Tag: Finance
Lufthansa: state participation, but without too much interference?
Despite the disadvantage that the federal government would then have no blocking minority to block decisions, according to media reports, it would initially like to…
Weiß names conditions for a basic pension
by Thorsten Koch Peter Weiß, the pension expert of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has set conditions for the announced basic pension to…
No job cuts by the Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) will not cut jobs in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. DB’s strategy envisages a doubling of passenger numbers by 2030…
Corona crisis: Germany and France propose an EU program
Germany and France have proposed an EU program with a volume of EUR 500 billion. The economic effects of the Corona crisis are to be…
Kramp-Karrenbauer against tax increases
The chair of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is opposed to tax increases due to the Corona pandemic. These would neither contribute to…
Head of CDU for prolonged payments to parents
by Thorsten Koch CDU federal chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer would like to see the federal government continue, for some time, paying wage replacements for parents in…
Municipal debt relief: SPD boss labels concerns “ignorant”
by Thorsten Koch The SPD Chairman, Norbert Walter-Borjans, has slammed the concerns about plans to reduce municipal debt as “ignorant”. CDU and CSU “lay across”,…
Economic stimuli or broad funding for families?
by Thorsten Koch While the federal government is banking on incentives for economic development, and does not support cash checks for citizens, SPD chairman Saskia…
Protection shield for cities and municipalities not agreed upon with Union
by Thorsten Koch Bavaria rejects the model of the Federal Ministry of Finance to set up a protection shield comprising billions of Euros for the…
