Category: Politics
FDP chairman Lindner against higher net borrowing
(GermanPolicy.com) – FDP chairman Christian Lindner is against increases in net borrowing as part of the coming Federal Budget beyond 100 billion Euros. The funds…
Walter-Borjans (SPD) warns against a reduction of state benefits
(GermanPolicy.com) – Norbert Walter-Borjans, the outgoing co-chairman of the SPD, has publicly contradicted the FDP. It is impossible to relieve middle incomes without taxing higher…
Membership decision about the next CDU chairmanship
(GermanPolicy.com) – The outgoing CDU federal chairman Armin Laschet has announced the decision of the federal executive committee that his successor should be determined by…
Booster vaccinations: conference of health ministers
(GermanPolicy.com) – At a conference of the Federal and State Governments in Lindau, health ministers agreed on a uniform procedure with regard to booster vaccinations…
Covid-19: Spahn calls for a booster summit
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) would like a summit between representatives of the Federal Government and the Federal States to coordinate booster…
Wissing (FDP) defends retirement benefits through shares
(GermanPolicy.com) – FDP Secretary General Wissing (FDP) has described the entry into a share-linked pension scheme as announced by the traffic light parties – SPD,…
Söder for relief from VAT
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to CSU chairman Söder, certain VAT rates should be reduced in order to cushion the social disadvantages caused by the currently higher…
Potsdam Institute: global warming could become more extreme than projected
(GermanPolicy.com) – Climate researcher Ottmar Edenhofer from the Potsdam Institute has warned that global warming could be far more extreme than previously feared. The emissions…
Mützenich (SPD) calls on Esken to renounce party office
(GermanPolicy.com) – The leader of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Rolf Mützenich, has urged SPD leader Saskia Esken to resign from her…
Merkel satisfied with G20 agreement on minimum taxation
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her satisfaction with the agreement on minimum taxation for large companies which has been reached at the G20…
Lindner criticizes SPD and Greens on the subject of tax relief
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the FDP, Christian Lindner, has criticized the SPD and the Greens after politicians from both parties claimed that small and…
CDU district heads for member survey on top party executives
(GermanPolicy.com) – The 326 district chairmen and 27 regional chairmen of the CDU have voted, by a large majority, in favor of a member survey…
