Tag: reform
Macron’s government survives vote of no confidence – but protests against pension reform continue
Paris In the end, it was nine votes that saved French President Emmanuel Macron and his pension reform for the time being. The National Assembly in Paris rejected a motion…
The electoral reform is poison for the political culture
Bundestag It is not self-evident that politics restricts itself, as it is now doing with the electoral reform. (Photo: dpa) How excited everyone wasn’t about the ever-growing Bundestag. There was…
MEPs vote for electoral reform
Bundestag According to the original draft, the Bundestag should always have 598 seats. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The members of the Bundestag agree to the electoral law reform. Of the…
MEPs vote for electoral reform
Bundestag According to the original draft, the Bundestag should always have 598 seats. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Berlin The members of the Bundestag agree to the electoral law reform. Of the…
The most important questions and answers on the electoral reform
Berlin After a long and bitter dispute, the Bundestag will decide on the electoral law reform of the traffic light coalition this Friday. The project is strictly rejected by the…
For whom Riester can still be worthwhile
Frankfurt Riester savers have to brace themselves for sobering numbers these days. Because the providers of the more than three million subsidized old-age provision contracts with funds send out their…
Macron pushes pension reform past Parliament – and risks political crisis
Paris The dispute over the pension reform has brought dramatic hours to French politicians. In the afternoon, President Emmanuel Macron finally decided to enact the law using a constitutional tweak…
Lindner insists on guarantees for the Stabipact reform
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe Brussels The reform of the European debt rules is likely to be delayed again. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner called…
France’s Senate approves pension reform in first reading
Emmanuel Macron Despite protests, the French President wants to push through the pension reform. (Photo: via REUTERS) Paris France’s Senate voted in favor of the government’s controversial pension reform in…
Despite the wave of strikes, Macron remains on course with the pension reform
Paris France is taking to the streets and the President is silent: Emmanuel Macron seems to be standing above the protests against his pension reform these days. “To date, there…
US Senators to Re-present Crypto Tax Reform Bill
US senators Patrick McHenry and Ritchie Torres are preparing to reintroduce a tax reform bill for crypto. According to the news presented by local media Punchbowl, Senator Patrick McHenry And…
Funds see a big gap in Lauterbach’s care reform
Karl Lauterbach The health insurance companies criticize the care reform of the health minister. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin The nursing care funds are empty, at the same time more…
The protesters against pension reform are fighting the wrong fight
Pension protests in Paris The spread of strikes in the energy sector endangers the French economy. (Photo: IMAGO/IP3press) When it comes to pension reform, the French unions show no mercy.…
Israel’s judicial reform is an anti-democratic coup
For weeks, Israelis across the country have been protesting against a planned judicial reform that they see as a threat to democracy. The reform empowers Parliament to overturn Supreme Court…
Economy calls for reform of shipping administration
Berlin An alliance of industry, trade and the mobility economy is increasing the pressure on Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) to reform the Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) with…
Development aid needs fundamental reform
We have to face an uncomfortable truth – and we have to act. The impact of human activity on our planet poses a threat to livelihoods and threatens to destroy…
Reform of the EU debt rules threatens to fail – “So not acceptable”
Brussels Ten months is not a long time in politics, especially not in Brussels. This is how much time the Europeans have to adapt their fiscal rules to the post-corona…
Israeli President raises alarm over controversial judicial reform
Tel Aviv Israeli President Isaac Herzog warns of a “constitutional and social collapse” in the country. In an emotional television speech on Sunday, he called on both the coalition government…
Germany fears disadvantages in the reform of the European electricity market
high voltage line The federal government, together with other EU members, warns of damage to the expansion of renewable energies, competition and cross-border electricity trading. (Photo: dpa) Brussels It sounds…
Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks want to reform the security system
Volks- und Raiffeisenbank (VR) The German cooperative banks are considering adjusting their security scheme again. It should take the risks of individual financial institutions even more into account. (Photo: imago…