Tag: Federal Administrative Court
Laws for faster procedures are delayed
Construction work on a motorway bridge The traffic light aims to significantly speed up planning processes and infrastructure projects. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The next cabinet meeting of the federal government…
Cuxhaven becomes the bottleneck for the German energy transition
Wind power installation at sea There is a lack of capacity on Germany’s coast. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Hamburg As much electricity as 40 nuclear power plants is to be generated…
Federal Administrative Court dismisses Minister Buschmann
Federal Administrative Court In the case of large and mostly controversial projects, lawsuits almost inevitably arise. The court proceedings usually take a long time and delay the projects. (Photo: dpa)…
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing wants to push ahead with large infrastructure projects
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) wants to present his own reform concept so that large infrastructure projects can progress more quickly. According to government circles, Wissing wants to…
Russian oil company Rosneft is suing the Federal Republic of Germany
Refinery PCK Schwedt The site of the Russian oil company Rosneft is under German administration. This is now being legally challenged. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Russian oil company Rosneft has…
ECJ decides: Data retention violates EU law
Berlin The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has announced its long-awaited decision on the German regulation of data retention: According to this, EU law precludes general and indiscriminate retention of…
Federal Minister of Justice Buschmann wants to speed up court processes
All ministries are called upon to develop reforms. Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) has now submitted his proposal. He wants to ensure that important energy and infrastructure projects…
Federal Minister of Justice Buschmann wants to speed up court processes
All ministries are called upon to develop reforms. Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) has now submitted his proposal. He wants to ensure that important energy and infrastructure projects…
State banks and their controllers in politics betray the taxpayers
What we haven’t been through with the German state banks. For a long time they were a figurehead, as they promoted German medium-sized companies with loans that private banks were…
In the discounter power struggle, heirs succumb again in court
Aldi north The background to the legal dispute is the complicated ownership structure at Aldi Nord. (Photo: imago images/penofoto) Dusseldorf The heirs of the Aldi founder’s son Berthold Albrecht, who…
Bed taxes for hotel guests are compatible with the Basic Law
hotel sign Several hotel operators from Hamburg, Bremen and Freiburg im Breisgau have raised constitutional complaints. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Karlsruhe The bed tax levied by numerous cities for private…
Bed taxes for hotel guests are compatible with the Basic Law
hotel sign Several hotel operators from Hamburg, Bremen and Freiburg im Breisgau have raised constitutional complaints. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Karlsruhe The bed tax levied by numerous cities for private…
How bureaucracy slows down the energy transition
Dark side of the energy transition Certification perfectionism and permitting requirements are blocking the green transition. Munich, Dusseldorf Michael Gerwing no longer understands the world. When politicians in the news…
How bureaucracy slows down the energy transition
Dark side of the energy transition Certification perfectionism and permitting requirements are blocking the green transition. Munich, Dusseldorf Michael Gerwing no longer understands the world. When politicians in the news…
What Klara Geywitz is planning for the municipal right of first refusal
Klara Geywitz The Federal Building Minister has presented a new draft law. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) wants to regulate the municipal right of first refusal.…
Tax ineffective – McDonalds owner gets right
Tübingen packaging tax Environmental activists demonstrated in front of the building, but the Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court agreed with the plaintiff. (Photo: dpa) Mannheim, Tubingen The city of Tübingen has received…
Why the return of first refusal is becoming a controversy
Frankfurt The announcement is short and clear. “In the fight against displacement, municipalities need functioning instruments,” said State Secretary Cansel Kiziltepe from the Federal Ministry of Building a few days…
Geywitz wants to regulate the municipal right of first refusal
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz “It is important to me that the cities have the opportunity to influence their own urban development.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz…
Dispute over wage costs: Tönnies subcontractors receive compensation
Tönnies meat plant The verdict should have a signal effect. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Dusseldorf In the dispute over wage reimbursements for the meat company Tönnies and its former subcontractors,…
Traffic light parties wrestle with surveillance laws
According to information from the Handelsblatt, the views of the traffic light negotiators about the use of so-called data retention were sometimes far apart. The investigative tool allows police and…