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Beyond deregulation: Wildberger pushes a smarter approach to bureaucracy reform

(de-news.net) – Germany’s bureaucracy reform debate is shifting toward digital modernization, with Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger (CDU) advocating targeted simplification rather than radical deregulation….

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Support and opposition emerge as DGB pushes mandatory occupational pensions

(de-news.net) – Several political and economic leaders have expressed support for the German Trade Union Confederation’s (DGB) proposal to introduce a mandatory supplemental occupational pension…

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Bas pushes pension overhaul as contribution rates rise and reform proposals draw reactions

(de-news.net) – Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has renewed calls to integrate civil servants into Germany’s statutory pension system as part of a broader…

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Posted in Finance Health Politics

SPD pushes back against new costs in health insurance and care funding

(de-news.net) – The SPD is challenging key elements of proposed health and long-term care financing reforms, arguing that patients, insured individuals, and families should not…

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Germany pushes major health and care insurance savings reforms

(de-news.net) – Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) has defended planned healthcare savings reforms aimed at stabilizing Germany’s statutory insurance systems, while warning of mounting…

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Merz pushes back on SPD fiscal plans, signals limits of coalition compromise

(de-news.net) – Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged the SPD to moderate its stance amid rising CDU/CSU dissatisfaction, rejecting tax increases proposed by social democratic…

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Klingbeil pushes income tax increase for top earners and windfall levy as financing debate intensifies

(de-news.net) – Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has outlined a tax reform aimed at easing the burden on low- and middle-income earners by 2027, though…

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Coalition pushes emergency relief package in response to rising fuel costs and energy market disruption

(de-news.net) – Over the weekend, the CDU/CSU–SPD alliance adopted an “Energy Emergency Program” aimed at alleviating pressure stemming from markedly rising fuel costs, which were…

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