The federal government will apparently stop payments to private sea rescuers. Chancellor Olaf Scholz seems to agree with this. According to a media report, the federal government is no longer planning to make payments to private sea rescuers next year. As “Bild” reported, citing the Federal Foreign Office’s partial budget for 2024, there is no … Read more
Heating with gas A reduced VAT of seven percent applies to gas until the end of March 2024. (Photo: IMAGO/Wolfgang Maria Weber) Düsseldorf Anyone who heats with oil or gas will have to reckon with greater price increases in the future than in the past. The federal government has drawn up a new plan for … Read more
Kiel (dpa / lno) – The FDP sees Schleswig-Holstein’s Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) under strong pressure to act. The head of department must make significant corrections after the parliamentary summer break, said Christopher Vogt, head of the state parliamentary group, to the German Press Agency. Prien has been Minister of Education for over six … Read more
In the coalition dispute over basic child security, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has again rejected the accusation of not providing enough money for families. “There is no saving when it comes to families, children and education. On the contrary: We are providing record funds,” Lindner told the Funke newspapers on Friday. “In view … Read more
Justice, goddess of justice Financial investors are currently not allowed to invest in law firms in Germany, but abroad they are. (Foto: Photodisc/Getty Images) Frankfurt So far, lawyers in Germany have been something like pharmacists. Only a pharmacist can run a pharmacy, but an optician can also sell his business to an investor and be employed … Read more
BERLIN – The rail network is partly ailing, the result is unpunctual trains – Minister of Transport Volker Wissing WIESBADEN – German industry slightly expanded its production at the beginning of the second quarter. Total production rose by 0.3 percent in April compared to the previous month, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office in … Read more
In Berlin, the German private equity industry has just celebrated a fine success: its lobby association BVK welcomed Finance Minister Christian Lindner as a speaker at the annual meeting in the morning and Economics Minister Robert Habeck in the afternoon. Both were warmly received by the hundreds of listeners: not just the head of the … Read more
Bremen (dpa / lni) – The FDP federal chairman Christian Lindner criticized the climate protection package of the red-green-red Bremen Senate worth billions during an election campaign appearance in Bremen. “Here in Bremen, climate change is now being declared a general crisis over the next few years and decades in order to circumvent the debt … Read more
AOn Thursday, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) will announce from far away Japan what the federal, state and local governments can expect in terms of tax revenue up to the year 2028. Most recently, 993 billion euros were forecast for the next year, of which 390 billion euros are attributable to the federal government. After … Read more
Von: Jan W. Schäfer and ELias Sedlmayr Before the refugee summit on Wednesday, the government plans to drastically tighten its migration policy. The most surprising move comes from the FDP: the governing party wants asylum seekers to receive benefits in kind instead of money. With this, the smallest traffic light partner is once again standing … Read more