Tag: Economic policy
German industry is facing an existential crisis
Steelworks in Lower Saxony The high temperatures are energy-intensive and gas is scarce. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The start of the Ukraine war in late February was a short-term shock to…
The US is also building a chip alliance with Japan and South Korea
Tokyo, New York The chip industry enjoys a particularly high priority on US President Joe Biden’s first trip to Asia. Immediately after landing in South Korea, on Friday he visited…
“As a small country, we cannot afford hostilities between large power blocs”
Berlin Given his wealth of power as Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Head of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) sovereign wealth fund, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani is de…
New fiber optic Internet should save the federal government ten billion
fiber optic cable One Fiber is building a state-of-the-art network of fiber optic cables that is supposed to be tap-proof. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Minister Alexander Schweitzer in the Mainz Ministry…
German industry is facing an existential crisis
Steelworks in Lower Saxony The high temperatures are energy-intensive and gas is scarce. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The start of the Ukraine war in late February was a short-term shock to…
Emir of Qatar wants to conclude LNG supply contract during state visit
Berlin When Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani, meets Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin for the first time on Friday, he will bring with him what the federal government…
300 billion euros for independence from Russian energy
Photovoltaic assembly If solar panels were installed across the board on European roofs, 25 percent of the electricity requirements of the association of states could be covered. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop)…
Emir of Qatar wants to conclude LNG supply contract during state visit
Berlin When Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani, meets Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin for the first time on Friday, he will bring with him what the federal government…
Broadband expansion: countries rebel against digital ministers
Berlin Federal Digital Minister Volker Wissing is causing frustration in the federal states and in the telecommunications industry. The reason for this is the sluggish negotiations about a new funding…
Emir of Qatar wants to conclude LNG supply contract during state visit
Berlin When Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani, meets Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin for the first time on Friday, he will bring with him what the federal government…
Countries rebel against the digital minister
Berlin Federal Digital Minister Volker Wissing is causing frustration in the federal states and in the telecommunications industry. The reason for this is the sluggish negotiations about a new funding…
Taxpayers have more time for tax returns
Christian Lindner The Federal Minister of Finance wants to give taxpayers more time. (Photo: AP) Berlin The traffic light coalition wants to expand tax breaks that were introduced in the…
300 billion euros for independence from Russian energy
Photovoltaic assembly If solar panels were installed across the board on European roofs, 25 percent of the electricity requirements of the association of states could be covered. (Photo: imago images/Shotshop)…
Taxpayers have more time for tax returns
Christian Lindner The Federal Minister of Finance wants to give taxpayers more time. (Photo: AP) Berlin The traffic light coalition wants to expand tax breaks that were introduced in the…
Rome Airport wants to be the first in Europe to offer air taxis
Aircraft of the new ITA Airways on the runway In the event of a potential partnership, Rome-Fiumicino Airport could become the Mediterranean hub for the Lufthansa Group. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
300 billion for independence from Russian energy
Brussels According to the EU Commission, the European Union must invest up to 300 billion euros by 2030 in order to become independent of Russian energy. Commission President Ursula von…
6 criteria according to which companies are shut off from gas
Refinery in Cologne-Godorf The emergency for the Federal Network Agency occurs when the third and last stage of the “Gas Emergency Plan”, the so-called “Emergency Stage”, is declared. (Photo: IMAGO/Future…
Inflation: Economists want to prevent the wage-price spiral
Frankfurt Central bankers are currently primarily concerned with one thing: the risk of a wage-price spiral. What is meant is a cycle in which prices and wages drive each other…
Jerome Powell does not rule out more aggressive action to curb inflation
Jerome Powell The Fed chair is more determined than ever to get inflation under control. (Photo: AP) new York According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve intends…