1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    Paneele, bei denen sich die Solarzellen zwischen zwei Glasscheiben befinden. Sie gelten als besonders belastbar und langlebig. Die Nachricht aus Dresden kam unmittelbar, nachdem Bundestag und Bundesrat Ende vergangene Woche das „Solarpaket 1“ verabschiedet hatten. In dem Paket ist der lange von der Branche erhoffte „Resilienzbonus“ – ein Zuschlag bei der Einspeisevergütung für Solaranlagen mit...

  2. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    die Fraktionschefs von SPD, Grünen und FDP die Einigung über die Änderung des Klimaschutzgesetzes und des Solarpakets, bereits in der Woche darauf soll beides durch den Bundestag und den Bundesrat gepeitscht werden. Der Ampel ist wie etwa beim Heizungsgesetz wieder einmal nicht klar, dass interne Verhandlungen das übliche parlamentarische Prozedere keineswegs ersetzen. Immerhin: Ein großer Wurf...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    die Fraktionschefs von SPD, Grünen und FDP die Einigung über die Änderung des Klimaschutzgesetzes und des Solarpakets, bereits in der Woche darauf soll beides durch den Bundestag und den Bundesrat gepeitscht werden. Der Ampel ist wie etwa beim Heizungsgesetz wieder einmal nicht klar, dass interne Verhandlungen das übliche parlamentarische Prozedere keineswegs ersetzen. Immerhin: Ein großer Wurf...

  4. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    durch die längeren Sommer mehr Wasser aus dem Boden und bei Hitze steigt auch der Wasserkonsum des Menschen. Höchste Zeit also, sich über nachhaltige Wasserstrategien Gedanken zu machen... * Bundesrat | Subventionen | Sanktionen Subventions­abbau und Kürzungen Agrar­diesel, Klinik-Atlas, Digitalisierung: Was der Bundesrat sonst noch entschieden hat Die Länder haben am Freitag nicht nur beim...

  5. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    like to tell others the rules, and their followers are just as happy to agree. The supporters of the Führer principle need, even beg, for clear statements; A joint proposal from the Bundestag and Bundesrat to ban the AfD would be such a clear announcement. Determined and consistent action is the method of choice, especially when it comes to countering agitators. These wannabe leaders...

  6. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    change so that the highest German court can be protected from attacks by the AfD in an emergency. This would only be possible together because it requires a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag and Bundesrat. The project is a reaction to the rise of the partly right-wing extremist party and the recently announced plans for “remigration”. But it is also a reaction...

  7. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    the AfD All of Germany is discussing a possible ban on the right-wing extremist AfD, the Volksverpetzer petition on the Innn.it platform, which has reached over 720.000 signatures, is accepted by the Federal Council. The current ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court against the NPD (which has renamed itself “Die Heimat”), which withdraws party funding, also shows what is necessary to ban...

  8. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    are being put in place, while hardly any efforts are being made to get out of the current spiral of escalation... * France | Switzerland | Mobile phones | SAR value device radiation: Federal Council opposes control Over 40 mobile phones have so far failed French safety tests. Switzerland continues to deliberately look the other way. A few months ago there was also...

  9. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    Anchored in memory is a cumbersome instrument tied to extremely strict requirements. In 2003, applications to ban the NPD from all three authorized bodies - the federal government, the Bundestag and the Bundesrat - failed miserably because the party was riddled with too many informants. A second application for a ban against the NPD was also rejected by the Federal Constitutional Court in 2017... *...

  10. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    high. A political party can only be banned in the Federal Republic by the Federal Constitutional Court. The federal government, the Bundestag or the Bundesrat can submit the application for such a ban. For parties that are only organized in one federal state, also the respective state government. Whether such a ban is submitted is initially a political decision...

  11. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    the lobbyists receive more access passes than all delegations from the ten countries most vulnerable to global warming... * Reform | Transport transition | Power politics StVO reform failed for the time being Federal Council stops paradigm shift in traffic The Union and the SPD are working together to slow down the Greens and the municipalities: Because only power politics and not factual politics count, traffic safety and...

  12. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    smart tax - October 1, 2023 - 5:28 This will change in October 2023 - News Laws and Taxes * tagesschau - September 29, 2023 - 6:51 Industrial electricity price in the Federal Council Playlist - Radioactivity worldwide... There are over 150 videos in this playlist on the topic The search engine Ecosia plants trees! Electricity tax https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Electricity tax ZEIT ONLINE April 7, 2023 -...

  13. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    shipped It sounds like a megalomaniacal plan: Swiss scientists want to dispose of CO2 emissions from the small country in Iceland - and have already started. [...] The Federal Council in Switzerland decided in 2019 that the country should become climate neutral by 2050, similar to the European Union. But in order to achieve this, emissions must also be reduced in areas...

  14. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    Hydrogen produced is therefore considered sustainable and worthy of funding. This could cause a dispute between Germany and France, which are divided on the nuclear issue... * Bundesrat | Whistleblower Federal Council blocks: What bothers the states about the whistleblower law More than a year ago, Germany should have introduced better protection for whistleblowers. So...

  15. Newsletter VI 2023 - February 5th to 11th - News+ War is peace, peace is war

    “Tagesschau” has been talking about the climate crisis more and more frequently since 2018. Until then, however, it had hardly been an issue, and even now there is still “a lot of room for improvement,” as the study says... * Federal Council | Whistleblower Federal Council overturns whistleblower law The Federal Council is overturning the whistleblower law passed by the Bundestag in December. It saw expanded protection and more...

  16. Newsletter IV 2023 - January 22nd to 28th - News+ How the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann plays down her proximity to the armaments lobby

    before twelve... * Switzerland | Security Peace | Profit The war profiteers As in the Second World War, Switzerland is once again one of the war profiteers today. The Swiss Federal Councilor Ignazio Cassis spoke to the conscience of the veto powers in the UN Security Council - these are the USA, Russia, China, France and Great Britain. It was about the rule of law among nations....

  17. Newsletter L 2022 - December 15th to 19th - News+ Criminalization of activists of the last generation

    may be; otherwise you can claim damages. The traffic light factions voted in favor, the Union and AfD voted against, and the Left abstained. The law still has to go through the Federal Council. [...] The organization Transparency International Germany praised improvements, but still sees room for improvement. It is crucial that there should also be anonymous reporting channels in the future...

  18. Newsletter XLVII 2022 - November 24th to 30th - News+ More garbage to Grafenrheinfeld: The Schweinfurt action alliance against nuclear power is concerned

    Nuclear power plants until April Nuclear power opponents want to block Neckarwestheim 2 Nuclear power opponents have announced a sit-in at the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant for Saturday. On Friday, the Federal Council approved the life extensions for the three remaining nuclear power plants in Germany until mid-April. Today, opponents of nuclear power want to express their discontent on site in Neckarwestheim (district...

  19. Newsletter XXIX 2022 - July 17th to 24th - News+ Government in the climate crisis

    EEG 2023 will be more lucrative again – all the details here in the article. With the EEG 2023, the federal government has launched an amendment to the Renewable Energy Act. The Cabinet, Bundestag and Bundesrat have agreed - and the law will soon become legally binding. It contains higher feed-in tariffs for solar power, which is considered aid and approved by the European Union...

  20. Newsletter XIX 2022 - May 05th to 12th - News+ The economic consequences of the Ukraine war

    and help lift the water. *Solar | Agriculture EEG 2023: Now agri-PV systems on grassland? The generation of solar power on grassland remains controversial. The Federal Council's Agriculture Committee now wants to take photovoltaic systems on grassland into account and partially include them in the funding of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). ** May 09 Russia | Ukraine War | United...

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