Tag: Politics
Bitkom: promoting remote work across the board
by Thorsten Koch According to plans by the Federal Ministry of Labor, there should be a legal right to work in the home office. The…
Lufthansa: state participation, but without too much interference?
Despite the disadvantage that the federal government would then have no blocking minority to block decisions, according to media reports, it would initially like to…
Restrictions for the meat industry from 2021
by Thorsten Koch The federal government has decided regarding the meat industry that there will no longer be sub-contracts and nor temporary employment. The root…
Clean new cars might be promoted
The battered automotive industry may get help from the European Union budget within the rampant Corona crisis. By 2022, an amount of 20 billion Euros…
New standards for intelligence service
by Thorsten Koch Patrick Sensburg (CDU), a member of parliament and security expert, supports the SPD’s demands to appoint a Bundestag Federal Commissioner for intelligence…
Construction tariff partners postpone bargaining
The collective bargaining for around 850,000 employees in the German construction industry has been postponed without result. The next meeting is scheduled for June 4th….
Calls for a ban on prostitution criticised
The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs and the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag have criticized an initiative by a small group of MPs by…
Mass surveillance abroad by the BND legally inadequate
by Thorsten Koch The surveillance practice by the federal intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), regarding telecommunications by foreigners, violates fundamental rights. This has been decided by…
Weiß names conditions for a basic pension
by Thorsten Koch Peter Weiß, the pension expert of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, has set conditions for the announced basic pension to…
No job cuts by the Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) will not cut jobs in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. DB’s strategy envisages a doubling of passenger numbers by 2030…
Corona crisis: Germany and France propose an EU program
Germany and France have proposed an EU program with a volume of EUR 500 billion. The economic effects of the Corona crisis are to be…
Foreign Minister Maas hoping for border openings for holidaymakers
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) has agreed with European counterparts from ten countries that they will work towards an opening the border. The borders could…
