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

    Eternity Poisons | Health protection Hearing on the PFAS ban: Union extends eternal dispute Environmental and consumer advocates are calling for strong regulation of eternal chemicals. The CDU wants to weaken a planned ban. BERLIN taz | A planned EU ban on PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, is not making progress. It is recommended by the European...

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

    New analysis shows the massive dangers of nuclear power. On March 21.3.2024, 30, the nuclear summit of the Nuclear Alliance of around XNUMX states took place in Brussels. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, CDU, who once supported the nuclear phase-out under Chancellor Merkel, showed her true colors here: her long-standing U-turn towards full support of nuclear energy. Below is an excerpt...

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

    Some countries are building new nuclear power plants. In many others, however, nuclear power is not an issue. GÖTTINGEN taz | With their ongoing criticism of Germany's nuclear phase-out, which was completed a year ago, the CDU and CSU, FDP and business associations are bringing out the heavy rhetorical artillery. The exit was “a dramatic mistake,” said FDP Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki. The CDU Economic Council saw this as a “big...

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    A report now says that the overall benefit was low. The Federal Audit Office sharply criticizes the procurement of masks in the Corona crisis under Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and accuses his house of failing to process it. »The massive over-procurement of protective masks at the beginning of the corona pandemic by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) led to continued...

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

    and the federal ministries. In Karlsruhe, the judges can hardly keep up, and the ministries are also groaning under the inquiries. “For the AfD, mass rather than class seems to apply,” says the CDU. The AfD is causing problems for the Federal Constitutional Court and the federal ministries with numerous lawsuits and inquiries. There are now 22 lawsuits filed by the AfD in Karlsruhe in which they assert their rights...

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

    designated demarcation only until 2019. [...] The finding is clear: most of the cooperation with the AfD or other far-right parties and groups is attributable to the CDU. The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation team found 52 cases during the investigation period. The FDP agreed to work together in 22 cases, while the Greens only did so five times and therefore the least...

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

    - With transparency against the right January 5, 2024 - AfD ban: brilliant sham debate May 31, 2023 - Mouthpiece of right-wing narratives is amazed at where approval for AfD comes from April 25, 2023 - AfD, CDU and FDP continue to fight for nuclear power plants * The search engine Ecosia is planting Trees! https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Fearmongers https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Party ban * Wikipedia Party ban A...

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

    The economy is languishing and the climate goals are not being achieved. 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 the beer tent. That only benefits the AfD. Even in the analysis, the parties are far apart. Union and FDP...

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

    was discontinued, 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 for color attack on Brandenburg Gate: State of Berlin is suing “Last Generation”...

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

    Nuclear business with Western Europe and the federal government is just watching. The council meeting in Lingen on Tuesday was also a scandal: The Greens had tabled a resolution against Rosatom's entry - the CDU, SDP and FDP unanimously rejected it. The mayor even allowed the Framatome works council boss to speak, contrary to the rules, Framatome employees came to the town hall for a demonstration,...

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

    and the FDP agree: They want to prevent the AfD from influencing the functioning of the Federal Constitutional Court if necessary - and are therefore aiming for a change to the Basic Law. The CDU and CSU are ready to take part, at least in principle. [...] In fact, the Editorial Network Germany (RND) learned on Monday that the CDU and CSU are in principle ready to...

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

    to stay... January 25th Network for right-wing extremists and fascists Nazi network around Peter Kurth: The conservative in the brown zone More and more details about right-wing contacts of Berlin's ex-CDU senator Kurth are coming to light. He already supported the Identitarian movement in 2019. BERLIN taz | Peter Kurth's former CDU party friends could have suspected it long ago - if only they...

  13. 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

    News again somewhat free of right-wing propaganda... January 11th Greens | hate | Democracy Hatred of the Greens Why are Habeck and Baerbock always to blame? Of the past 42 years, the CDU has been in the Chancellery for 32 years. But in Germany, anger over high energy and living costs, tight budgets, crime and migration is mostly expressed by the party that has so far...

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

    that saws at the foundations of the state would have to be just the right size! There were too many undercover agents in the NPD, while the AfD, on the other hand, provides essential personnel for the security authorities. Nobody in the CDU wants to ban the AfD because they are preparing to be the AfD light, the alternative of the alternative: they copy their topics, but make them presentable...

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

    As expected, the energy system coped with the exit from nuclear power without any problems. Everyone who wanted to provoke blackouts was proven wrong... * Climate protection | AfD | CDU | Thinking about anti-fascism climate protection and anti-fascism together Climate protection measures hit people with low incomes harder than those who are wealthier. Nevertheless, support for the AfD is growing, although...

  16. 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”

    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 in view of the constitutional lawsuit filed by the CDU against the federal budget. As was to be expected, the farmers' association strongly opposed it. Chairman Rukwied speaks of a declaration of war and announces protests for Monday...

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

    to keep. But so far, some of those involved in Dubai have given the impression that they are less concerned with limiting global warming and more with climate protection... * Cooperation between the FDP, CDU and AfD Next dam burst in Thuringia The FDP wants an anti-wind power law Enforce votes from the AfD and CDU. Sharp criticism comes from the Thuringian Left – and from business. BERLIN...

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

    The Schacht Konrad working group announced that from now on there will be a daily reminder of the outstanding decision. Salzgitter's mayor Frank Klingebiel (CDU), among others, was to appear as a speaker. The critics then wanted to march with torches and lanterns to the Konradhaus in the Bleckenstedt district. AG demands revocation of the building permit The AG Schacht Konrad...

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

    stay?" asks a farmer. "We don't want to become the nuclear waste toilet for Germany." [...] Staying in Jülich would be another option. The ruling parties in North Rhine-Westphalia, the CDU and the Greens, spoke out in favor of this in their coalition agreement in 2022. * November 22, 2002 (INES 2) Tihange nuclear power plant, BEL Nuclear power plantsPlag Tihange (Belgium) The most dangerous accident, classified with...

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

    roll. But the danger apparently doesn't exist. [...] “We are committed to minimizing nuclear transport,” says the coalition agreement of the black-green NRW state government of CDU Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst. And further: “In the case of the fuel elements stored in Jülich, this means that we have the option of building a new interim storage facility in Jülich...

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