The head of government has no intention of letting go of her Minister of Labor despite her setbacks with the law. Elisabeth Borne indeed reiterated on Tuesday "all [sa] trust” to Olivier Dussopt, on the front line on pension reform and suspected of favoritism.“At the heart of our democracy, there is a principle, the presumption of innocence. And I want to express all my confidence, all the confidence of the President of the Republic, in Olivier Dussopt, who is a...
theatre Director Flimm died – Scholz appreciates confidence Director Jürgen Flimm has died at the age of 81. photo © picture alliance/dpa/Archive Jürgen Flimm was one of the leading directors in the German-speaking world. Now the multiple director has died. Chancellor Scholz also pays tribute to him. The director and director Jürgen Flimm is dead. He died on Saturday at the age of 81 in Hamelwörden northwest of Hamburg, as the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden announced. Federal Chancellor...
An offense of "favoritism" was retained by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) against the Minister of Labour. However, Olivier Dussopt keeps “all the confidence of the Prime Minister”, indicated this Saturday Matignon.The PNF retained this "favouritism" offense for a future trial which will relate to a public contract concluded at the end of the 2000s with the Saur group. The minister, at the forefront of pension reform, "challenges" the idea of an "arrangement" with a water treatment distribution group...
Status: 01/25/2023 1:13 p.m "That's nonsense": Some people have a clear opinion on scientific knowledge - and often precisely these people rate their own level of knowledge as high. However, an analysis shows that this is not always justified. Whether it's vaccines, the climate crisis or genetically modified organisms: some scientific topics sometimes evoke conflicting and very strong opinions. But how do people come to such firm opinions about research findings? That has a current study examined. Less educated reject...
Status: 01/25/2023 11:22 a.m At the beginning of the year, the mood in the executive floors of German companies brightened for the fourth month in a row. While expectations were better, companies were less satisfied with current business. At the turn of the year, the mood in the German economy improved for the fourth time in a row. The ifo business climate rose in January to 90.2 points from 88.6 points in the previous month, as the Munich Institute announced...
If there was an award for the Coach fox of the weekend, this would go to Alfred Gislason. On Saturday, the handball national coach had criticized his player Juri Knorr for his bad passes with surprising clarity, on Sunday Knorr immediately showed his best performance so far in the German selection. He scored 13 goals in the 33:31 friendly win against Iceland, including eight successful penalty kicks in nine attempts. After the game, Knorr had to work an extra shift...
Dissatisfaction with Secretary of Defense Chancellor Scholz "of course" still has confidence in Lambrecht Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (both SPD) © Action Press Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) also had public support from Chancellor Olaf Scholz after her New Year's Eve video, as a government spokesman confirmed. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has expressed his confidence in his widely criticized Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD). When asked in Berlin on Wednesday whether Lambrecht would continue to...
According to the Forsa ranking, no other political institution has lost as much trust as the Federal Chancellor within a year. Is the citizen's belief in the democratic system fading – or is the government just the victim of its own success? After a year as head of government, Olaf Scholz was quite satisfied with himself and his coalition. "I think we managed quite a lot in the first year of this coalition, despite all the challenges," said the chancellor...
Chancellor's New Year's speech "Our cohesion is our greatest asset": Scholz calls for confidence for 2023 See the video: "Our cohesion is our greatest asset": Scholz calls for confidence for 2023.Excerpts from Chancellor Olaf Scholz's New Year's speech:"Dear fellow citizens, a difficult year is coming to an end tonight. No annual review is missing the pictures of February 24, when the first Russian rockets hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa and other Ukrainian cities at dawn. Putin is waging an imperialist...
Chancellor's New Year's speech "Our cohesion is our greatest asset": Scholz calls for confidence for 2023 See the video: "Our cohesion is our greatest asset": Scholz calls for confidence for 2023.Excerpts from Chancellor Olaf Scholz's New Year's speech:"Dear fellow citizens, a difficult year is coming to an end tonight. No annual review is missing the pictures of February 24, when the first Russian rockets hit Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa and other Ukrainian cities at dawn. Putin is waging an imperialist...