Tag: Traffic light coalition
What do you want from the traffic light coalition this year?
Traffic light coalition in the stress test What should the governing parties do better? (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf If there were general elections on Sunday, according to polls, the traffic light…
Fateful year for the liberals – an insecure FDP wants to encourage itself
Berlin Sebastian Czaja will kick things off. In the repeat election on February 12, the top candidate of the Berlin FDP must ensure that the Liberals make it into the…
Fateful year for the liberals – an insecure FDP wants to encourage itself
Berlin Sebastian Czaja will kick things off. In the repeat election on February 12, the top candidate of the Berlin FDP must ensure that the Liberals make it into the…
Energy price brakes & lower taxes: These relief packages will come in 2023
Berlin The sum is enormous: the federal government is relieving citizens and companies by almost 300 billion euros. Because of the high energy costs in 2022, the traffic light coalition…
Energy price brakes & lower taxes: These relief packages will come in 2023
Berlin The sum is enormous: the federal government is relieving citizens and companies by almost 300 billion euros. Because of the high energy costs in 2022, the traffic light coalition…
Economy calls for a reform from Finance Minister Lindner
Even if liberal economists and business representatives welcome this position, there is growing concern among some that compliance with the rule could be at the expense of necessary investments. “It…
This is how expensive social security could become for contributors by 2030
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health announces higher health insurance contributions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin A few days ago, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) announced new spending requests. Because of the…
SPD and FDP reprimand Annalena Baerbock for national security strategy
Berlin The domestic policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, Sebastian Hartmann, warns the Foreign Office headed by department head Annalena Baerbock (Greens) that the national security strategy will fail…
Rumors of a change of interior minister cause unrest in traffic lights
Berlin Politicians from the Greens and FDP have asked Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) to make a decision about their political future. Faeser must “quickly clarify the speculation about her…
How does the German economy need to change? NRW Prime Minister Wüst in an interview
The world economy is at a turning point. There is still a lot to do to make the industrial nation Germany fit for the future. Both the energy crisis and…
Real estate industry warns of dramatic slump in residential construction
View of residential buildings in East Berlin In 2021, 294,000 new homes were built, in 2022 it will probably be fewer. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of the high cost…
In many areas, citizens have long since lost sight of normality. The traffic light coalition will soon need a progress bang if it wants to live up to its claim.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), in the background Lisa Paus (Greens) The self-proclaimed progressive coalition has long since turned into a pragmatic alliance to prevent the worst, like many other coalitions…
Traffic light coalition wants to increase child benefit to 250 euros
child support Parents should receive significantly more child benefits from January. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Families can expect a far greater increase in child benefit for 2023 than previously planned. The…
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing wants to push ahead with large infrastructure projects
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) wants to present his own reform concept so that large infrastructure projects can progress more quickly. According to government circles, Wissing wants to…
FDP leader Christian Lindner calls for realignment of the traffic lights
Berlin Usually, the day after an election, party leaders try to talk up their own victories and downplay their defeats. But with the SPD and Greens everything was different on…
FDP leader Lindner calls for realignment of the traffic lights
Berlin After the state elections in Lower Saxony, FDP leader Christian Lindner sees the red-green-yellow government alliance under pressure. “The traffic light has lost its legitimacy,” said the Federal Minister…
Gas Commission agrees on proposals for a price brake and special payment
energy crisis The Gas Commission and the Federal Government are looking for ways to relieve private consumers and companies. (Photo: ddp/Panama Pictures) Berlin The gas price brake proposed by the…
State to pay deduction for December
energy crisis The federal government has been looking for ways to relieve private consumers and companies for months. (Photo: ddp/Panama Pictures) Berlin The gas price brake proposed by the Gas…
The Lower Saxony election is a wake-up call for the FDP
The state election in Lower Saxony is the fourth electoral defeat for the FDP this year. First the end in Saarland, then the loss of government participation in Schleswig-Holstein and…
State to pay deduction for December
Berlin On Monday morning, the commission of experts set up by the federal government was able to agree on an interim solution to cushion the rising gas prices for consumers…