Tag: Federal government
Controversial heating law will not be discussed in the Bundestag this week
heat pump According to the draft, from 2024 onwards, every newly installed heating system should be operated with 65 percent green energy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The timetable for passing the…
Controversial heating law will not be discussed in the Bundestag this week
heat pump According to the draft, from 2024 onwards, every newly installed heating system should be operated with 65 percent green energy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The timetable for passing the…
Green politician Nimmermann is to become State Secretary for Economic Affairs
Philip Nimmermann Nimmermann is currently working in the Hessian state government. (Photo: dpa) Berlin After the announced separation from State Secretary Patrick Graichen, the Greens politician Philipp Nimmermann from the…
Green politician Nimmermann is to become State Secretary for Economic Affairs
Philip Nimmermann Nimmermann is currently working in the Hessian state government. (Photo: dpa) Berlin After the announced separation from State Secretary Patrick Graichen, the Greens politician Philipp Nimmermann from the…
The standstill coalition – with these projects, the traffic light blocks itself
Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) Habeck is pushing the reform of the climate protection law “in front of him and wants to…
Scholz does not expect major changes to the heating law
Olaf Scholz According to the draft law already passed by the Federal Cabinet, from 2024 every newly installed heating system should be operated with at least 65 percent green energy.…
Graichen has the doctoral thesis checked for allegations
Patrick Graichen Minister Robert Habeck announced Graichen’s resignation as State Secretary on Wednesday because he had not sufficiently separated private and professional matters. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The ex-secretary of state…
“The goal of doubling is ambitious”
Munich Far from catching up: Europe threatens to fall further behind in chip production. This is shown by the latest figures that the supply chain specialist Everstream has determined for…
State revenues collapse by almost 150 billion euros
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner in Niigata “We all have to face this budgetary reality.” (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin, Niigata The budget problems follow Christian Lindner (FDP) to Japan. While the…
Significantly less tax revenue in 2024
Christian Lindner The Federal Minister of Finance regularly calls on the other ministries to save. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin, Niigata The federal, state and local governments will probably have to make…
Lufthansa aid should not have been approved
Lufthansa The EU court has declared the approval of the billions in aid for the airline in the pandemic to be unlawful. (Photo: dpa) Luxembourg According to the EU court,…
Designated Dena boss retires voluntarily
Robert Habeck and his State Secretary Patrick Graichen Schäfer, who was supposed to take up the new post on June 15, is the best man of State Secretary for Economic…
What is changing for real estate owners
heating device There is now a deadline of 2045 for the replacement of oil and gas heating systems. (Photo: imago images/ULMER press photo agency) Berlin Shortly after the coalition committee,…
Hesse’s Prime Minister calls for a per capita billing system for refugee costs
Boris Rhein (CDU) The CDU politician sees an urgent need for action in financing the costs of refugees. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin The Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) has…
The Chancellor on a difficult mission
Berlin, Cape Town Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) itinerary shows what Africa currently symbolizes for Germany: hope for new sources of energy, the struggle for influence with Russia and China, and…
Best man affair: Dena supervisory board chairman wants new procedure
Stefan Wenzel The Dena supervisory board chief considers a clear cut necessary. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin After the controversial appointment of Michael Schäfer as managing director of the German Energy Agency…
Cannabis legalization could bring the state more than a billion euros a year
Berlin No sale of joints in specialist shops, no commercial cultivation: the legalization of cannabis that Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) is aiming for is significantly less extensive…
A higher disability pension reduces the risk of poverty only slightly
Berlin The reform of disability pensions decided by the traffic light coalition will noticeably reduce the risk of poverty for those affected. However, despite additional billions, it is still almost…
Legal opinion considers new property tax to be unconstitutional
Housing estate in Berlin Property tax reform has caused problems nationwide. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Quite a few real estate owners have looked shocked at their new property tax assessment in…
Federal government approves delivery of Polish Mig-29 fighter jets
Dusseldorf, Berlin, Warsaw Germany authorizes Poland to transfer Mig-29 fighter jets originally from German stocks to Ukraine. The corresponding application was received on Thursday, said Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius…