Tag: Prime Minister’s Conference
Germany pace: Scholz disappoints the prime ministers
Construction site The traffic light coalition had agreed to enable faster construction. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal and state governments will not agree on a pact to speed up planning…
Federal and state governments reach mini-agreement on refugee costs
From left: Markus Söder, Prime Minister of Bavaria (CSU), Bodo Ramelow, Prime Minister of Thuringia (Die Linke), Dietmar Woidke, Prime Minister of Brandenburg (SPD), Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin…
Federal Minister of Justice Buschmann: “Countries can introduce compulsory insurance”
Berlin A mandatory insurance against natural hazards for buildings desired by the federal states will not be implemented by the federal government for the time being. Federal Minister of Justice…
The federal government gets scolding from the states
Flood disaster in the Ahr Valley So far, only about half of all residential property owners have natural hazard insurance. In the event of damage, these households face a financial…
Now the federal states have to deliver
Berlin The meeting between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Prime Minister ended as usual for such rounds: with a money commitment from the federal government to the states. Whether for…
Subscription for 49 euros turns local transport industry upside down
Berlin Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the 16 prime ministers quickly agreed: next year there will again be a nationwide valid ticket for local and regional transport. Not again…
49 euros: The Germany ticket is coming
Good morning dear readers, It is not the largest block of costs that the Chancellor haggled over yesterday with the Prime Ministers of the federal states, but the one with…
Relief: price brake, 49-euro ticket – results of the country conference
Prime Ministers Conference Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2nd from left, SPD), Stephan Weil (l, SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, and Hendrik Wüst (2nd from right, CDU), Prime Minister of…
Relief: price brake, 49-euro ticket – results of the country conference
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…
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…
Aldi plans food delivery service – click and shop
Good morning dear readers, Aldi Süd is planning what is probably the largest online offensive in the company’s history. In the USA, the discounter is testing a web shop for…
Municipalities warn against resistance to further refugees
Ukraine refugees in Brandenburg So far, Germany has taken in more than a million refugees from Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Before today’s federal-state meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the municipalities…
Aldi plans food delivery service – click and shop
Good morning dear readers, Aldi Süd is planning what is probably the largest online offensive in the company’s history. In the USA, the discounter is testing a web shop for…
Municipalities warn against resistance to further refugees
Ukraine refugees in Brandenburg So far, Germany has taken in more than a million refugees from Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Before today’s federal-state meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the municipalities…
Electricity price is capped at 40 cents – gas price brake is coming
Berlin The gas price brake is to take effect a month earlier than previously planned. This emerges from the decision proposed by the Chancellery for the Prime Ministers’ Conference on…
Reductions in energy costs from February
Demo in Stuttgart The relief should now reach households and companies a little earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The gas price brake is to take effect a month earlier than previously…
Reductions in energy costs from February
Demo in Stuttgart The relief should now reach households and companies a little earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The gas price brake is to take effect a month earlier than previously…
Ukraine conflict: Dispute over refugee costs
Berlin Olaf Scholz (SPD) has increased the pressure. The Chancellor said he hoped the federal and state governments would “quickly and quickly come to an agreement” on the costs of…
The scarce commodity of the PCR tests – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
If you read the current agency reports from top German politicians about their Corona policy, you will notice two types. Some reject easing, the second are against tightening. So it…
New figures on the shortage of skilled workers – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In addition to climate change, the shortage of skilled workers is probably one of the best-predicted crises in German history. The number of births in Germany peaked in 1964, after…