Lindner explains supplementary budget: “We would rather spend money on the future than on interest”

Lindner explains supplementary budget: “We would rather spend money on the future than on interest”

The Bundestag Presidium has scheduled 68 minutes for the debate on the 2023 supplementary budget this Friday morning. In order to pass it, the government factions must again decide on an emergency because Germany will have to take on more debt than planned. The dispute is not just about the budget for the current year. … Read more

That is why the debt brake should also be suspended in 2024 | News from around the world

That is why the debt brake should also be suspended in 2024 |  News from around the world

Not all debts are the same – this is easy to understand in private. A loan to finance a property you use yourself makes sense – as long as the property is not overpriced and the borrower can meet the monthly interest and repayment installments. In this case, debt is a means of building wealth. … Read more

Cuts to Integration, Political Education, and Fake News Initiatives: Threats to Democracy and Social Cohesion

Cuts to Integration, Political Education, and Fake News Initiatives: Threats to Democracy and Social Cohesion

The AfD is strong, and the traffic light wants to save – of all places where cohesion in democracy is at stake. Three examples. Some MPs were certainly also at one of the Unteilbar demos, here in Berlin in June 2020 Photo: Sebastian Wells/Ostkreuz Integration Whether it’s support in the asylum procedure, when arriving in … Read more