Tag: household state
EU has to pay billions in additional interest
Johannes Hahn and Ursula von der Leyen The EU budget commissioner does not expect the EU to lose its top credit rating. (Photo: AP) Brussels The EU Commission has to…
How the coalition is exploiting the climate and transformation fund
In order to get out of its financial dilemma, the federal government resorted to a trick that it has been using more and more in recent months: instead of the…
British government makes peace offer to unions
Residents demonstrate in the UK Many young doctors took to the streets for more pay. (Photo: Bloomberg) London The UK government has increased its wage offer for public sector workers…
EU Parliament votes in favor of controversial nature conservation law
EPP boss Manfred Weber The head of the European People’s Party (EPP) had been stirring up sentiment against the nature conservation law for months because, in his view, it unilaterally…
Stable taxes, higher contributions for pensions and care: criticism of Lindner’s “marshalling yard”
Berlin The federal government’s plan to consolidate the federal budget in part at the expense of the contributors is causing considerable resentment in the economy and in social insurance. Employer…
Cabinet approves draft federal budget
Berlin The federal government is again questioning the cuts in parental allowance it has just planned. If Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) has concerns about the measure, “an alternative will…
60,000 families affected by cuts in parental benefits
Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) Who is to blame for the budget cuts? (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The traffic light coalition actually wanted to send…
60,000 families affected by cuts in parental benefits
mother and child Well-earning families should no longer be entitled to parental allowance in the future. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Berlin The traffic light coalition actually wanted to send a positive…
Draft budget for 2024 is in place – Lindner is planning new debts of 16.6 billion euros
Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz Lindner is planning new debts of 16.6 billion euros. (Photo: IMAGO/image enclosure) Berlin Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) summarizes a months-long…
Draft budget for 2024 is in place – Lindner is planning new debts of 16.6 billion euros
Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz Lindner is planning new debts of 16.6 billion euros. (Photo: IMAGO/image enclosure) Berlin Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) summarizes a months-long…
Draft budget for 2024 is in place – Lindner is planning new debts of 16.6 billion euros
Christian Lindner (FDP), Robert Habeck (Greens), Marco Buschmann (FDP) The cabinet has agreed in the budget negotiations for the year 2024. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin After months of dispute, the federal…
Infographic: Public administration: The make-believe monster bureaucracy
Dusseldorf Too slow, too time-consuming, too complicated – the complaints about the German bureaucracy could be continued indefinitely. In international comparison, there are not that many civil servants and employees…
Le Maire calls for room for investment
Bruno Le Maire The French Finance Minister indirectly criticized Lindner recently at the informal meeting of ministers in Stockholm and accused him of “old ideas”. (Photo: AP) Luxembourg France’s Finance…
Green ministers continue to reject cuts
Olaf Scholz (right, SPD) and Christian Lindner (FDP) Even the negotiating team of chancellor and finance minister has apparently not achieved any breakthroughs so far. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Despite the…
Lindner against higher billions in subsidies for the Magdeburg plant
Planned chip factory A computer graphic shows the semiconductor production planned in Magdeburg by the US group Intel. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner rejects higher subsidies…
Lindner against higher billions in subsidies for the Magdeburg plant
Planned chip factory A computer graphic shows the semiconductor production planned in Magdeburg by the US group Intel. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner rejects higher subsidies…
Traffic light ministers do not want to accept savings targets – now the chancellor intervenes
Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) personally intervenes in the budget dispute in order to push through the austerity package planned by Christian Lindner (FDP) in the coalition. The Chancellor and Finance…
Chancellor and finance minister want to push through the austerity package together
Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) personally intervenes in the budget dispute in order to push through the austerity package planned by Christian Lindner (FDP) in the coalition. The Chancellor and Finance…
US President Biden signs debt law and invokes party cooperation
Joe Biden The US President signed the law. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Washington With his signature, US President Joe Biden has finally averted an impending insolvency of the US government. Biden…
Debt crisis: US President Biden signs debt law
Joe Biden The US President signed the law. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) Washington US President Joe Biden has signed legislation temporarily suspending the US government debt ceiling. This was announced by…