Category: Technology
Debates on safeguarding EU competitiveness while strengthening carbon emissions reductions
(de-news.net) – Economist Michael Hüther has expressed growing concerns about the increasing skepticism surrounding CO2 pricing, particularly in relation to its role within climate protection…
Tenant safeguards become key SPD requirement in Germany’s heating law reform
(de-news.net) – With parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch underscoring that legislative reform must not impose disproportionate modernization costs on renters, the SPD has defined tenant…
Coalition agrees to replace renewable heating requirement with gradual green gas quota
(de-news.net) – A far-reaching revision of the Building Energy Act has been agreed upon by Germany’s federal conservative–social democratic coalition, composed of the CDU and…
Green Party supports CDU’s proposal of minimum age for social media
(de-news.net) – The Green Party has welcomed the decision taken at the recent CDU party conference to establish a minimum age requirement for social media…
Debate intensifies over youth social media ban after CDU vote on under-14 restriction
(de-news.net) – While acknowledging deficits among parents and educational institutions, media scholar Daniel Hajok argued that stricter regulatory oversight of platform providers had become necessary…
Söder praises Merz as reliable “compass” in foreign policy
(de-news.net) – Following the re-election of party leader and Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, who secured 91.2 percent of the vote—an increase from the 89.8…
Construction approvals rise in 2025, yet housing shortage persists
(de-news.net) – For the first time since 2021, approvals for residential construction in Germany experienced an increase in 2025, signaling a potential reversal of the…
Streeck and Günther call for binding social media age limits to safeguard children’s development
(de-news.net) – Ahead of the CDU’s national convention, Hendrik Streeck, the federal government’s commissioner for drug and addiction policy, renewed and further clarified his call…
