Tag: Constitution
“Postponement of the heating law was more acceptable”
Stephan Harbarth, President of the Federal Constitutional Court “The Federal Constitutional Court has the task of showing the executive and the legislature their limitations. And it fulfills this task“Harbarth explains…
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…
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…
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…
SPD calls for a special session of Parliament
Berlin Actually, a long hanging game should have ended this Friday. According to the plan of the traffic light coalition, the members of the Bundestag should decide on the reform…
SPD calls for a special session of Parliament
Berlin Actually, a long hanging game should have ended this Friday. According to the plan of the traffic light coalition, the members of the Bundestag should decide on the reform…
Constitutional Court stops passage of controversial heating law in summary proceedings
heat pump The traffic light coalition had been arguing about the heating law for a long time. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe The Federal Constitutional Court stopped the planned passage of the…
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution sees the “greatest threat” in China
Berlin The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) warns more clearly than ever before of the dangers for German companies from Chinese espionage. Because of its “comprehensive…
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution sees the “greatest threat” in China
Berlin The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) warns more clearly than ever before of the dangers for German companies from Chinese espionage. Because of its “comprehensive…
Municipalities want to change the Basic Law
Gerd Landsberg, General Manager of the Association of Towns and Municipalities Landsberg demands that the federal and state governments should share the costs of migration, integration and care for refugees.…
Kosovo faces a political crisis
Riots in northern Kosovo Members of the Serb minority in Kosovo engage in street battles with KFOR soldiers. (Photo: Reuters) Ankara Broken bones, burns, many injured: That is the outcome…
Riots in Kosovo: around 25 NATO peacekeepers injured
Soldiers of the NATO KFOR peacekeeping force and Serbian protesters Around 25 soldiers from Italy and Hungary suffered broken bones and burns. According to eyewitnesses, the police, made up of…
Erdogan wants to replace this alliance
Istanbul Today, more than 60 million Turks are voting for their parliament and the country’s future president. The challenger to incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the left-wing CHP,…
A striking number of SPD employees find new work in the Ministry of Construction
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz The number of social democrats in the central department of their ministry is increasing. (Photo: IMAGO/snapshot) Berlin At the beginning of the week, some new…
A striking number of SPD employees find new work in the Ministry of Construction
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz The number of social democrats in the central department of their ministry is increasing. (Photo: IMAGO/snapshot) Berlin At the beginning of the week, some new…
CDU brings Deputy Head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to Berlin
Felix Badenberg The non-party is to become the new Berlin Senator for Justice. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Migration history, AfD hunter, cyber defense expert: The Berlin CDU is bringing a top…
Swiss parliament initially does not approve Credit Suisse rescue
CreditSuisse The grand chamber on Tuesday disapproved of the bank’s bailout by 102 of the 200 votes. (Photo: Reuters) Bern The Swiss parliament has rejected the financial guarantees in the…
IT security The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is critical of Huawei’s connection to Telekom and the railways
Berlin The Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Sinan Selen, has expressed concern about the connections of Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn (DB) to…
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…
Turkey votes on May 14 – How Erdogan wants to avoid his defeat
Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to bring the parliamentary and presidential elections forward by a month. Erdogan thus abruptly switches the whole country into campaign mode. The central…