Tag: Governments
How federal, state and local governments are undermining federalism
Berlin Shortly before Christmas, Bundestag Vice President Yvonne Magwas brought the 3,600 residents the good news: “Bad Elster can tackle the expansion of the gym,” emblazoned above the constituency announcement…
There Are Big Corporations And Governments Too! – Cryptokoin.com
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which went bankrupt in the past months, seems to be in debt to many companies. Financial advisers of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX have finally revealed the full…
The government’s hydrogen strategy is a long time coming
The stipulation from the coalition agreement is clear: “The hydrogen strategy will be updated in 2022,” it says. The fact that nothing happened last year was partly due to the…
This is how states & governments circumvent the debt rule
An interesting anecdote recently happened at the SPD debate convention. Ironically, a certain Kevin Kühnert, otherwise anything but a regulatory guardian of the Grail, prevented his Jusos from demanding the…
Nexperia caught on the UK government’s radar
Nexperia, based in the Netherlands, bought all shares of the UK firm Newport Wafer Fab last year. The UK government has ordered it to sell its majority stake in Nexperia,…
The governments are making life difficult for the ECB with their subsidy race
Brussels It’s almost a ritual: The energy subsidies for companies and households must be fiscally neutral, the 19 finance ministers confirmed again on Monday. The aid should be targeted and…
Top European supervisors are harshly critical of EU governments
ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos The Spaniard and the heads of the ECB banking supervision and the EU banking authority Eba, Andrea Enria and José Manuel Campa, warn of…
Price brakes, refugee aid, 49 euro ticket – the federal and state governments largely agree on relief
Berlin The federal and state governments are largely in agreement on how they want to relieve consumers and companies in the face of high energy prices and inflation. This emerges…
The federal and state governments are arguing about refugee costs
Berlin At the prime ministers’ conference on Wednesday, the federal and state governments are arguing about several billion euros in addition to the gas price brake, as well as the…
The federal and state governments are arguing about refugee costs
Berlin At the prime ministers’ conference on Wednesday, the federal and state governments are arguing about several billion euros in addition to the gas price brake, as well as the…
How central banks and governments should deal with the crisis
Inflation in Germany and large parts of Europe is currently around ten percent – and thus at a level that most observers considered impossible just a year ago. Nevertheless, in…
The federal and state governments agree on a 49-euro ticket
Volker Wissing The transport ministers of the federal states and the federal government have reached an agreement. (Photo: dpa) Bremerhaven The federal and state governments have agreed on a successor…
Futurist Rifkin on fears of sabotage: “Governments need to wake up”
Jeremy Riftin The economist does not see Western countries as well prepared for attacks on the energy grid. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) new York The West has fallen asleep with its…
Climate advocates and NGOs are threatening governments with mass lawsuits
Smoking cooling towers of a power plant Lawyers and NGOs now emphasize that they have already filed more than 80 climate lawsuits around the world to get governments to do…
The federal and state governments want to develop a new local transport ticket
Subway in Berlin A working group is to work on a new local transport ticket that is valid throughout Germany. (Photo: IMAGO/Sabine Gudath) Berlin The federal and state governments want…
Elon Musk’s Crypto Video On GK Government’s Channel!
The South Korean government’s YouTube channel has been hacked to broadcast a crypto-related video featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk. South Korean government’s YouTube channel hacked to stream Elon Musk’s video…
The federal and state governments are arguing about local transport discounts
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) wants to fundamentally modernize local public transport after the experience with the nine-euro ticket. “People voted on buying the ticket that it shouldn’t…
Criticism of the Federal Government’s change of course in China policy
Volkswagen factory in Shanghai The federal government has currently issued guarantees amounting to 29.1 billion euros – 11.3 billion euros of which are attributable to China. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The…
Doing Something Just Because Governments Want It, It’s Stupid!
WhatsApp boss gave a new interview the other day. Speaking about the demands of the British government on child abuse work, Will Cathcart said that it was stupid to do…
Five governments in three and a half years – Why Israel is so ungovernable
Israel has been heading for parliamentary elections since this Monday. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Jair Lapid agreed to dissolve parliament. A corresponding law should be introduced on…