Tag: Federal Audit Office
That’s why US investors are so nervous
The US stock markets went down sharply yesterday. The technology index Nasdaq Composite closed more than five percent in the red, the stock index S&P 500 a good four percent.…
The recipient of funds from the railways and the donor: a critical dual role
Berlin Can a state secretary of the federal government also be the head of the supervisory board of the federally owned Deutsche Bahn AG? As an official in the Ministry…
Dispute over federal budget reveals tense financial situation
Christian Lindner in the Bundestag The Federal Minister of Finance wants to comply with the debt brake again in 2023. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Politics is never as concrete as it…
The rescue package has a volume of no less than 65 billion euros. But nobody says who should pay for it.
Olaf Scholz, Christian Lindner and Saskia Esken at the press conference With a package worth billions, the traffic light wants to relieve the burden in view of high energy prices.…
Federal Court of Auditors dismisses traffic light budgetary policy
Christian Lindner At around 78 billion euros, the real net borrowing is four times higher than that shown in the federal budget. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin In a new report,…
Federal Court of Auditors dismisses traffic light budgetary policy
Christian Lindner At around 78 billion euros, the real net borrowing is four times higher than that shown in the federal budget. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin In a new report,…
Two billion euros more for electricity
Bahn boss Richard Lutz New challenges are coming to the top railroader: Energy prices are rising so much that the state-owned company will probably have to pay twice as much…
Two billion euros more for electricity
Bahn boss Richard Lutz New challenges are coming to the top railroader: Energy prices are rising so much that the state-owned company will probably have to pay twice as much…
Which costs the state billions
Berlin For the Federal Court of Auditors, the matter is clear: According to a recent report, public budgets have already come under considerable pressure due to the corona pandemic and…
These subsidies cost the state billions
Company car Big engine, expensive design – that’s the current picture of subsidized company vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For the Federal Court of Auditors, the matter is clear: According to…
Petrified – the Federal Audit Office and the government
“Petrified” is a beautiful word because it’s so ambiguous. Perhaps that is why the Federal Court of Auditors likes to use it so much in its current report on state…
Infrastructure: dilapidated bridges, crumbling administration
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) visited the disaster this Thursday that shocked him right at the beginning of his term in office: the closed Rahmede viaduct on the…
A rapid reaction force for heavy projects
Berlin The federal government wants to reorganize the highway administration in order to rehabilitate dilapidated bridges and expand trunk roads more quickly. This emerges from a position paper by the…
A rapid reaction force for heavy projects
Berlin The federal government wants to reorganize the highway administration in order to rehabilitate dilapidated bridges and expand trunk roads more quickly. This emerges from a position paper by the…
With these 10 strategies, Germany will once again become a world leader
unicorn New innovations create new unicorns – successful startups. Germany now needs the right strategies for this. In the current double crisis of corona pandemic and Ukraine war, Germany’s company…
Germany in an innovation emergency – 10 strategies for the way out
unicorn New innovations create new unicorns – successful startups. Germany now needs the right strategies for this. In the current double crisis of corona pandemic and Ukraine war, Germany’s company…
Germany is missing the boat when it comes to innovations: Which strategies are helping now
unicorn New innovations create new unicorns – successful startups. Germany now needs the right strategies for this. In the current double crisis of corona pandemic and Ukraine war, Germany’s company…
The Deutsche Bahn rail problem
With the nine-euro ticket, Deutsche Bahn receives increased attention, which, to their chagrin, also applies to negative points. For years, the state-owned company avoided modernizing the aging rail network. The…
Volker Wissing stops the project of his CSU predecessor
Berlin If the Ministry of Transport was occupied by a CSU politician, a large sum of tax money from the federal coffers often ended up in their Bavarian homeland. It…
The state-owned company will drive Peugeot in the future
Motorway near Munich Actually, it needs a powerful management. (Photo: IMAGO/xcitepress) Berlin If you take a look at the fleet of the federally owned Autobahn GmbH, you will be surprised:…