Tag: Bundestag
The electoral reform is poison for the political culture
Bundestag It is not self-evident that politics restricts itself, as it is now doing with the electoral reform. (Photo: dpa) How excited everyone wasn’t about the ever-growing Bundestag. There was…
MEPs vote for electoral reform
Bundestag According to the original draft, the Bundestag should always have 598 seats. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The members of the Bundestag agree to the electoral law reform. Of the…
MEPs vote for electoral reform
Bundestag According to the original draft, the Bundestag should always have 598 seats. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The members of the Bundestag agree to the electoral law reform. Of the…
The most important questions and answers on the electoral reform
Berlin After a long and bitter dispute, the Bundestag will decide on the electoral law reform of the traffic light coalition this Friday. The project is strictly rejected by the…
Deutschlandticket: Bundestag decides on financing
platform The planned “Deutschlandticket” is to start on May 1st with an introductory price of 49 euros per month. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikita) Berlin The Bundestag has decided to finance the 49-euro…
Union and left against traffic light plan
Bundestag The plan envisages reducing the Bundestag from 736 to permanently 630 MPs after the next election in 2025. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has met with massive…
Union and left against traffic light plan
Bundestag The plan envisages reducing the Bundestag from 736 to permanently 630 MPs after the next election in 2025. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has met with massive…
The federal government sees the responsibility of the states
DB regional express The federal government refuses to talk to the states every year about how high the ticket price should be. (Photo: imago/Ralph Peters) Berlin The federal government refuses…
“You can’t negotiate with a gun to your temple”
>>iOS Germany has become “more resilient”, above all due to the multi-billion dollar special fund for the Bundeswehr, said Scholz. He promised an increase in defense spending to two percent…
Olaf Scholz speaks in the Bundestag on a year “changing era”
Baerbock to Lavrov: “Stop this war” At the G20 meeting of economic powers, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Russia to end the war of aggression against Ukraine. “Stop this…
Olaf Scholz speaks in the Bundestag on a year “changing era”
Baerbock to Lavrov: “Stop this war” At the G20 meeting of economic powers, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Russia to end the war of aggression against Ukraine. “Stop this…
Disappointment: Has the turning point failed?
Good morning dear readers, It is exactly one year ago today that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave a historic speech in which he outlined Germany’s response to the Russian…
The price of the 49-euro ticket wobbles right from the start
Regional trains at Hamburg Central Station The new nationwide ticket is deliberately called “Deutschlandticket” so as not to be tied to the introductory price of 49 euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Scholz warns of “outbidding competition” when it comes to arms deliveries
Berlin Shortly before their exchange of blows in the Bundestag, Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz still have something to clarify. The tall CDU leader strides towards the government bench, the…
Scholz warns of “outbidding competition” when it comes to arms deliveries
Chancellor Olaf Scholz The SPD politician emphasized that the EU must not become a war party. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced new EU sanctions against Russia.…
Traffic light housekeepers now want help for companies with oil or pellet heating
Heating A total of one billion euros is earmarked for hardship aid for small and medium-sized companies. (Photo: imago images/avanti) Berlin Contrary to what was originally planned, the hardship aid…
How federal, state and local governments are undermining federalism
Berlin Shortly before Christmas, Bundestag Vice President Yvonne Magwas brought the 3,600 residents the good news: “Bad Elster can tackle the expansion of the gym,” emblazoned above the constituency announcement…
Chancellor Scholz asks questions about Leopard 2 delivery in the Bundestag
Spain also ready to supply main battle tanks to Ukraine Following the German government’s decision, Spain also agreed to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine. “Spain is ready to discuss anything…
Chancellor Scholz asks questions about Leopard 2 delivery in the Bundestag
Swiss military expert sees Russia strengthened – tanks important for Ukraine According to a military expert from Switzerland, Russia has overcome a phase of weakness in the war against Ukraine.…
Increasing party funding by 25 million unconstitutional
Bundestag Since a ban on predominantly state party financing is derived from the Basic Law, the state share must not exceed that generated by the parties themselves – for example…