Tag: Economy
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…
Reduced energy tax
(GermanPolicy.com) – As part of the relief package launched by the Federal Government to combat high energy prices, a reduction in energy tax is to…
Nine-Euro ticket to be available from June
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the Association of German Transport Companies, the 9-Euro monthly ticket for local and regional transport will be sold in June, July,…
Federal Ministry of Justice against tightening the rental price brake
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Justice Minister Buschmann (FDP) has blocked the Bundesrat initiative by Bavaria’s Justice Minister Eisenreich (CSU) to reform the rantal price break. Eisenreich…
Funding for companies affected by the crisis
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government would like to grant subsidies of up to five billion Euros to entrepreneurs who are particularly hard hit by the…
