there were Satire allowed – this has been debated ever since Satire giving What Satire Must be clearer: explain, expose, put your finger in the wound, expose and attack with humor. All this creates Jan Böhmermann Friday night in the “ZDF Magazine Royale” as he deals with the business of housing refugees. Unfortunately, he does … Read more
Mr. Heinemann, there has been a lot of talk recently about interest income from frozen Russian assets. This is supposedly intended to compensate for possible cuts in German aid to Ukraine. What kind of frozen money are we talking about?First of all, it is important to stress that the money whose interest we are talking … Read more
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One must truly be grateful to the ancient Babylonians that in ancient times they began to divide the year, day and night into twelve sections each. If this orientation did not exist, the traffic light coalition’s dispute over the 2025 federal budget would probably continue forever. But one thing is clear: A solution must be … Read more
Finance Minister Christian Lindner still sees a financing gap of around five billion euros in the federal budget for next year after the recent turbulence. But there is still plenty of time to find a viable solutionemphasised the FDP chairman in the summer interview on the ZDF programme “Berlin direct”. He will consult with Chancellor … Read more
SDP chairman Christian Lindner, who is also finance minister and vice chancellor in the government, is happy to keep his post The liberals from Germany’s Free Democratic Party (FDP) decided after an internal party poll to remain in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing tripartite coalition. The result is important because it gave an insight into attitudes … Read more
The FDP asked its members about remaining in the traffic light coalition. The result is just in favor of it. But the FDP will also have to make compromises in 2024. It is a wafer-thin majority with which the FDP is starting the new year: the member survey gives the party leadership support for remaining … Read more
The government wants to increase taxes and duties to plug the hole in the budget. But savings should also be made. Many details are unclear, for example when it comes to car buyers. And the farmer. For four weeks, the leaders of the traffic light coalition fought with each other, session after session, over the … Read more
France and Germany look at debt very differently. It starts with the language, explained Bruno Le Maire in an Arte documentary. In it, the French finance and economics minister said that the French term for debt (“la dette”) refers solely to financial debt. In Germany, on the other hand, the term has another level, that … Read more
The government coalition ministers and state secretaries spent a lot of money on their styling in 2023. A list shows the extent. To what extent does it increase? Federal Government Services related to external beauty? This question was answered by the ministers of the traffic light coalition, summarized in one published preliminary version. The small … Read more