Tag: reform
CDU wants higher taxes for top earners
CDU party leader Friedrich Merz In the grand coalition, the Christian Democrats had categorically ruled out tax increases. Now the position seems to be changing. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The CDU…
The Constitutional Council gives the green light to Macron’s controversial pension reform
Emmanuel Macron The president’s reform sparked protests. (Photo: AP) Paris French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform has cleared the final hurdle: the country’s Constitutional Council approved all the key…
The Constitutional Council gives the green light to Macron’s controversial pension reform
Emmanuel Macron The president’s reform sparked protests. (Photo: AP) Paris The controversial pension reform by French President Emmanuel Macron can come into force. On Friday, the Constitutional Council declared the…
The German government’s proposal to reform the EU debt rules is balanced
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner For a long time, the traffic light parties did not agree on the question of reforming the EU debt rules. (Photo: Reuters) It has been…
Lindner’s reform plan for EU debt rules has met with mixed responses
Christian Lindner The Federal Finance Minister has presented his own proposals for a reform of the EU debt rules. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels, Paris The federal government has received praise…
Again nationwide protests against pension reform
Paris After the unsuccessful talks between the French trade unions and the government on the pension reform, strikes and protests against the project are once again taking place in France.…
Federal government draws red lines for reform
The EU and the Federal Ministry of Finance are at odds over debt rules European Parliament in Brussels: A new agreement is to be reached for the EU debt regulation.…
Russia takes over the presidency of the UN Security Council – Zelensky calls for reform of the body
Volodymyr Zelensky “It is hard to imagine anything better demonstrating the complete bankruptcy of such institutions.” (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Russia’s rotational assumption of the presidency of the UN Security Council…
East country heads vent anger about hospital reform
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is used to criticism. The message from Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) was tough: The Federal Health Minister’s hospital reform should “under no circumstances become a…
East country heads vent anger about hospital reform
Berlin Karl Lauterbach is used to criticism. The message from Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) was tough: The Federal Health Minister’s hospital reform should “under no circumstances become a…
US government prepares plans for stricter banking regulations – banking reform in Italy too?
US bank regulators answer senators’ questions on SVB The US Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday launched leading US banking regulators on the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and…
National reform program Employers criticize the federal government’s lack of ambition for reform
Employer President Rainer Dulger “What really helps us entrepreneurs now so that the investment pipeline doesn’t run dry are clear priorities and the courage to change.” (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd Elmenthaler) Berlin…
Protests against French pension reform turn violent
Protests against pension reform The French demonstrated in several cities against President Macron’s plans. (Photo: IMAGO/IP3press) Paris/Nantes In France, the new protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms also turned…
Employers see Lauterbach’s reform as a “bureaucracy monster”
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health is working on a care reform. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin In order to stabilize the financial situation of social long-term care insurance, Federal…
Israel: Netanyahu postpones controversial judicial reform
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s prime minister dismissed defense minister Galant after he called for the controversial judicial reform to be halted. (Photo: dpa) Tel Aviv Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…
Employers see Lauterbach’s reform as a “bureaucracy monster”
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health is working on a care reform. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin In order to stabilize the financial situation of social long-term care insurance, Federal…
Netanyahu postpones debate on judicial reform
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s prime minister dismissed defense minister Galant after he called for the controversial judicial reform to be halted. (Photo: dpa) Jerusalem, Tel Aviv According to a coalition member,…
Netanyahu plans to speak to the nation on judicial reform in the morning
protests in Israel Protests against the reform have been going on for months. (Photo: dpa) Tel Aviv According to media reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to comment on…
President calls for judicial reform to be halted
protests in Israel Protests against the reform have been going on for months. (Photo: dpa) Tel Aviv Israel’s President Izchak Herzog has called for a halt to the controversial judicial…
This is how the country has benefited from Macron’s reform agenda
Paris More than a million people on the streets, more than 400 injured police officers, burning barricades: the protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform are becoming increasingly intense. A state…