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New minimum wage to benefit employees outside collective agreements

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to a recent study, a higher minimum wage – i.e. an increase to 12 Euros per hour – benefits around 8.6 million…

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Basic child security can reduce risk of poverty

(GermanPolicy.com) – The planned basic child security, as advocated by the Greens, can reduce the risk of poverty of families with children by an average…

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SPD and Greens for “adequate” citizens’ money

by Thorsten KochGermanPolicy.com The co-chair of the SPD, Esken, is in favor of the fact that the hight of the soon-to-be-introduced citizens’ money, which is…

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Scholz (SPD): investments as protection against electricity gaps

(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD Chancellor candidate Scholz (SPD) has promised to accelerate the transformation of the economy into a climate-neutral industry after the election of the…

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Increase in price development

(GermanPolicy.com) – Consumer prices continued to climb in October, the Federal Statistical Office announced. The inflation increased to a total of 4.5 percent, accordingly, after…

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Habeck: credits to finance climate measures

(GermanPolicy.com) – Co-chairman of the Greens Habeck is campaigning for Germany to take out more loans to finance domestic measures in view of climate protection….

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Scholz and Habeck comment on tax relief

(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor candidate Scholz (SPD) and Greens chairman Habeck see no possibility of achieving tax relief for small and medium incomes. The FDP rejects…

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Greens want to negotiate better housing benefits

(GermanPolicy.com) – In the coalition negotiations starting this Wednesday, the Greens want to campaign for the housing benefit, the basic income and the tax-free subsistence…

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SPD, Greens, and FDP: no fundamental tax reform

(GermanPolicy.com) – The traffic light parties (SPD, Greens, and FDP) do not want to tackle a major tax reform, all three parties announced, according to…

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CDU expert warns against ‘flexibility’ in debt

(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the Medium Enterprises and Economy Union, Linnemann (CDU), has warned of a growing mountain of debt. In the exploratory paper…

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The KfW could play a role in climate protection

(GermanPolicy.com) – The state bank KfW is to play a role in the expansion of the future government’s climate policy projects. Investments in climate protection…

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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…

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