Cities, municipalities and counties have long complained about problems in housing a growing number of migrants. The Union now wants to put pressure on the federal government. Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz and parliamentary group interior expert Alexander Throm have accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of inaction in view of the problems in the municipalities with the accommodation of migrants. "Chancellor Scholz has still not heard a word about the migration crisis, but for the CDU/CSU the issue has...
The Union faction in the Bundestag unanimously supported a constitutional complaint against the electoral law reform decided by the traffic light coalition. As soon as the law comes into force, the attorneys-in-fact would file an abstract judicial review complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. Participants at the parliamentary group meeting in Berlin said they want to have it checked to see whether the new electoral law passed by the governing coalition is constitutional. The parliamentary group will also...
Bundestag Union faction: Signal for lawsuit against electoral law reform The deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group: Thorsten Frei. photo © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa The CDU/CSU are sticking to their lawsuit in Karlsruhe against the traffic light electoral reform. The non-allocation of mandates and the omission of the basic mandate clause is unconstitutional. The head of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag assumes that a lawsuit will be filed in Karlsruhe, despite the latest traffic light proposals for...
migration Union faction leader for "Federal Agency for Immigration" According to the CDU chairman Friedrich Merz, an immigration agency should actively recruit foreign specialists. photo © Kay Nietfeld/dpa The CDU and CSU have long criticized that the traffic light government is mixing labor market and asylum policies. The Union is now presenting its own proposals to attract more foreign skilled workers. The head of the Union faction in the Bundestag wants to regulate the immigration of foreign skilled workers to...
migration Union faction leadership wants "Federal Agency for Immigration" According to the CDU chairman Friedrich Merz, an immigration agency should actively recruit foreign skilled workers. photo © Kay Nietfeld/dpa The Union accuses the traffic light government of wanting to mix labor market and asylum policy. Now she makes a proposal. The accommodation of refugees should also be discussed. The head of the Union faction in the Bundestag wants to regulate the immigration of skilled workers to Germany with its own...
European Union EU: Group leaders agree to anti-corruption reforms The then Vice-President of the EU Parliament, Eva Kaili, is the focus of a corruption scandal. photo © Eric Vidal/European Parliament/dpa The corruption scandal in the EU Parliament surrounding former Vice President Eva Kaili has caused a lot of excitement. Now they want to learn from the mistakes and initiate anti-corruption reforms. After the bribery scandal surrounding former Vice President Eva Kaili, the chairmen of the parliamentary groups in the European...
migration Union faction leadership demands refugee summit with Scholz CDU politician Thorsten Frei calls for a summit that shouldn't just be about distributing the costs of taking in and accommodating refugees. photo © Soeren Stache/dpa States and municipalities complain about the refugee accommodation and feel overwhelmed. The demand for a debate on "limiting asylum migration" is getting louder. In view of the increasing problems with the accommodation of refugees, the head of the Union faction has called for a summit...
In the lists of the AfD in Swabia and Lower Bavaria, all members of the state parliament have prevailed in the top places. As reported by participants, the Swabian AfD district leader Christoph Maier came first at the event in Mindelheim on Sunday, and parliamentary group leader Ulrich Singer only came second. However, Singer only ran for this position. He is followed by MP Gerd Mannes, who previously lost to Maier in the vote on list leadership.In the 2018 election,...
At the beginning of the election year, the quarreling AfD faction is trying to unite itself: Unlike previous retreats, the MPs adopted a position paper at their winter retreat, in "harmony" and "across the breadth of the faction," as faction leader Ulrich Singer emphasized on Thursday. In parliamentary group circles, there is talk of a "truce" that should apply until the election between the camps. The AfD wants to distinguish itself with many of its classic and sharpened positions, for...
House of Representatives After Pelosi: Jeffrie's first black faction leader Hakeem Jeffries leads the Democrats in the House of Representatives. photo © Lenin Nolly/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Pelosi was the first female speaker of the House of Representatives - she is now succeeded by Hakeem Jeffries. He is the first black faction leader. But he will be significantly less powerful than his predecessor. The US Democrats have completed a generational change at the top and elected Hakeem Jeffries as the first...
