The national debt continues to explode! Because of the poor economic situation, the federal government wants to take on five billion euros more in debt in 2025, according to a paper from the Ministry of Economic Affairs (available from BILD). Background: The federal government has revised its economic forecast significantly downwards. It assumes a decline … Read more
The traffic light coalition wanted to review the Corona policy. But that probably won’t happen anymore. She has already fallen out over the format. The Greens no longer expect that the traffic light coalition can agree on dealing with Corona. “To my great regret, I now have to realize that there is no common agreement … Read more
Good morning, dear reader, At the weekend I listened to a speech by AfD leader Alice Weidel in front of her base in Ulm. She wasn’t particularly committed, especially given the fact that Weidel was applying for the top candidacy in her home association. By AfD standards, it’s an average speech that the 45-year-old gives … Read more
The board of the FDP Ratingen has Dr. Markus Sondermann was unanimously nominated as mayoral candidate for the 2025 local elections. The lawyer Markus Sondermann has been working as a labor lawyer in the private sector for decades and has been parliamentary group leader of the FDP in the Ratingen city council since 2020. “With … Read more
The German Foundation for Patient Protection accuses the traffic light of turning the planned Corona investigation into a “tragedy”. «It’s not a bad thing to make mistakes. The only bad thing is not wanting to learn from mistakes,” said board member Eugen Brysch to the German Press Agency in Berlin. News Z+ (subscription content); Hospital … Read more
Bursting dams, Green Party sadness and Jositsch’s trainer pants: these five moments reveal Switzerland’s slide to the right The SVP won the 2023 elections and is capitalizing on this, especially in the National Council. Leftists, on the other hand, rely on a historical trump card. It was at the first commission meeting that Aline Trede … Read more
Civil parties prevail in the Olten parliament: the successor project to the SIP is rejected Previous results are not measurable enough, examine alternatives or sometimes more, sometimes less or no street work: There is great criticism of the continuation of the divided project of security, intervention and prevention. The deal is due to be reconsidered … Read more
Violation of the ban on discrimination: caretaker collects money to pay fine A municipal employee loses his job due to verbal misconduct. The public prosecutor’s office deals with the incident and issues a fine of 2,200 francs. The caretaker launches an online fundraising campaign and is surprised. It wasn’t meant to be, and yet it … 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
What is so unusual about a party granting a loan to a board member, which has of course since been repaid, that one would consider this to be embezzlement? What I still don’t understand is that for years I have been giving money to the homeless party, so much so that in 2010 we actually … Read more