1. Newsletter

    für Abwanderung Meyer Burger schließt die Solarfabrik in Freiberg und baut eine neue in den USA. Die Linkspartei kritisiert, dass die Bundesregierung das fördert. BERLIN taz | Die Linkspartei im Bundestag kritisiert, dass das von Robert Habeck (Grüne) geführte Bundeswirtschaftsministerium dem Schweizer Solarmodulhersteller Meyer Burger eine Hermesbürgschaft für den Aufbau einer Solarfabrik in...

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

    rund 90 Prozent der hier benötigten Solarmodule und Vorprodukte. Wie das zu ändern sei, hat die Regierungskoalition monatelang diskutiert – bis jetzt aber erfolglos. Im Solarpaket, das der Bundestag am vergangenen Freitag beschloss, ist keine zusätzliche Unterstützung für einheimische Hersteller von Solaranlagen enthalten – eventuell nicht das letzte Wort. [...] FDP fürchtet langfristige...

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

    Robert Habeck (Grüne) entschieden habe, sagte der klimapolitische Sprecher der FDP-Fraktion, Olaf in der Beek, nach einer der Ausschuss-Sondersitzungen, die am Freitag eilig im Bundestag einberufen worden waren. Die Opposition war da weniger handzahm: Es habe „Verdrehung von Fakten statt ergebnisoffener Prüfung“ in Habecks und im ebenfalls zuständigen und ebenfalls grün geführten...

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

    Am Montag verkündeten 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....

  5. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    the FDP, which wants to further prevent real climate policy in transport. We will know by Tuesday afternoon of next week at the latest whether the solar package or the climate protection law or both will finally be passed by the Bundestag. On Tuesday morning, the political groups agree on the agenda for the plenary session - what will be debated and voted on there. So far the public has watched...

  6. Newsletter

    concrete and profound changes in economic and social conditions. Climate justice is a beautiful word. So pretty that it can be found in such strange places as the Greens' last federal election program or the Union's parliamentary motions. The book “Building blocks for climate justice – 2023 measures for a solidarity-based future” published in 8 by...

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

    which she sees her rights violated - nine of which were added in 2023 alone. This threatens to place a considerable burden on the court's other work. In addition, inquiries from the AfD parliamentary group to the federal ministries have increased significantly and are causing problems there. While it is being discussed whether the Constitutional Court should be...

  8. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    Parties in Germany are not uncommon. The number could continue to rise. "No cooperation with the Alternative for Germany (AfD)!" All other parties represented in the German Bundestag emphasize this. But do they stick to their commitment? At the highest parliamentary level, i.e. in the Bundestag, it has worked so far. But already one step below, in the...

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

    the most viewers and the highest advertising revenue. There should also be a ban zone for poster advertising around daycare centers and schools. Criticism from the FDP: "Not even capable of giving advice." For FDP Bundestag member Gero Hocker, the proposals made so far are "anything but capable of being approved, and for me they are not even capable of giving advice." The FDP politician only wants to ban advertising...

  10. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    to protect against access by extreme parties and to include certain rules in the Basic Law - such as the two-thirds majority required for the election of judges. The Union faction in the Bundestag declared last week that it did not want to negotiate with the traffic light factions about such a reform. Your consent would be necessary for a corresponding change to the Basic Law... *...

  11. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    bundle different competencies within the national fight against money laundering in a new authority with sufficient staff and a modern IT infrastructure. The project still has to be approved by the Bundestag. * Party ban in a defensive democracy AfD ban as capitulation: A spiritual change is needed Wanting to ban the AfD means politically avoiding it...

  12. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    When Rheinmetall hired him as chief lobbyist, renowned bourgeois media also reported critically on it. But three years later, ex-Defense Minister and Bundestag member Franz-Josef Jung (CDU) was not deterred by this: in 2017 he was elected to the supervisory board of Rheinmetall AG... * Berlin | Last generation | Lawsuit color attack on Brandenburg Gate: Country...

  13. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    "The industry isn't ready to say: We train completely ourselves in the field of battery research," says Heimes. [...] This also concerns the Saxon Bundestag member Bernhard Herrmann from the Greens. He sits in the Bundestag Committee for Energy and Climate Protection. Hermann says that especially in Saxon regions where there is an urgent need for skilled workers...

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

    spoke of around 300.000 participants. 100.000 people registered. According to the police, all planned additional areas in the area have been released. The Bundestag subway station was therefore closed, and there were large crowds at other subway and S-Bahn stations in the city center... * China | Solar energy | CO₂ emissions 1.700 GWh per year Gigantic solar park in China...

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

    and to limit the climate. Old thinking still prevails in ministries and road authorities. Climate reporter°: Mr. Holzapfel, traffic infrastructure construction is being pushed forward in Germany. The Bundestag has decided that the construction and expansion of motorways and other roads should also take place more quickly. They criticize this. Every additional meter of road represents a significant risk...

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

    The traffic light defends development aid that it never started. Joana Cotar started with the bike paths in Peru. On December 1, 2023, she accused the traffic light coalition in the Bundestag of setting the wrong priorities in their budget. Cotar was formerly a member of the AfD parliamentary group, but now sits in parliament as a non-attached member. [...] Also CSU General Secretary Martin Huber...

  17. 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

    Right-wing extremist Martin Sellner presented such a “secret plan” under the euphemism of “remigration”. AfD politicians are also said to have been there: a state parliamentary group leader, a member of the Bundestag and a personal advisor to Alice Weidel. The research fuels the discussion about a possible AfD party ban, which has been going on for weeks anyway. Gets less attention...

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

    The hurdles are 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 an application for a ban is made is initially a matter of...

  19. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    Greens: “Best sons-in-law in the Republic” Jürgen Trittin looks back on his political career: A conversation about bans, arrogance and compromises. taz: Mr. Trittin, you are stepping down after 25 years in the Bundestag. You have been politically active since you came to Göttingen to study in the 70s. Is there a core to your political life, something that has always driven you? Jürgen...

  20. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    make it the subject of the current budget negotiations,” said the Green MEP Rasmus Andresen to the taz. The budget politician demands that his party friends in the Bundestag make their approval of projects such as tax relief conditional on climate money coming during this legislative period. The traffic light tips only recently found a solution for...

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