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Klingbeil (SPD) drafts multi-year fiscal relief package for states and municipalities

(de-news.net) – A draft law advanced by Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) outlines a four-billion-euro, multi-year fiscal relief package for German states and municipalities….

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Comprehensive pension package adopted – and approved in the Bundesrat

(de-news.net) – The government’s comprehensive pension package, having first secured approval in the Bundestag and subsequently in the Bundesrat, is now set to take effect…

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Hubig urges stricter penalties and preventive prosecution in new counter‑terror reform package

(de-news.net) – Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) has expressed firm support for the legislative proposals advanced jointly by the Union and the SPD in…

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Bas (SPD) urges comprehensive pension overhaul beyond current package

(de-news.net) – Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has affirmed that, despite the government’s recent adoption of the pension package, a far more comprehensive structural reform…

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Posted in Finance Health

German health insurers propose 50-billion reform package to curb rising costs

(de-news.net) – According to Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU), the Commission on Health Reform is expected to present its initial findings at the end of…

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Coalition committee confirms pension package despite internal criticism

(de-news.net) – Despite objections from the Union Bundestag faction’s Young Group, the coalition committee has declared its determination to maintain the current pension scheme. Chancellor…

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Economists urge halt to German pension package, but CDU and SPD speak out against

(de-news.net) – Twenty-one eminent economists and academics from diverse fields have urged the German government to abandon its proposed pension package, according to reports in…

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After Bundesrat stops health sector savings package, Warken rules out return of practice fee

(de-news.net) – Jens Baas, Chief Executive Officer of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) health insurance, has issued a grave warning concerning the future of statutory health…

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