Tag: lobby
Industry and the energy sector are at odds over emissions trading
Steam cloud from the Staudinger coal-fired power plant The energy industry sees emissions trading endangered by the reform plans. (Photo: dpa) Berlin From the point of view of the industry,…
Republicans oppose tougher gun laws
new York Even after the recent massacre in Texas, calls for stricter gun controls have come to nothing for most Republicans. Former US President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott…
Republicans oppose tougher gun laws
new York Even after the recent massacre in Texas, calls for stricter gun controls have come to nothing for most Republicans. Former US President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott…
“We must stand up against the gun lobby!”
new York Steve Kerr, head coach of the famous Warriors from San Francisco, didn’t want to talk about basketball anymore: “When are we finally going to do something?” he asks…
“Managers are usually the real problem during transformation”
Dusseldorf He is not driven by ambition, but by passion. This is what someone says about himself, whom one would describe as old-fashioned as restless and in modern German perhaps…
Putin friend Gerhard Schröder is said to lose his former chancellor’s office
Berlin The office staff have long since resigned, his party is suggesting that he leave, and now former SPD chancellor Gerhard Schröder is to finally lose his office because of…
Criticism of the draft law to protect whistleblowers
The association “Die Familienunternehmer” spoke of the “old suffering” of German legislators, “almost compulsively falling into legislative over-fulfilment”. The ministry received a total of 45 statements from specialist groups and…
What the economy expects from the new regulatory control council
paper clips Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will officially appoint the new members of the Regulatory Control Council. This marks the start of the fourth mandate of the independent advisory body.…
Insurers are demanding an early extension of the state guarantee
Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz In theory, the terror insurer Extremus would have had to pay after the attack – but the financial damage suffered by the insured was below…
How the EU leadership wants to sanction Kremlin lobbyists
Gazprom If the EU Council agrees to removing Russian companies from the EU transparency register, their lobbyists would no longer have free access to the buildings of the EU Parliament…
How the EU leadership wants to sanction Kremlin lobbyists
Gazprom If the EU Council agrees to removing Russian companies from the EU transparency register, their lobbyists would no longer have free access to the buildings of the EU Parliament…
Politicians are demanding sanctions against the former chancellor
Berlin Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is coming under increasing pressure because of his connections to Russia. After the ex-SPD leader’s recent statements in an interview about the war in Ukraine,…
BDI calls for “Sprinter premium” for speedy renovations
Berlin The Federation of German Industries (BDI) warns the traffic light government against delaying the renovation of buildings. “Politics must finally set the course for the long overdue wave of…
Disempower the emperors – controllers are in demand
JP Morgan Jamie Dimon has stepped down as CEO. Investors would like to have him on board as President. (Photo: Reuters) Shareholders of US financial giant JP Morgan seem really…
Reform instead of reform
Chancellor Olaf Scholz Scholz presented the corporate tax reform when he was still the federal finance minister. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) was full of praise for himself. The…
New head of the Regulatory Control Council wants to reduce bureaucracy
“My predecessor, the former Bahn boss Johannes Ludewig, worked very hard in the background,” Goebel told the Handelsblatt. Goebel criticized that the economy was “not at the top of the…
Lutz Goebel becomes chairman of the National Regulatory Control Council
Lutz Gobel The 67-year-old is currently preparing to hand over the company to his daughter so that he can then concentrate fully on Johannes Ludewig’s successor on the Regulatory Control…
TTIP revision: Habeck rejects Lindner initiative
Robert Habeck (on the left) and Christian Lindner The Greens politician doesn’t think much of a TTIP condition, as proposed by the FDP leader. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin, Brussels The…
TTIP revision: Habeck rejects Lindner initiative
Robert Habeck (on the left) and Christian Lindner The Greens politician doesn’t think much of a TTIP condition, as proposed by the FDP leader. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin, Brussels The…
Business associations are learning lessons from the crisis
2G becomes 3G A restaurateur in Augsburg is changing the access rules for his pub. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It is now almost a year since Angela Merkel stepped in front…