang (Greens) calls on politicians to focus more on social media
(de-news.net) – Ricarda Lang, a politician from the Green Party, has emphasized the necessity for greater political engagement on social media in order to connect…
Rise in expenditure for government and businesses could be lessened by a decrease in bureaucracy
(de-news.net) – Rising public expenditures have resulted in a significant increase in Germany’s government expenditure ratio over the past year. According to the Federal Statistical…
Schweitzer advocates for new role models within the SPD
(de-news.net) – Alexander Schweitzer, the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate and a prominent member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has proposed, alongside significant reforms to the…
Debate around the increase of the minimum wage
(de-news.net) – The discourse surrounding the proposed, politically defined increase of the minimum wage to 15 euros per hour, as suggested by the SPD, has…
Condolences following the death of Pope Francis (Update)
(de-news.net) – Leaders of politics and the religious realm in Germany have expressed their condolences following the passing of Pope Francis. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier extended…
Debates about the Bundeswehr: voluntary service or conscription?
(de-news.net) – Former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Hans-Peter Bartels (SPD), as well as the head of the German Reservists, Prof. Patrick Sensburg, support…
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…
Police checks on car tuners
(de-news.net) – Police have announced operations in several federal states today to inspect vehicles belonging to the car tuning scene. Large-scale operations by officers were…
Rejections at the German border imminent
(de-news.net) – Migrants who are fit and able to work and who are not impaired in health may be deported to Greece, according to a…
Minimum Wage Commission insists on independence
(de-news.net) – The Minimum Wage Commission has emphasized its independence following a debate between the CDU/CSU and the SPD over a higher minimum wage. As…
Prominent SPD politicians call on members to support coalition agreement
(de-news.net) – SPD leader Lars Klingbeil as well as a prominent member of the Bundestag, Ralf Stegner, and Dirk Wiese, of the SPD’s Seeheimer Kreis,…
