Tag: Olaf Scholz
Public prosecutor’s office is investigating his state secretary
Osnabrück, Berlin The Osnabrück public prosecutor has initiated an investigation against the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Wolfgang Schmidt. The reason is the partial publication of a…
Armin Laschet’s election gifts would cost more than 10 billion euros
Berlin When Armin Laschet (CDU) presented his immediate program, two questions remained unanswered: How expensive will the relief it entails for the tax authorities? And how should that be financed?…
This is how other countries look at the German election
Madrid, Tokyo, Paris, London, Athens, Rome, Washington, Düsseldorf After the second triall, in which Europe, the USA, China, Russia and Afghanistan played no role, the judgment of the American foreign…
Olaf Scholz in the podcast: Who pays for climate protection?
“The next important step is the banking union,” said Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz at this year’s Handelsblatt banking summit. In an interview with Handelsblatt editor-in-chief Sebastian Matthes, the SPD…
Clear fronts, cramp after the general election
Europe column Every week Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
ARD & ZDF embarrass themselves in the triumph of the chancellor candidates
Three-way battle for the Chancellery Olaf Scholz (from left), Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet: The quality of the program was worse than that of the private broadcaster RTL. (Photo: obs)…
Insider unpacks about “Greenwashing” – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Today, at the beginning of this wake-up call, we want to take a deep breath in the campaign finals and, for a change, deal with Armin Laschet’s attempts to catch…
Rhetoric expert assesses body language in the TV triall
The Chancellor candidates Olaf Scholz (SPD), Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90 / The Greens) and Armin Laschet (CDU) On Sunday evening, the candidates met again in the second TV triall –…
The FIU is Olaf Scholz’s weak point
Olaf Scholz The Federal Minister of Finance wants to have as little as possible to do with the FIU. (Photo: imago images / Jan Huebner) The discussion about the inadequate…
Volker Bouffier on the election campaign: “It will be a tough final spurt”
In the remaining two weeks, the Union is trying to turn the mood with attacks against SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. Bouffier criticized the SPD for hiding behind its candidate…
Tax cuts for companies: DIHK calls for tax reform
Craft According to the Federal Central Tax Office, the average burden for companies in Germany in 2020 was 30 percent. (Photo: imago images / Future Image) Berlin Germany is and…
Armin Laschet, candidate without trust – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
was that the turning point of the turning point? Did Armin Laschet come across the studio like a thunderbird in the media self-exaltation of the “TV triell” and gave hope…
The Greens criticize Scholz for the lack of answers to the tax concept
Olaf Scholz at an election campaign appearance in Mannheim The SPD chancellor candidate presented key data for his tax concept in the summer. Did the calculations for this come from…
“Everyone pays for Scholz’s free beer”
Friedrich Merz The former head of the Union parliamentary group is also Vice President of the CDU Economic Council. (Photo: imago images / Rene Traut) Berlin The hope of the…
Those were the five big issues at the Triell
Berlin The triall was just underway for five minutes when it really clanked in the TV studio in Berlin-Adlershof. Something had fallen over. “The way it rumbles here in the…
Bundestag election: next triall of the candidates for chancellor
Olaf Scholz and Henry Maske The strategies of the two are very similar. When the candidates get back into the campaign ring in the second triall on Sunday evening, the…
“Everyone pays for Scholz’s free beer”
Friedrich Merz The former head of the Union parliamentary group is also Vice President of the CDU’s Economic Council. (Photo: imago images / Rene Traut) Berlin On the second TV…
Bundestag election: next triall of the candidates for chancellor
Armin Laschet strikes At the very beginning of the election campaign, the Union’s candidate for chancellor got in the mood for a bone tour of the marketplaces in a boxing…
Scholz, Baerbock & Laschet: 2nd TV trio of the candidates for chancellor
Berlin Every statement, every movement, every look counts: the closer the election evening approaches, the more closely the voters observe the candidates for chancellor. Who seems nervous, who is reaching…
Laschet relies on attack: SPD victory would jeopardize growth
Armin Laschet The Union’s candidate for chancellor has campaigned for support at the CSU party congress. (Photo: Reuters) Nuremberg With a lot of cheers and long applause, the CSU welcomed…