Tag: Bettina Stark-Watzinger
FDP wants China stress tests for Germany
Power cable, made in China The FDP wants a tougher economic course in dealing with China. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin In a new position paper, the FDP parliamentary group calls for…
Pupils will not completely make up for the corona gaps
Berlin The new President of the Conference of Ministers of Education, Berlin’s Education Senator Astrid-Sabine Busse (SPD), assumes that the current students will no longer completely close the corona gaps…
New group of experts to promote fusion in Germany
“The energy crisis shows that we need climate-neutral, reliable and economical energy sources like fusion,” Stark-Watzinger told the Handelsblatt. Her hope: “We can bring the sun to earth.” Constantin Häfner,…
Federal-state dispute over 200-euro payment for students
Bettina Stark-Watzinger The federal education minister has been criticized by the state ministers of education. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The payment of the energy money in the amount of 200 euros…
Which reforms the federal government is planning in concrete terms
Berlin On Wednesday, the federal cabinet passed the cornerstones for modernizing the immigration law for skilled workers. “It will be Europe’s most modern law on immigration,” said Interior Minister Nancy…
10,000 kilometers of hydrogen pipe network in Germany is feasible
Berlin From a technical and economic point of view, hydrogen could also flow through the existing German natural gas network at the end of the fossil age – which, if…
This is Britain’s new Prime Minister
Good morning dear readers, In Germany, people like to delight in the prejudice that the United Kingdom is little more than a dilapidated aircraft carrier with drunken Eton buffoons on…
Fight the “chance profits” of the energy companies
Good morning, dear readers, among the intricacies of current policy is the difference between “over wins” and “accidental wins.” Both are expressions of non-competitive oligopolies that have become the norm…
Research Minister Stark-Watzinger on the future of the German education system
Dusseldorf Even if her department is not the focus of attention in times of crisis, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger is responsible for the major issues of our time: the…
CDU calls for the end of Chinese Confucius Institutes
flags The cooperation between Chinese Confucius Institutes and German universities is not only viewed critically by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The CDU wants…
Investors can invest in the new fund
Frankfurt Professional investors can now participate in a new hydrogen fund called Senco Hydrogen Impact Fund. Behind the project are former bank managers, investment experts and engineers from Germany. Matthias…
Investors can invest in the new fund
Frankfurt Professional investors can now participate in a new hydrogen fund called Senco Hydrogen Impact Fund. Behind the project are former bank managers, investment experts and engineers from Germany. Matthias…
Want to make Germany a “hydrogen republic”.
Bettina Stark-Watzinger The Federal Research Minister at the presentation of the Hydrogen Atlas Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has called for more speed in the energy…
The trend towards higher education comes to a standstill
lecture hall In absolute numbers, the group of first-year students from Germany has even fallen from the all-time high of 450,000 ten years ago to around 400,000 due to demographic…
The trend towards higher education comes to a standstill
lecture hall In absolute numbers, the group of first-year students from Germany has even fallen from the all-time high of 450,000 ten years ago to around 400,000 due to demographic…
The mission of Olaf Scholz in Kyiv
just before the holiday comes to mind that there will be a lot of “photo ops” on this occasion – those at home want to be served. The word “photo…
Bettina Stark-Watzinger advises universities to take radical steps against China
Berlin Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) has called for more distance from China, including in science. German researchers should not only avoid cooperation “in all dual-use cases where military…
Hydrogen partnerships: Ambassadors court Germany
Handelsblatt Hydrogen Summit Energy Manager Katherina Reiche held discussions with Ambassadors Philip Green (Australia, left) and Arif Havas Oegroseno (Indonesia). (Photo: Photo Vogt) meal With the planned ramp-up of a…
What is preventing schools from becoming more digital?
Berlin Germany has become significantly more digital because of the corona pandemic. But while refugee children from Ukraine can take part in online lessons in their home country from here,…
Why the ministers are currently hardly noticed
FDP minister in the traffic light government From left: Christian Lindner, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Marco Buschmann and Volker Wissing. (Photo: Imago (3), Jens Schicke) Berlin Vaccination, speed limit, debt brake –…