Tag: federalism
Real estate in Germany: Less new social housing – economy
If the federal government had its way, all hell would break loose on Germany’s construction sites. How wildly it would have to be excavated and bricked, sawn and hammered to…
Less new social housing – economy
If the federal government had its way, all hell would break loose on Germany’s construction sites. How wildly it would have to be excavated and bricked, sawn and hammered to…
Race against abortion bans – Politics
Oklahoma goes the furthest. The state in the middle of the USA wants to ban abortions altogether. Exceptions should only apply to save the life of the mother. Governor Kevin…
Nursing homes: why Bavaria has to implement compulsory vaccination – politics
People have probably just gotten used to the fact that Bavaria, always referred to as the Free State in this context, likes to go its own way. They do some…
Söder’s compulsory vaccination separatism violates the rules of federalism – opinion
comment by Wolfgang Janisch German federalism has always been interpreted white and blue in Bavaria. First comes Bavaria, then Bavaria, then the rest of the republic. But what Markus Söder…
Corona: The buck game – politics
It is not that warnings were missing or that the dynamics of the corona pandemic were “really unpredictable”, as Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) maintained at the end of…
Federal states: With Corona, the regulation frenzy reaches absurd proportions
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Disaster control: who is responsible for what in Germany – politics
Disaster control in Germany is complicated. If it comes to extreme rainfall with floods and floods, as most recently in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, but also in Bavaria and Saxony,…