Tag: Economy
Debate about construction and housing after cabinet decision on rent controls
(de-news.net) – While the CDU is critical of the situation around housing construction, Federal Construction Minister Geywitz (SPD) is optimistic, especially with regard to the rent cap. The CDU-CSU parliamentary group vice-president in the German Bundestag, Lange, sees the developments as to new buildings as…
Liberals Wissing and Baum against coalition breakup
(de-news.net) – Federal Transport Minister Wissing and the former Federal Interior Minister Baum (both FDP) have warned their party not to end the traffic light coalition. Wissing pointed out that he was asking himself what would be better about a different coalition. A CDU Chancellor…
Federal Council votes for Growth Opportunities Act
(de-news.net) – The Federal Council confirmed the Growth Opportunities Act on Friday after there had already been a majority in the Bundestag. There had until recently been resistance from the CDU-CSU after an initial rejection in the Federal Council last year. The project includes stimuli…
Özdemir speaks out against parts of the EU agricultural reform
(de-news.net) – Federal Agriculture Minister Özdemir has criticized the weakening of environmental regulations for farmers as being too far-reaching. Relief and reductions in bureaucracy should not neglect environmental protection, said the Green politician. He spoke out in favor of adjusting the plans. According to the…
Heil (SPD) announces “social guarantee,” Lindner (FDP) wants to talk about retirement age
(de-news.net) – Federal Labor Minister Heil (SPD) has announced a social guarantee. He is not prepared to move away from the retirement age of 63, at this time. Heil said that “no services that are granted to citizens” by law will be reduced – even…
Right to strike: Klingbeil against changes, Union parties submit proposals
(de-news.net) – SPD chairman Klingbeil has spoken out against changes to the right to strike and described identical demands as a “big hammer.” The CDU-CSU had previously called for stricter strike rules in the area of critical infrastructure. For example, the Mid-Tier and Economic Union…
Paus: both genders are needed in MINT and social professions
(de-news.net) – Half of the ten professions in which the greatest shortage of skilled workers is to be deplored are to be found in economic sectors in which the majority of women are found, according a study by the German Economic Institute that media reports…
Train drivers’ strikes: Bahn blames union, Amthor (CDU) calls for reforms
(de-news.net) – Before the GDL strikes from Wednesday 6 p.m. to Friday 5 a.m. for freight traffic and Thursday 2 a.m. to Friday 1 p.m. for passenger traffic, Deutsche Bahn has described the union’s “maximum demands” as “unachievable” and a massive threat to the railway…
GDL will strike for 35 hours from Thursday, followed by “waves”
(de-news.net) – The train drivers’ union GDL has announced a 35-hour strike in passenger transport starting at 2 a.m. on Thursday. Rail vehicles will no longer be used in freight traffic from Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. The chairman of the GDL, Weselsky, claimed that…
Citizens’ money: those who refuse to work will face cuts
(de-news.net) – The German Association of Cities and Municipalities has put forward a proposal to make willingness to work a condition for the amount of citizen’s benefit that benefitiaries receive, inkluding Ukrainian refugees. This is the case in Denmark, Poland and the Netherlands. Germany must…
The Growth Opportunities Act has taken a step
(de-news.net) – The Growth Opportunities Act, which has already been passed by the Bundestag, has been approved by the Mediation Committee, the body in which the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat negotiate compromises. The law includes tax cuts for German companies as well as measures…
18 business associations for the Growth Opportunities Act, blocked in the Federal Council
(de-news.net) – A group of 18 business associations have asked the Federal States represented in the Federal Council to end the blockade of the Growth Opportunities Act as soon as possible. The law will relieve the burden on medium-sized companies if it is passed. According…
FDP: Germany needs an economic “startup package”
(de-news.net) – The FDP has proposed a departure package for the German economy. The nominal gross domestic product in Germany was at 4.46 trillion Euros in 2023. This makes the Federal Republic the third largest economy after the USA and China. However, during a visit…
Union parties present proposal in support of the German economy
(de-news.net) – The Union parties in the German Bundestag have submitted a twelve-point plan to Chancellor Scholz (SPD) in support the German economy. The proposal contains, among other things, the demand to limit social contributions to 40 percent of gross wages, to give tax advantages…
FDP for Growth Opportunities Act and abolition of the Solidarity Surcharge for companies
(de-news.net) – The FDP has spoken out in favor of providing additional relief to German companies. The FDP’s budget spokesman in the German Bundestag, Fricke, has specifically put forward a proposal to abolish the Solidarity Surcharge for companies and thus achieve relief of 12 billion…
AfD debate: warning of a weakening of the economy
(de-news.net) – Federal Defense Minister Pistorius (SPD), who is leading popularity surveys, has spoken out in the discussion about the AfD at this weekend. At a demonstration against right-wing extremism in Osnabrück, he told around 25,000 citizens that the AfD wanted a system change back…
Germany and Chile chair the new Climate Club
(de-news.net) – Germany has started a new political initiative, and several states, all of them with ambitious climate goals, have joined it: The ‘Climate Club’ was formed during the UN conference in Dubai. At the very start, Chancellor Scholz emphasized that it was crucial to…
Less bureaucracy, faster planning to be made possible
(de-news.net) – In a wave of measures to reduce bureaucracy and the removal of complicated obligations, up to a hundred duties are to be canceled. This was announced by Federal Chancellor Scholz (SPD) and Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens). New laws are to be examined…
Federal States take part in Germany Pact
(DE-News.net) – At a conference that will be held in the city of Wilhelmshafen, the German Federal States want to talk to the Federal Chancellery about the Germany Pact for a modernization that is supposed to be effective in many respects, which the Federal Chancellor…
CDU not to participate in ‘Germany Pact’
(DE-News.net) – CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann has rejected an invitation of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). The CDU will not take part in the Germany Pact proposed by the Chancellor. After examination, it was concluded that there was nothing new in the project – even…
Government-Opposition: Scholz proposes ‘Germany Pact’
(DE-News.net) – The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz (SPD), wants to talk to the parliamentary group leader of the Union parties in the German Bundestag, Friedrich Merz (CDU), about his proposed ‘Germany Pact.’ Scholz had previously proposed the pact in a general debate in the German…
