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Threshold tensions: Germany debates five-percent electoral rule

(de-news.net) – Germany is debating whether to lower the five-percent electoral threshold after former Constitutional Court President Hans-Jürgen Papier and SPD figures called for reform….

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Posted in Economy Technology

German authorities rule out winter gas shortage

(de-news.net) – There is no risk of a gas shortage in Germany this winter, according to consistent assessments by both the Federal Network Agency and…

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CDU seeks to accelerate administratrive approvals through ‘silence-means-consent’ rule

(de-news.net) – In an effort to accelerate administrative decision-making and reduce bureaucratic complexity, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has put forward a proposal introducing a…

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Posted in Politics Technology

Judges Association urges renewed ‘Rule of Law Pact’ to tackle staffing and digital backlog

(de-news.net) – The German Judges Association (DRB) has urged lawmakers to renew and extend the so-called ‘Rule of Law Pact’ as a means of addressing…

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Posted in Finance Politics

‘Pact for the Rule of Law’ to be renewed

(de-news.net) – Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) has indicated that the federal government intends to renew the ‘Pact for the Rule of Law’ in the…

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“Pact for the Rule of Law” should be revitalized, parties

(de-news.net) – The Union and SPD in the Bundestag called for a renewal of the “Pact for the Rule of Law” to strengthen the justice…

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Posted in Health Politics

Lauterbach (SPD) and Dürr (FDP) for using the hotspot rule

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) has called on the state governments to resort to the possible regulation with regard to hotspots if the…

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Söder does not rule out a Union-led grand coalition

(GermanPolicy.com) – Markus Söder (CSU), the Bavarian Prime Minister, has not ruled out cooperation with the SPD in a government after the Federal Election. “A…

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