Schnieder advocates for stable Deutschlandticket fees beyond 2025
(de-news.net) – Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder (CDU), in close coordination with the federal states, is working toward establishing a reliable and long-term funding model…
Klingbeil urges cabinet to tackle 30-billion-euro budget gap
(de-news.net) – In light of mounting fiscal pressures, Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has issued a formal appeal to his cabinet colleagues, urging them…
Marked improvement in national fiscal balance
(de-news.net) – According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany’s public sector financing deficit declined to 28.9 billion euros in the first half of 2025,…
Call for fee at each medical visit faces opposition
(de-news.net) – Medical and patient advocacy organizations have expressed strong opposition to the proposal by the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) to reintroduce a…
Germany targets 16-billion-euro bureaucracy cut in major development
(de-news.net) – Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) has announced plans to convene a ministerial meeting during the summer recess to establish a ‘relief cabinet’…
Push for regulatory reform to protect minors online
(de-news.net) – The German federal government has announced its intention to introduce mandatory age verification measures for online platforms. A spokesperson for the Ministry for…
Medical education bottleneck amid physician shortage
(de-news.net) – According to a recent analysis conducted by the Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE), the number of available medical study places in Germany remains insufficient…
Germany records stable export volume in H1 2025
(de-news.net) – According to data released by the Federal Statistical Office, Germany’s exports amounted to 786.0 billion euros in the first half of 2025, representing…
Emergency Services Association calls for mandatory helmet use of pedelec users
(de-news.net) – In light of the increasing incidence of severe cranial injuries among pedelec users, Frank Flake, Chair of the German Professional Association for Emergency…
Frei (CDU) reaffirms coalition discipline in fiscal policy in response to taxation proposal
(de-news.net) – In the context of renewed deliberations on fiscal policy, prompted by Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) and his suggestion of potential tax…
Germany’s 2025 grain harvest shows quantitative gains
(de-news.net) – According to the German Farmers’ Association, the 2025 grain harvest in Germany yielded a total of 43.5 million tonnes, marking an increase of…
A call for structural reform to reach fiscal sustainability of Germany’s statutory health insurance
(de-news.net) – Germany’s statutory health insurance system (GKV) is currently facing mounting financial pressures that threaten its long-term viability. In response to this escalating fiscal…
