Tag: Traffic light coalition
Is the 2025 budget the breaking point of the traffic light coalition?
As of: April 19, 2024 6:25 a.m Today the individual departments should report their budgets for 2025 to Finance Minister Lindner. The deadline was postponed by two weeks. There are…
Paragraph 218: Abortion needs advice, not contempt – opinion
Paragraph 218 represents a never-ending story. It’s an infinitely bitter story. They have to be told when it comes to the legal handling of abortions. This story begins with the…
Study on media reporting on the Heating Act – Media
Did the media really report so unfairly about the law that broke the traffic lights? A new study has examined this. Spoiler: Heat pump specialists weren’t just missing from “Bild”.…
Germany may be breaking targets for railway modernization
As of: April 17, 2024 5:05 a.m The coalition agreement says it in black and white: By 2030, three quarters of the rails should be equipped with electric overhead lines.…
Climate protection: Traffic light agrees on new climate protection law – politics
After months of dispute, the leaders of the SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on reforming the climate protection law. Representatives of the three factions announced this on Monday. Accordingly,…
Basic child security: The tragedy of Minister Lisa Paus – Opinion
Basic child welfare is in danger of failing. The role that the responsible minister has in this disaster is obvious. Which is tragic for the coalition – but even more…
Right to abortion: Now is the chance. The risk too.
A commission of experts recommends that the federal government legalize abortions. This would be important for women. But there are reasons why that probably won’t happen, and they’re not all…
Coalition Committee: At least no dispute – politics
There were nights when political Berlin stared spellbound at the illuminated windows in the Chancellery, at who came out onto the balcony with whom. The coalition committee met inside, and…
Report: Owners’ association wants to sue against extended rent cap – politics
The owners’ association Haus und Grund wants to go to the Federal Constitutional Court against the planned extension of the rent cap. Association President Kai Warnecke announced this in the…
How the debt brake could be reformed
As of: April 10, 2024 5:25 p.m The SPD and the Greens want to reform the debt brake enshrined in the Basic Law. Economic research institutes also recommend “cautious adjustments”.…