1. Newsletter

    Zu Einzelheiten wie dem Volumen der Bürgschaft will sich das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium mit Hinweis auf Betriebs- und Geschäftsgeheimnisse des Unternehmens nicht äußern. [...] SPD, Grüne und FDP hatten über Monate über Hilfen für hiesige Hersteller gestritten. Die Unternehmen leiden unter subventionierten Billigimporten aus China. Sie fordern Unterstützung, um gegen diese Wettbewerbsverzerrung...

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

    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 Subventionierung Spätestens ab 2026 könnte es in den bundesweiten Ausschreibungen für neue Solarparks ein spezielles Segment geben, „das es ermöglicht, heimische Produzenten zu...

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

    nach. Die Reihen der ­Koalition standen – ausnahmsweise. Es sei „völlig logisch“, wie Wirtschaftsminister 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...

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

    the traffic light weakens the climate protection law. First, the traffic light parties argued about it for many months, now it's going hop, hop: On Monday, the parliamentary group leaders of the SPD, Greens and FDP announced the agreement on changing the climate protection law and the solar package, and the following week both should be passed by the Bundestag and the Federal Council will be whipped. The traffic light is like...

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

    19 Freedom of the market can be restricted However, the Commission's plans go far beyond this... * Climate policy | Climate Protection Act | Transport Minister FDP intrigues in the climate protection law Federal Transport Minister Wissing wants to force the adoption of the new climate protection law by scaring people about large-scale car driving bans. Behind it are...

  6. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    and Anti-Semitism”: Young party members protest against Palestine Congress in Berlin Israel haters are planning a Palestine Congress in a week. The youth organizations of the SPD, Union, FDP and Greens are now calling for a joint protest. There is further protest against the “Palestine Congress” planned for April 12th to 14th in Berlin. The youth organizations of the SPD, Union, FDP and Greens...

  7. Newsletter

    bursting with extreme forces. Then the parliamentary group leadership around Friedrich Merz (CDU) thought again and returned to the negotiating table with Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP). And now there is already a first draft draft as a working paper on how the Karlsruhe court could be better protected - by incorporating central elements into the Basic Law. In addition...

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

    Regulation by the Federal Network Agency. If the state should now not only become a legislator, but also the owner and regulator of the transmission networks, the FDP is primarily critical of this, but they themselves have no better proposal. * United States | UN resolution | Ceasefire UN resolution presented USA calls for "immediate ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip The USA wants Israel...

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

    Cooperations with the AfD or other far-right parties and groups are due to the CDU. The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation team found 52 cases during the investigation period. The FDP agreed to cooperate in 22 cases, while the Greens only did so five times and were therefore the least likely... * Climate protection | Transport sector | Building sector emissions data 2023:...

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

    In addition, there is a lack of a concept against high electricity prices. No matter who is in government, whether a Groko is blocking the energy transition or whether parts of a traffic light government, minus especially the FDP, are finally trying to make up for decades-old arrears - the Federal Audit Office always comes to almost the same conclusion. [...] The head of the energy industry association BDEW also draws a different...

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

    Nuclear power could be traded at competitive prices." Many critics of the nuclear phase-out, including CSU boss Markus Söder, Free Voters leader Hubert Aiwanger and large parts of the CDU/CSU, FDP and AfD, repeatedly declare that Germany can only survive permanently with the use of nuclear energy The Federal Network Agency also had low and reliable energy prices last...

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

    The CDU prefers to pretend that it is not a people's party - but a make-a-wish group in the beer tent. That only benefits the AfD. Even in the analysis, the parties are far apart. The Union and FDP believe that Germany primarily has a “competition problem” and that the “location is in danger”. However, the numbers don't show that. In 2023, the Federal Republic recorded a...

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

    is said to have given friends funding for hydrogen projects. An internal audit revealed otherwise - the ministry sees itself as having been deceived. Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has replaced his hydrogen department head after allegations of nepotism. Wissing has decided to relieve Klaus Bonhoff of his duties with immediate effect, said...

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

    vote for stricter CO₂ rules for trucks and buses The European compromise was in jeopardy until the end because the federal government wanted to back down. The reason was a blockade by the FDP. A majority of EU countries have approved plans for stricter CO₂ standards for trucks and buses. This was announced by the Belgian EU Council Presidency. The project had a short-term...

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

    from 35 percent iron oxide content in the bauxite sludge, as the team reports... * Nuclear lobby | Renewable | WNISR nuclear lobbyist elected to the board of the Renewable Energy Research Association Union and FDP, together with the right-wing radical AFD, are trying to give nuclear energy in Germany a future again. They justify this with currently high electricity prices and a weak expansion of...

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

    planned joint venture with Rosatom in Germany, but kept the reasons for this secret to this day... * Europe | Lobbying | Supply chain EU supply chain law on the brink of extinction: FDP and business lobby attack draft compromise Shortly before the final vote, the lobby associations' campaigns against the law are taking a sharp tone - this is shown by unpublished letters...

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

    urgent appeal to Finance Minister Lindner. It's about socially just climate policy. 16 associations have jointly written an open letter to Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP). They are demanding that the climate money be paid out during this legislative period. The letter is available exclusively to SPIEGEL. At the weekend, the minister said in an interview that...

  18. 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

    Victor Klemperer - Holocaust survivor - analyzed this approach during the Nazi regime... * Peasant protests | bureaucracy | Vehicle tax Before the final rally during farmers' protests, FDP leader Lindner offers farmers relief Berlin · Despite the massive protests, the government does not want to make any further concessions to the farmers: the planned, gradual dismantling will remain...

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

    According to Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner, this should be reviewed. Due to inflation expectations, the standard rate of citizen's money rose sharply on January 1st, the FDP politician told the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten". "Therefore, the calculation method must be checked so that inflation is not overestimated." The social association...

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

    Scholz is someone who has a lot of experience with government apparatus. And Christian Lindner? Well, Lindner. These days it is easy for many people to blame all the traffic light failures in climate protection on the FDP, the eternal naysayers. Also because it has so obviously deliberately delayed climate policy measures. But that would be too easy. Because the failure of the traffic light in climate policy, and...

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