Tag: Economic policy
Lindner takes over the finance ministry: how much oomph remains?
Berlin The chancellor and his finance minister were in high spirits. “I wish you, dear Christian, all the best for your work”, Olaf Scholz (SPD) whistled in the direction of…
German managers call for a pact between politics and industry
Düsseldorf, Zurich Markus Steilemann rarely allows himself to be dissuaded from his innate optimism. As CEO of the plastics manufacturer Covestro, he knows about the huge challenges of a green…
Corona-News: Lauterbach announces vaccine inventory
Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to get an overview of the quantities of corona vaccines available in Germany this week. “We have the basis for 30 million…
German credit insurers expect more company bankruptcies in 2022
Frankfurt The German credit insurers see the further economic development threatened by numerous risks. They therefore expect the number of corporate bankruptcies in Germany to rise again for the first…
Booster can already be useful after three months – gastronomy should close in Thuringian districts with an incidence from 1500
The new Coronavirus variant Omikron is spreading beyond southern Africa and has already been detected in eleven countries on the continent, including Tunisia, Senegal and Nigeria. “We will see an…
Boris Johnson uses measures as a red herring
Boris Johnson The prime minister has gambled away the trust of many Britons. (Photo: AP) The Daily Telegraph summed up all the madness in one headline. “Don’t go to the…
“We can’t get along without a third vaccination”
The health policy spokesman for the Greens, Janosch Dahmen, speaks out against further contact restrictions for vaccinated people. “Overall, we see in various models that the measures that are now…
Resolution of the supply chain problems is looming
Port in Hamburg Most economic researchers assume that the German economy will contract slightly towards the end of the year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The prospects for German companies appear to…
“We can’t get along without a third vaccination”
The health policy spokesman for the Greens, Janosch Dahmen, speaks out against further contact restrictions for vaccinated people. “Overall, we see in various models that the measures that are now…
Great Britain tightened measures – municipalities demand central vaccination register
The health policy spokesman for the Greens, Janosch Dahmen, speaks out against further contact restrictions for vaccinated people. “Overall, we see in various models that the measures that are now…
Biden’s offensive for democracy divides the world
Berlin, Brussels Joe Biden chose the title with care: When the US President welcomes the heads of government from around 110 countries to a video conference on Thursday, he does…
Biden’s offensive for democracy divides the world
Berlin, Brussels Joe Biden chose the title with care: When the US President welcomes the heads of government from around 110 countries to a video conference on Thursday, he does…
Economists urge government to act quickly
Appointment as Federal Chancellor Berlin Following the election of Olaf Scholz (SPD) as the new Federal Chancellor, leading economists are urging the new government to act immediately. In addition to…
Container port that nobody wants to go to: Shipping companies ignore Oakland
San Francisco The slump comes as a surprise: While container shipping in the USA experienced a great boom in the run-up to Christmas and there was a shortage of goods…
The challenges for the first female foreign minister
“You can rely on Germany,” promised the 40-year-old, who is younger than all of her predecessors, in her inaugural address. The EU continues to be “the linchpin” for Germany.Her first…
HDE advocates nationwide ribbon solution when shopping – Corona vaccination for children in North Rhine-Westphalia possible from December 17th
BioNTech boss Ugur Sahin keeps previous Corona booster vaccinations in view of the new Omikron variant for advisable. He assumes that the new data on the effectiveness of the Covid-19…
Robert Habeck plans the socio-ecological market economy
Berlin The renewed self-image of the venerable Federal Ministry of Economics was already radiating, the newly minted Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) didn’t even have the floor. His predecessor Peter Altmaier…
DIHK warns EU against waste
Semiconductor production in Dresden Which companies should be subsidized by the state is controversial. (Photo: dpa) Brussels When it comes to the EU’s strategic goals, the Commission does not want…
So power is redistributed between the traffic light ministries
Berlin The document with which the party leaders of the SPD, Greens and FDP have distributed power within the new federal government after days of negotiations with the new Federal…
The federal government organizes millions of additional Biontech vaccination doses – the number of corona deaths in Germany has reached its highest level since February
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has the on Wednesday highest number of corona deaths reported in one day since February. 527 more people died from the virus. This increases the…