Tag: Politics
Lufthansa board accepts EU requirements
There is agreement between the EU Commission and the Federal Government on the key points of the Lufthansa rescue. The airline is to waive a…
Bundestag votes to strengthen EU mission in Mali
The members of the Bundestag have approved the expansion of the deployment of German soldiers in Mali and the wider West African Sahel region with…
Startups about to be supported
The Federal Ministry of Economics will start a funding program with a volume of 2 billion Euros for German startup companies in need. Venture capitalists…
Klingbeil: “super rich” should continue to pay solidarity surcharge
The general secretary of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil, has spoken out against abolishing the solidarity surcharge for all taxpayers from July 1st. “For the top…
Extremism: Högl for structural measures
by Thorsten Koch The recently elected Military Commissioner of the Bundestag, Eva Högl, wants to campaign more strongly against right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr. In…
Calls to engage against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism
by Thorsten Koch The number of politically motivated crimes has increased in Germany in 2019, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior’s annual report….
Increase in the number of deportations of Islamists
The number of deportations of Islamist perpetrators from Germany has increased significantly over the past three and a half years. After the terrorist attack on…
Travel industry criticizes continued travel warning
The travel industry has described the continued global travel warning as an “absolutely wrong signal”. Many people wanted to visit friends and relatives again, or…
Bundestag extends continued payment of wages, supports dining
Continued wages for parents will be paid for up to 10 weeks instead of up to 6 weeks, the German Bundestag has decided. Single parents…
Feld criticizes plans to assume municipal debt
Lars Feld, the chairman of the expert panel on business practices, has rejected plans to assume local municipal debts. The Federal Government should not undertake…
Bundestag resolution to support WHO
The Bundestag has shown solidarity with the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a Bundestag decision, which was supported by almost all political groups, the…
Lufthansa Supervisory Board examining alternatives
The Lufthansa Supervisory Board postponed the vote on the acceptance of the rescue package for the airline, in the amount of 9 billion euros. The…
