Controversial legal politician At the CDU before being thrown out, at the union of values now the boss: Hans-Georg Maassen Hans-Georg Maassen is the new chairman of the Union of Values © Michael Reichel / DPA For "conservative values, against any kind of eco-socialism and gender wokism" - with these catchphrases the former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, conquered the hearts of the Union of Values. There he was elected chairman. The former...
Status: 01/28/2023 2:56 p.m The former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution Maassen has a new task: he was elected head of the right-wing conservative union of values. In view of repeated right-wing populist statements, the CDU is examining a party exclusion procedure against Maassen. The former president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, has been elected chairman of the right-wing conservative union of values. The group announced this on Twitter....
Status: 01/28/2023 2:04 p.m Germany's top constitutional protection officer Haldenwang accuses his predecessor of damaging his authority with "very radical statements". He sees "clearly anti-Semitic content" in Maassen's statements. The President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, has accused his predecessor Hans-Georg Maassen of damaging the authority with radical right-wing statements. "Because we are always associated with such things," said Haldenwang im "Interview of the Week" of Deutschlandfunks. Haldenwang, who has headed the office...
Status: 01/28/2023 12:33 p.m Thousands of employees at Deutsche Post also stopped working on Saturday. The trade union ver.di spoke of a high participation. The delivery of letters and parcels could sometimes be delayed by days. Around 13,500 Deutsche Post employees across Germany also stopped working on Saturday, the group announced. It is the third day in a row that employees are taking part in warning strikes called for by the ver.di trade union. According to Deutsche Post, the renewed...
wages Warning strikes at the post office: Every fifth package is left behind Postal workers at a rally in Halle. The Verdi union is calling for the warning strikes to continue. photo © Heiko Rebsch/dpa Day 6 in the postal warning strikes. Verdi continues to insist on 15 percent more money for employees. If you're waiting for a package or a letter, you might need a little patience. According to the company, every fifth package and every eleventh letter has...
Forvia presented a "tomorrow" cockpit at the CES in Las Vegas. The automotive supplier is thus significantly transforming the car of the future. Designer Andreas Wlasak talks to the star about the office function, energy-saving heating surfaces and real bonsai trees in the car. Cars are constantly changing. There are fewer switches and buttons, and even displays need to be replaced. The global automotive supplier Forvia is developing new types of cockpits that are intended to turn the interior of...
Status: 01/28/2023 07:28 a.m The ver.di trade union has called on Deutsche Post employees to continue the warning strikes on Saturday. Tens of thousands of employees nationwide had already stopped working on Thursday and Friday. The delivery of letters and parcels nationwide could be further delayed in some cases. In the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Post, employees in selected companies in the parcel and letter centers as well as in parcel, letter and group delivery are also called on...
The extension of the district office in Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, has been awarded as the best building in Germany. The architects Auer Weber, who designed it, won the competition for the renowned DAM Prize 2023 in Frankfurt on Friday.The original building from 1982 was "a mixture of Bavarian boathouse and traditional Japanese architecture," is how Peter Cachola Schmal, director of the German Architecture Museum (DAM), described the building on the lake. The jurors found the harmony between the existing building...
Baerbock Authority The Federal Foreign Office shakes heads internationally with a leopard emoji "Diplomatic fiasco": A tweet from the Federal Foreign Office with a leopard emoji was anything but witty for politicians in Africa © Achille Abboud The Federal Foreign Office in Berlin comments on the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to South Africa in a tweet – using an animal emoji. This backfires. A tweet by the Federal Foreign Office on the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Status: 01/27/2023 09:13 a.m Postman and parcel carriers are once again laying down their work in the collective bargaining dispute at Deutsche Post. The Ver.di union is demanding 15 percent more wages for around 160,000 employees. Ver.di has again called for warning strikes in the collective bargaining dispute with Deutsche Post. This was announced by the union. Employees in selected companies in the parcel and letter centers as well as in parcel, letter and network delivery are to take part...
