Coalition agreed – now it’s about two pages of paper
At the last minute, the traffic light got the heating law into the Bundestag. A government crisis has been averted for the time being – but the dispute will continue. It’s never really easy with the threesome in the traffic light coalition. Not even on Tuesday evening just before half past five, when the threesome […]
Coalition dispute over the heating law – Mützenich annoyed by the FDP
Tense atmosphere in the coalition: The FDP continues to block the new heating law. The SPD increases the pressure. The planned heating law continues to cause disputes in the governing coalition. SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich criticized what he saw as the braking behavior of the coalition partner FDP: “I regret that, and that […]
Traffic light dispute over heating reform | Mützenich on the FDP: “That annoys me”
Tense atmosphere in the coalition: The FDP continues to block the new heating law. The SPD increases the pressure. The planned heating law continues to cause disputes in the governing coalition. SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich criticized what he saw as the braking behavior of the coalition partner FDP: “I regret that, and that […]
Greens want more funding – FDP against it
The controversy over the heating exchange continues. The Greens want to support low earners in particular more, but the traffic light partners do not have the support they need. The Greens in the Bundestag have presented a concept for replacing the heating system with greater social differentiation and higher state funding. Financial support should be […]
“These people don’t need the money from the state”
The new traffic light heating law still has to go through the Bundestag. The SPD parliamentary group leader wants to exclude people with high incomes from the funding. The federal government and the SPD parliamentary group disagree on how the planned heating replacement should be funded. “It’s no secret that we Social Democrats want to […]
Volker Wissing sets federal states deadline
The federal states have until the end of April to agree to the conditions for faster motorway expansion. Now it is up to the state governments. After the Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) announced that he wanted to speed up the expansion of certain motorway projects in Germany, sharp criticism was now stirring in […]
Christian Lindner wants to save on social spending
According to a report, Finance Minister Lindner is planning a €20 billion austerity package. The traffic light budget dispute intensified. According to a report, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is planning a savings package with a possible volume of up to 20 billion euros. He wants to close the funding gaps in the 2024 […]
Rolf Mützenich agrees with Macron’s Taiwan statements: “He’s right”
Macron has been widely criticized for statements about Taiwan. But now he jumps to the side of the SPD parliamentary group leader Mützenich. Praise also comes from China. Most recently made statements by French President Emmanuel Macron about China and Taiwan met with strong criticism in German politics. “Macron seems to have been abandoned by […]
Annalena Baerbock in China: Difficult starting position due to large maneuvers
After the major Chinese maneuvers off Taiwan and the controversial statements made by the French President, the starting point for Baerbock’s trip to China is difficult. What can she achieve? The most important things at a glance Annalena Baerbock is now familiar with delicate trips: the Foreign Minister met her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in […]
Schwarzer and Wagenknecht demand “peace”: A bottomless insolence
Sahra Wagenknecht, Alice Schwarzer and like-minded people are calling for “peace” for the Ukraine. They don’t have solid arguments, but plenty of flimsy ones. Says publicist Liane Bednarz. Maybe it really is a German phenomenon, letter-writing, i.e. writing open letters against Ukraine. In the meantime, three such letters have already appeared: starting with “The open […]
