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CDU balances cohesion and reform ahead of party convention

(de-news.net) – Senior party officials underscored the strategic importance of projecting unity while advancing an agenda framed around structural transformation and economic renewal on the…

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Söder (CSU) urges ‘Agenda 2030’ with broad tax and social reforms

(de-news.net) – Markus Söder, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Minister President of Bavaria, has called for a far-reaching restructuring of Germany’s tax…

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Tax reform debate intensifies as CDU and SPD outline competing plans

(de-news.net) – There have been divergent and, at times, sharply contrasting reactions across Germany’s political and economic landscape to the proposal advanced by Carsten Linnemann,…

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Linnemann (CDU) calls for tax cuts to ease middle-income burden (Update)

(de-news.net) – General secretary of the CDU Carsten Linnemann has called for income taxes to be reduced in a clearly perceptible manner and emphasized that…

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NRW Health Minister calls for systemic overhaul of long-term care

(de-news.net) – Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU), the health minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, has reiterated his call for a comprehensive overhaul of Germany’s long-term care system, arguing…

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Health advocates press sugar tax as CDU leadership pushes back

(de-news.net) – Foodwatch, a consumer advocacy group, has reiterated its call for the introduction of a sugar tax ahead of the CDU’s federal party convention,…

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BAMF restricts access to integration courses citing budget constraints

(de-news.net) – According to a notice circulated to course providers and subsequently reported by several media outlets, the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) has…

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Council expert Werding sees no fiscal gain in integrating civil servants into pension system

(de-news.net) – Martin Werding, a member of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, of the Federal Government’s Old-Age Security Commission, and a professor at Ruhr University…

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