Tag: Bettina Stark-Watzinger
Education Minister sees schools as having a responsibility to prepare children for war – politics
Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) sees schools as having a responsibility to prepare young people for war. Society in Germany must prepare for crises, “from a pandemic to natural…
Education: What should change with Bafög
Study start-up aid, longer funding, but no more money every month: The cabinet approves the FDP Ministry of Education’s draft law. Resistance is to be expected in the Bundestag. Answers…
Research Minister announces catching up with AI – economy
Open detailed view Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, speaking here at the Epiphany meeting of the FDP in January. (Photo: THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP) With a new AI action…
Free Democrats: Torn and "combative"
Before its party conference, the FDP hopes to get back on track despite a series of defeats in state elections. How sustainable is this purposeful optimism? source site
International Relations: A Liberal on a Sensitive Mission
No government aircraft, a warning from the Federal Foreign Office and a protest note from China: Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger is entering difficult territory with her trip to Taiwan. source…
Education summit with Minister Stark-Watzinger: What did the meeting bring? – Politics
The title of the first education summit in 15 years should sound a bit like hope. However, it was already clear before the start of the meeting in Berlin that…
Energy flat rate for students on the “home stretch” – politics
Those who study often have to make do with little money. This group is particularly affected by the increased costs for heating and electricity. As early as last September, the…
Energy aid for students: broken promises – opinion
comment by Johan Schloemann For months, some students have lived only on toast and cheap cheese. The old romantic tale of the poor but knowledge-hungry student loses its appeal. Because…
Fracking and nuclear power: the ideas of the FDP unsettle the Greens – politics
The party leader made the first serve himself: At the Epiphany meeting of the FDP in the Stuttgart Opera, a cheerful Christian Lindner demanded that Germany, “this country of engineers…
Schools: Do more performance incentives help against teacher shortages? – Politics
In the fight against the shortage of teachers in Germany, Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger proposes creating more performance incentives for teachers. “It must be more worthwhile to work for…