Tag: FDP
Wake-up call for a tired country: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, to be honest: I’m glad this election campaign is over. The past weeks and months have been an imposition. One could almost get the impression that…
These are possible ministers and powers
Verena Pausder, Andreas Pinkwart and Dorothee Bär (from left) The digital expert, the NRW minister and the digital state minister are three candidates. Berlin Armin Laschet (CDU) wants it, Christian…
Finance Minister Merz, Lindner or Habeck?
There is a general election on Sunday: many top positions in the ministries will soon be filled – this also applies to the Ministry of Finance. FDP leader Christian Lindner,…
Digital Ministry: The great Handelsblatt draft
Verena Pausder, Andreas Pinkwart and Dorothee Bär (from left) The digital expert, the NRW minister and the digital state minister are three candidates. Armin Laschet (CDU) wants it, Christian Lindner…
Eleven points for Germany’s future – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Whoever wins the Bundestag election on Sunday, he or she needs a little “Gerhard Schröder reloaded”. One “Agenda 2030”, as currently required by employers. An emergency program against over-bureaucratization, under-digitization,…
Jamaica or traffic lights – which is better for the German economy?
The FDP stands for economy, the Greens for climate protection and Armin Laschet, unlike Angela Merkel, for a modern version of Rhenish capitalism. Germany would do well with that. Gerhard…
Three aha experiences of the elephant round on ARD and ZDF
Berlin It is certainly no coincidence that Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock was placed next to SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz and the party leader of the Left, Janine Wissler.…
Federal election 2021: entrepreneurs favor Jamaica alliance
Berlin For Stephan Schambach it is clear who should lead the future federal government: “Only a government under the leadership of the CDU will secure jobs, prosperity and growth in…
Suspicious stock deals of the ex-supervisory board chief Rehnig
Klaus Otto Rehnig At the end of 2018, he advertised Wirecard shares that they could double their value. (Photo: Michael Englert for Handelsblatt) Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Even ten years after…
Bundestag election: reader debate: which candidate has the greatest economic competence?
The Handelsblatt readers debate which party and which candidate is most convincing. Read a selection of their comments here. .source site
These entrepreneurs are running for the Bundestag
The proportion of young entrepreneurs in the Bundestag is small. Just 90 out of 709 MPs are self-employed, while 133 are employed by companies. Most MPs work in the public…
The roles are clearly assigned. The vice-chancellor is a cook, the Greens boss is content with the role of waitress.
Election posters Waitress and cook: Greens boss Annalena Baerbock, SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. (Photo: Getty Images) Annalena Baerbock and Olaf Scholz are suddenly pretty good friends. The competition between…
“Every night my face is cut up”
Election posters by Karl Lauterbach and Serap Güler in Cologne-Delbrück The SPD politician and the CDU politician are fighting for the direct mandate in the Cologne IV constituency. (Photo: dpa)…
CDU, Greens and FDP: The election programs in the climate check
Dusseldorf Germany is still a long way from being climate neutral. A lot still has to happen by 2045. But how do the big parties plan to do it? Who…
What is the next step with retirement provision?
Frankfurt, Munich It is one of the most pressing questions after the federal elections: What will happen to old-age provision? There has been a consensus for years that the statutory…
Why approval processes take so long
Berlin The damage caused by the flood disaster was enormous: in the Ahr Valley, which was particularly affected by the heavy rain, roads were destroyed or severely damaged, and 60…
Germany is entering the pandemic autumn better than feared
The value indicates how many people per 100,000 inhabitants have to be treated in hospital for an infection with Covid-19 within a week. It has replaced the seven-day incidence as…
Rehabilitation backlog: Despite billions in investments – hundreds of dilapidated bridges
Sazlbach valley bridge Some bridges, like the Salzbachtalbrücke on the A66, threaten to collapse. (Photo: imago images / Jan Huebner) Berlin Despite high investments, the condition of the bridges on…
Demand and reality in artificial intelligence
Robot test at the DFKI A large part of the DFKI’s money goes into prototypes. But the public does not know how many are successful. (Photo: DFKI) Dusseldorf The German…
“End the fuss of the grand coalition”
Berlin “Departure instead of carrying on like this” is the motto of the party congress of the Greens. But the start is a long time coming. Because not all the…