Tag: parties
Union parties’ candidate for Chancellor: decision expected this week
by Thorsten Koch The decision as to who will be the CDU-CSU’s candidate for Chancellor could be made this week. This was agreed upon by…
Union parties criticize SPD plans for wealth tax
The Union parties have criticized the calls by Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz for tax increases, which the latter, SPD candidate for the office of…
Union parties want reform of electoral law for next Bundestag
The CDU-CSU in the German Bundestag has agreed on the modalities of a reform of the electoral law. The number of constituencies should thus be…
Union parties, SPD: von der Leyen bears no responsibility in consultancy affair
The former Federal Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), according to the CDU-CSU and SPD members of a Bundestag investigation committee, is not…
Parts of Union parties favor abolishing solidarity surcharge
Parts of the Union faction in the Bundestag want to abolish the solidarity surcharge, an additional tax, on July 1. This emerges from a draft…
Union parties welcome agreement to support Lufthansa
by Thorsten Koch The CDU-CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag has approved the Federal Government’s strategy to rescue the Lufthansa airline. The two seats on…
