Tag: Economy
Electricity price should fall thanks to lower surcharge
(GermanPolicy.com) – The EEG surcharge will be abolished on July 1st of the current year – instead of in 2023. That was decided by the…
Lindner (FDP) wants to compensate for cold progression
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) would like to noticeably limb the employees in 2023. The state should not “enrich itself from salary increases…
FDP for higher additional income limits for social assistance
(GermanPolicy.com) – The socio-political spokesman for the FDP in the German Bundestag, Kober, has spoken out against a reduction in VAT on staple foods. Rather,…
More foreign aid against grain failures
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the Federal Cabinet, the development budget is to rise by one billion Euros in the current year. Among other things, the…
Unions for wage increases due to price increases
(GermanPolicy.com) – The trade unions in Germany are demanding that wage increases be enforced in the course of the upcoming collective bargaining rounds. This is…
Health insurance companies demand a savings package for medicines
(GermanPolicy.com) – The statutory health insurance companies have asked Health Minister Lauterbach to put together an austerity package for medicines. The increase in expenditure on…
More company start-ups founded in the past year
(GermanPolicy.com) – In 2021 significantly more new companies were founded than in the previous year, according to the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau. Many start-ups would have…
Promotion of plug-in hybrid vehicles: FDP and the automotive industry contradict Habeck
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to plans by Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens), the subsidy for plug-in hybrid vehicles is to expire at the end of the…
Lindner releases funds for storage and regasification
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Finance Minister Lindner (FDP) has given the go-ahead for 2.47 billion Euros in funding for liquid gas terminals in Germany. Four floating…
Habeck repeats his rejection of fracking in Germany
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Economics Minister Habeck (Greens) has justified why he rejects fracking in Germany. One would have to “destroy deep layers of rock with…
