Tag: policy
Germany debates tax and welfare reform amid gender and family policy considerations
(de-news.net) – Debates on reforming income splitting, social insurance, and family-related taxation have emerged in Germany, highlighting competing positions of the parties on gender equality,…
SPD seeks renewal, not upheaval – and turns to policy reset
(de-news.net) – The SPD’s defeat in Rhineland-Palatinate has intensified internal debate, but party leaders Lars Klingbeil and Bärbel Bas want to remain in office and…
Hoffmann (CSU) opposes petrol discounts as Germany weighs energy policy measures
(de-news.net) – CSU parliamentary leader Alexander Hoffmann has rejected a petrol discount, advocating stricter cartel enforcement to ensure fuel price reductions benefit consumers, while Green…
Söder praises Merz as reliable “compass” in foreign policy
(de-news.net) – Following the re-election of party leader and Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, who secured 91.2 percent of the vote—an increase from the 89.8…
Chancellor Merz signals paradigm shift in pension policy
(de-news.net) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has indicated an intention to fundamentally recalibrate Germany’s long-standing old-age security framework by announcing plans to launch a comprehensive…
Sharp rise in deportations signals shift in German migration policy
(de-news.net) – Germany deported markedly more individuals in 2025 than in preceding years, according to figures published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and…
Germany to reorient development policy amid budget cuts, prioritizing poorest regions
(de-news.net) – In response to increasingly stringent fiscal constraints, the Federal Government is preparing a strategic realignment of its development policy framework. According to Development…
SPD links economic reform and migration policy to productivity and labor needs
(de-news.net) – The CDU/CSU’s call for rapid corporate tax cuts has been rejected by the SPD, which argues that broadly applied reductions tend to lose…
