Tag: CDU
How Habeck tries to get back on his feet
Cologne, Mönchengladbach, Stuttgart Robert Habeck is in the basement. This time really and not in any polls. In a boiler room in a Cologne clinic, he stands next to the…
Carsten Linnemann expects “really hard, hard work” from the CDU
Berlin The CDU has a new general secretary in Carsten Linnemann. The federal executive unanimously followed the proposal by party leader Friedrich Merz on Wednesday. Surprisingly for many, he had…
Merz replaces CDU general secretary
CDU New Secretary General: Carsten Linnemann (left) is to follow Mario Czaja (right). (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The CDU chairman Friedrich Merz has separated from his general secretary Mario Czaja.…
Federal government sees Germany as a high-tax country – but wants to change little
Even if the bill is repeatedly criticized, the federal government does not deny that Germany is a high-tax country. “In Germany, the tax and duty burden on earned income is…
Merz replaces CDU general secretary
CDU New Secretary General: Carsten Linnemann (left) is to follow Mario Czaja (right). (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin CDU leader Friedrich Merz is replacing his general secretary Mario Czaja after a…
Merz replaces CDU general secretary
CDU New Secretary General: Carsten Linnemann (left) is to follow Mario Czaja (right). (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin CDU leader Friedrich Merz is replacing his general secretary Mario Czaja after a…
Savings banks want to close locations: Brandenburg’s Prime Minister warns
Central Brandenburg Savings Bank in Potsdam The Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse is one of the largest savings banks in Germany. It wants to close about a quarter of its branches. (Photo: imago…
“The heating law is not ready for a decision”
Jan Marco Luczak The CDU housing politician expects that the ongoing dispute over the heating law could also shape the state election campaigns. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin After the temporary stop…
The dispute over the heating law continues
Friedrich Merz (CDU) While the traffic light coalition sees no need for changes, the Union calls for improvements. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin After the temporary stop of the Building Energy…
The fairy tale of high home prices
Home ownership myth What is the actual affordability of home ownership in Germany? Many young families currently have the feeling that the dream of owning their own property cannot be…
The fairy tale of the high prices for your own home
Home ownership myth What is the actual affordability of home ownership in Germany? Many young families currently have the feeling that the dream of owning their own property cannot be…
The court’s decision throws traffic lights into chaos
Christian Lindner (FDP), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) (from left) The traffic light coalition postponed the dispute over the heating law until the fall. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
Union wants to restart the heating law
Friedrich Merz and Thomas Heilmann in the Bundestag With his urgent application, the CDU MP Heilmann had caused the heating law to be temporarily stopped. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin After…
“CDU and CSU would be ill-advised to conduct a heating election campaign”
Berlin According to the Mainz political scientist Kai Arzheimer, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is partly responsible for the renewed escalation in the debate about the heating law. “One gets the impression…
How the Karlsruhe decision throws traffic lights into chaos
Christian Lindner (FDP), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) (from left) The traffic light coalition postponed the dispute over the heating law until the fall. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
Stable taxes, higher contributions for pensions and care: criticism of Lindner’s “marshalling yard”
Berlin The federal government’s plan to consolidate the federal budget in part at the expense of the contributors is causing considerable resentment in the economy and in social insurance. Employer…
How the Karlsruhe decision throws traffic lights into chaos
Christian Lindner (FDP), Robert Habeck (Greens) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) (from left) The traffic light coalition postponed the dispute over the heating law until the fall. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
This is the new star of the Union faction
Berlin As recently as Tuesday of this week, the Union faction was rather aloof towards the efforts of its member Thomas Heilmann to bring down the Building Energy Act (GEG)…
Traffic light coalition does not hold a special session on the heating law
German Bundestag The federal government actually wanted to get the law through parliament before the summer recess. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Actually, a long hanging game should have ended this…
This is the new star of the Union faction
Berlin As recently as Tuesday of this week, the Union faction was rather aloof towards the efforts of its member Thomas Heilmann to bring down the Building Energy Act (GEG)…