Tag: Politics
Tax benefits for remote work?
Member of the Bundestag Gerald Ullrich (FDP) demands that home work should be promoted through tax advantages that could be claimed by all those employed….
Spahn criticizes the AfD’s “mood work”
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) has called the AfD party a “corona denier” engaging in mood work in times of crisis. First off,…
Calls for temporary takeover bans
The Federal Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses wants to have local German companies legally protected. The Coronavirus pandemic often presented firms with the threat…
Economic experts for cheaper energy
The experts of the Panel of Economic Practices have spoken out against purchase premiums for cars and other industry-specific aids. In the current crisis, such…
Klöckner welcomes bans on tobacco advertising
Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) has welcomed the tobacco advertising ban, to which the grand coalition at the federal level has agreed. The…
Spahn for mass testing in hospitals and nursing homes
by Thorsten Koch Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) wants to promote more corona tests and is advocating a legal basis for his plans….
Söder in favor of a debt ceiling
According to the CSU, a ceiling on government debt must be introduced after numerous aid programs have been launched in the wake of the Corona…
Separate visiting zones in nursing homes?
The federal government’s care representative, Andreas Westerfellhaus, has proposed that every retirement and nursing home provide options for securely visiting residents. People in need of…
Second wave of the Corona pandemic expected
The director of the EU agency in charge of disease control has warned of a second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Andrea Ammon, who heads…
Meat production to move out of Germany?
by Thorsten Koch The meat industry sees emigration tendencies after the federal cabinet has decided to ban sub-contracts for this branch of industrie. Germany’s largest…
Committee against Racism commences work after Hanau Attacks
The German federal government has set up a cabinet committee against racism. After the first meeting of the committee, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU)…
Maas warns of radicals, Kretschmer criticizes social media
Federal Foreign Minister Maas (SPD) has warned that citizens in Germany should not allow themselves to be captured by radicals at demonstrations. Extremists and anti-Semites…