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

    should what it consumes itself. That means no trading. Where would we be if there was no trade?", Reuters reports the words of an economist from the Peterson Institute. * Traffic light | Trust | Bertelsmann New survey Traffic light loses especially among people with lower incomes The parties in the traffic light coalition are struggling with a massive loss of trust . According to a survey...

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    Unterstützung ausgewählter Personen unter den Kandidaten für die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament" gedient haben... * Bundesverfassungsgericht | Grundgesetz Änderung des Grundgesetzes So wollen Ampel und Union das Verfassungsgericht schützen Exklusiv | Berlin · Jetzt also doch: Zum Schutz des Verfassungsgerichts sollen zentrale Regelungen ins Grundgesetz. Etwa die Zahl der Richter und deren...

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

    of the federal government for statutory pensions. The Federal Council also approved a regulation that allows biodiesel made from 100 percent used cooking oils. However, the traffic light draft for the new online access law did not find a majority. Despite the massive protests from farmers in recent weeks, the Federal Council decided to cut subsidies for agricultural diesel. The...

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

    There is also a geopolitical argument: Continuing to have the production and know-how for solar systems in Germany offers security - and this security has its price, says Habeck. However, the traffic light does not agree on help for the industry. A so-called resilience bonus, which is intended to make Germany more independent of imports, is planned in Solar Package 1. He should...

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

    Delay as in the development of so-called backup capacities. 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...

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

    on tax breaks for the rich. And the talk about social cuts is unsettling. The German economy is languishing and the climate goals are not being achieved either. Nevertheless, the traffic lights stop each other, and the Union has long since said goodbye to constructive proposals. The CDU prefers to pretend that it is not a people's party - but a make-a-wish group in...

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

    shrunk, among other things due to falling investments in buildings and equipment such as machinery... * France | Great Britain | NATO soon nuclear deterrent with EU seal of approval? Politicians from the traffic light coalition are engaging in an absurd debate about nuclear weapons. Trump, who wasn't even a candidate for the presidential election, and the run-down French president...

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

    of the Raytheon Group worth 2,9 billion US dollars... * Basic Law | Constitutional Court | Two-thirds majority changes to the Basic Law planned Poland as a warning example: Why the traffic light and the Union want to protect the Constitutional Court together The governing parties SPD, Greens and FDP agree: They want to prevent the AfD from having an influence on the functioning of the...

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

    CSU General Secretary Huber forgot in Peru and accuses the government of distributing German money around the world instead of supporting local farmers. The AfD had previously argued similarly. The traffic light defends development aid that it never started. Joana Cotar started with the bike paths in Peru. On December 1, 2023, she will present to the traffic light coalition in the Bundestag...

  10. 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

    to exploit purposes and gain more followers. One thing should have been clear since the farmers' protests began: the AfD wants to deceive you. In December 2023, she voted in the Bundestag, together with the traffic light parties, to abolish subsidies for agricultural vehicles. She admitted that too. In principle, the AfD does not support any form of subsidies, you can...

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

    put the cancellation of the 5,5 billion euro subsidy for network fees in a larger context and somehow make it plausible. With the elimination of the billion-dollar subsidy, the traffic light coalition can close a third of the 17 billion deficit that is looming for the 2024 federal budget. Since the beginning of the year, the network costs have fallen entirely on electricity customers. Accordingly...

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

    to the Attic democracy in ancient Greece, which also did not last. "If you don't want that, you should get involved in our democracy."... * Climate policy | traffic light | CO2 emissions Climate policy of the traffic light coalition: At random Political lead casting: How the traffic light plunged climate policy into chaos and lost people's trust. The tractors, they do...

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

    Air System (FCAS). The costs are estimated at 100 billion euros. But a Greenpeace study shows: They could grow to up to 2 trillion euros. Heads are spinning again in Berlin. The traffic light continues to try to hold together its difficult-to-reach budget agreement. The fact that she wanted to cut off almost a billion in subsidies for farmers has caused such great displeasure...

  14. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    | Farmers' Association The abolition of subsidies for fossil agricultural diesel is long overdue. Alternative fuels and drives have long been ready for use in agriculture. The traffic light coalition has decided to abolish the agricultural diesel subsidy, which would reduce the burden on the federal budget by around 900 million euros. This step seems logical given the...

  15. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    by gradually slowing down CO2 emissions. What we need to do now is emergency braking. It's no longer a matter of slowing down elegantly, but of actually coming to a stop in front of the red light. This requires really drastic measures... * 1,5 degrees | World Climate Conference | COP28 COP28: What are the chances at the World Climate Conference? Core topics and...

  16. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    According to the UN, the world is heading towards a warming of 3 degrees Celsius. Then things will probably get uncomfortable in Austria too. * Climate policy | Fridays for Future | 1,5 degrees Is the traffic light's climate policy now broken? The traffic light used Corona money for climate protection. That should be unconstitutional. Now 60 billion are missing for the climate. Is the traffic light climate policy now at an end? In addition,...

  17. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    been. When he wanted to drive off in his car, he discovered four sunk screws in his tires... * Energy transition | Climate impacts | Debt brake According to the Constitutional Court ruling, traffic lights in a climate emergency. Better not to spend anything than to spend correctly? No, the 60 billion hole in energy transition investments can definitely be filled. Really recovered from "Black Wednesday...

  18. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    such are dealt with.” Suspicion is immediately used as evidence to take action against journalists and media. November 9th electricity price | Climate goals | Electricity tax Industrial electricity price: traffic lights relieve pressure on companies The electricity price for manufacturing companies should fall to 6 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour. Depending on consumption, they save millions. BERLIN taz | The traffic light has changed...

  19. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    In the future, stakeholders will have to provide more information about their financing, possible backers and their goals. A “legislative footprint” is still missing. With the votes of the traffic light coalition, the Bundestag passed a first amendment to the lobby register law on Friday night. The aim of the initiative is to increase transparency about stakeholders and their...

  20. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Friends, times are not easy right now, worries and suffering have become everyday companions, in the news around the world as well as for many people here personally. The traffic light gives free rein to the destruction of the climate, the removal of participation rights for environmental associations and the erosion of asylum and human rights. The racists from the AfD and CDU are getting louder and louder...

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