“The AfD is doing everything to harm Germany as a location”
Accusations of corruption, lack of a pension concept, migration policy: For the parliamentary director of the SPD parliamentary group, the AfD is a “real location risk” for Germany. Accusations of corruption and espionage have weighed on the AfD for weeks. The allegations have not been resolved for a long time, but the party leadership so […]
SPD rejects FDP proposal for improvements to pension package
Labor Minister Heil and Finance Minister Lindner have presented a reform package that will guarantee the pension level of 48 percent for the future. Is the package enough? The SPD has rejected demands from the FDP faction to improve the traffic light coalition’s pension package. “With Pension Package II, we are strengthening pensions in the […]
Strack-Zimmermann and SPD in a dispute – “low-level”
The traffic light dispute over Rolf Mützenich’s statements about the war in Ukraine escalates: a comrade jumps to the side of the SPD parliamentary group leader and attacks FDP woman Strack-Zimmermann. In the dispute over the right course in Ukraine policy, the tone between the SPD and the FDP defense expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann is becoming […]
Federal Attorney General is investigating the Taurus wiretapping case
Secret information was made public from a special meeting of the Defense Committee. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating possible “secret service activity.” The Federal Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating a wiretapped conversation between German officers about the Taurus cruise missile. This was said by a spokeswoman for the highest German prosecution authority in […]
Strack-Zimmermann wants to reduce the size of secret committees
Secret information was made public from a special meeting of the Defense Committee. The list of participants was long. The committee chair is now considering reducing the size of the group. The chairwoman of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, wants to reduce the number of participants at certain meetings in order to reduce the […]
Stricter punishments for abortion opponents decided
The federal government wants to protect pregnant women from harassment by abortion opponents. A corresponding draft law was passed in the federal cabinet. The federal government wants to protect pregnant women from harassment by abortion opponents. In the future, they will face a fine of up to 5,000 euros for so-called sidewalk harassment. A corresponding […]
SPD is sticking to cannabis legalization on April 1st – despite internal concerns
The Social Democrats are determined to legalize cannabis in Germany – despite internal concerns and questions about details. The SPD parliamentary group continues to strive for the law to legalize cannabis to be passed in the Bundestag “in a timely manner”. “We are sticking to that,” said parliamentary group leader Katja Mast in Berlin. At […]
The SPD party conference is under bad auspices
The SPD actually wanted to complete its planning for the party conference. But then news broke that the budget talks had failed. Uncertainty is growing among the SPD and the Greens. Kevin Kühnert is late. The SPD announced a hall tour of the Berlin CityCube on Thursday, planned to start at 3:45 p.m. But the […]
Budget 2024 will probably not be passed this year
The Bundestag will no longer pass the budget for 2024 this year. This emerges from an internal SMS to SPD MPs. There is still no agreement in the traffic light coalition’s financial dispute. According to the SPD parliamentary group leadership, the Bundestag will therefore not pass the 2024 budget before the end of the year. […]
Katja Mast expects “higher double-digit billion gap”
As a result of the Federal Constitutional Court’s budget ruling, the federal government has to compensate billions. This could be even higher than previously feared. According to SPD politician Katja Mast, the federal government will have to compensate for billions in the 2024 budget. “I am assuming a higher double-digit billion amount,” said the parliamentary […]
