Tag: FDP
Budget surplus causes a lot of trouble among federal politicians
Federal Ministry of Finance In the ministry, the numbers of the countries cause astonishment. (Photo: imago images/POP-EYE) Berlin Werner Gatzer (SPD) isn’t easily disturbed. Since 2005, the 63-year-old has overseen…
German companies invest less in innovations
Berlin The first year of the corona virus severely dampened innovations in the German economy. For the first time in ten years, spending on new products has fallen again: by…
The right to a PCR test should remain – Scholz misses the vaccination target
Berlin In the future, PCR tests to detect a corona infection should primarily be available for people from the healthcare sector. At the same time, the right to these high-quality,…
The right to a PCR test should remain
Berlin In the future, PCR tests to detect a corona infection should primarily be available for people from the healthcare sector. At the same time, the right to these high-quality,…
Scholz missed the vaccination target again: only 76 percent vaccinated
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) clearly missed the goal of vaccinating 80 percent of the population against Corona at least once by the end of January. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit…
Companies fuel inflation with their pricing power
Since the US Federal Reserve announced rapid and possibly massive interest rate hikes last week, the inflation debate seems to have been decided, at least in the USA: Aggregate economic…
Abolish the EEG levy “in just a few weeks”.
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The FDP politician wants to abolish the so-called EEG surcharge as quickly as possible. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner wants to…
Companies fuel inflation with their pricing power
Since the US Federal Reserve announced rapid and possibly massive interest rate hikes last week, the inflation debate seems to have been decided, at least in the USA: Aggregate economic…
Christian Lindner indicates an earlier end to the EEG surcharge
Christian Lindner The FDP boss is also in favor of abolishing the EEG surcharge before 2023. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of rising energy prices, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner…
Why the traffic light does not dare to reform
Spouse splitting Spouse splitting favors marriages in which one earns more and the other less. The greater the income difference, the greater the tax advantage. (Photo: Getty Images (3) )…
Why the traffic light does not dare to reform
Spouse splitting Spouse splitting favors marriages in which one earns more and the other less. The greater the income difference, the greater the tax benefit. (Photo: Getty Images (3) )…
Union warns of meat price increases
Environmental economists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Oxford had advocated making meat more expensive. According to your model…
Ampel wants to protect customers from dubious providers
three-phase meter The traffic light aims to better protect consumers against price fluctuations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Insurance is designed to protect electricity and gas customers if their energy provider goes…
All power for Friedrich Merz – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
it works for Friedrich Merz, the new boss of the battered CDU. What could be better for an opposition leader than being reprimanded by the Foreign Minister for “pithy comments”?…
SMEs fall behind when it comes to innovations
Berlin If Zuwa customers have a problem with their pumps, they can save themselves a call to the service technician: Instead of tediously troubleshooting by phone, thanks to “digital twins”…
Washington’s Great Interest Rate Oracle – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
You can also overdo it with expectation management. There is probably no one left in the USA who, given seven percent inflation, does not expect interest rates to rise. But…
Mark Zuckerberg apparently abandons crypto project Libra
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg The Facebook group, which now operates under the name Meta, is involved in the Libra digital currency project. (Photo: AP) New York, Dusseldorf Mark Zuckerberg wanted…
Wolfgang Kubicki & Dagmar Schmidt: Streitgespräch: Impfpflicht
Angesichts steigender Fallzahlen debattiert der Bundestag erstmals über die Impfpflicht – und die Positionen könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. „Wir müssen in der Ampel nicht immer einer Meinung sein, das sind…
What Digital Minister Volker Wissing will be responsible for in the future
Volker Wissing The new digital minister declared himself at the invitation of the internet association Eco. (Photo: Henning Schacht) Berlin It was a small group that Volker Wissing told what…
Olaf Scholz lives up to his reputation as Merkel 2.0
Olaf Scholz The chancellor takes his time with his decisions. (Photo: Getty Images) During the election campaign, Chancellor Olaf Scholz already had the reputation of having learned a lot from…