Tag: Traffic light coalition
Karlsruhe stops voting on heating law – reactions – politics
Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz sees the constitutional court’s stop on a Bundestag vote on the heating law as a “severe defeat for Olaf Scholz’s federal government,” as he…
Federal Constitutional Court brakes advice on the heating law – politics
The Bundestag has to postpone its decision on the so-called heating law – the Federal Constitutional Court is forcing it to suspend the appointment planned for Friday this week. This…
Federal Constitutional Court stops vote on building energy law – politics
The Federal Constitutional Court stopped the planned passage of the controversial heating law in the Bundestag on Friday in an urgent procedure. The highest German court in Karlsruhe announced on…
Lindner and the hot potato parental allowance – politics
Christian Lindner is too late. At 2:28 p.m., the Federal Finance Minister and head of the FDP entered the foyer of the federal press conference on Wednesday, where he was…
Government survey with Chancellor Olaf Scholz – politics
Shortly before the summer break of the Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) faces the MPs again in a government survey. At the beginning, Scholz gives a short speech, after which…
How the Greens and FDP argue about parental allowance
Status: 05.07.2023 11:29 am Family Minister Paus has to save – and starts with parental allowance for higher-earning couples. The coalition partner FDP does not like that at all. And…
Social affairs, Bundeswehr, traffic: What the traffic light spends money on
background Status: 07/05/2023 07:35 a.m Social affairs, Bundeswehr, transport: The budget draft contains a few big chunks, but savings are made nonetheless. What the traffic light wants to spend money…
No more parental allowance for higher earners: Paus wants to set the limit at 150,000 euros per household. – Politics
In the last week of the session before the parliamentary summer break, a new dispute broke out within the traffic light coalition. The focus is on the announcement by Federal…
Basic child security: A chancellor’s letter for every reading
According to a letter from Olaf Scholz, the opinions of the Greens and the FDP on basic child security continue to differ. Family Minister Paus is now to present concepts.…
Bundestag: coalition blocks underground committee on cum-ex politics
A meeting of the Rules of Procedure Committee of the German Bundestag rarely makes headlines, but on this last Tuesday before the parliamentary summer recess, it makes some history. Nobody…