Greens: guaranteeing three months’ nursing leave
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Greens want to enforce a ‘care period plus.’ Employees who looked after relatives or confidants might in the future be allowed to…
Shortage of workers, skilled professionals, and apprentices
(GermanPolicy.com) – There is a shortage of skilled workers in around 70 professions, particularly in the MINT professions: mathematics, IT, natural sciences and technology. The…
Coalition negotiations from next week
(GermanPolicy.com) – After one last meeting of leaders of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, 22 working groups with 96 participants each will begin…
CDU criticizes the traffic light parties’ pension plans
(GermanPolicy.com) – CDU pension expert Peter Weiß has sharply criticized the traffic light parties’ pension plans. According to media reports, he said that if SPD,…
World Economic Institute: recovery from Corona as early as 2022
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German economy is likely to recover from the Corona pandemic as early as 2022, the Hamburg World Economic Institute assumes. Managing Director…
Seehofer (CSU) wants border controls for flights from Greece
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) has declared that his house is investigating whether to introduce border controls for flights from Greece, the…
FDP bodies agree to coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – The federal executive board and the parliamentary group of the FDP have unanimously voted in favor of coalition negotiations with the SPD and…
Greens’ congress votes for coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – At a small party congress, the Greens have approved coalition negotiations with the SPD and FDP. Greens chairman Habeck said before the so-called…
CDU-CSU warns of ‘traffic light’ parties turning left
(GermanPolicy.com) – The parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the Bundestag, Brinkhaus, has accused the traffic light parties of following a strict left-wing…
Traffic light parties: no tax increases, right to vote from the age of 16
(GermanPolicy.com) – The FDP, in an exploratory paper with the SPD and the Greens, has prevailed to the effect that no wealth tax will be…
Laschet (CDU) takes responsibility, warns of populism
(GermanPolicy.com) – On the Deutschlandtag of the Junge Union, the CDU chairman Armin Laschet acknowledged responsibility for the bitter election result of the CDU-CSU. Laschet…
‘Traffic light’ parties in favor of coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD, Greens and FDP are in favor of starting coalition negotiations that could lead to a joint Federal Government. An exploratory paper says:…
