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

    eine Zigarette kaufen können. Jedenfalls nicht in Großbritannien. Die britische Regierung folgte mit diesem Verbot dem Modell Neuseelands. Durch eine Ironie der Geschichte freilich hat die neue Koalitionsregierung dort die Anti-Rauchen-Gesetze von 2022 erst kürzlich wieder aufgehoben. Und zu Recht, denn man braucht keine blühende Fantasie, um sich auszumalen, wie solche Gesetze unterwandert...

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

    [...] What could be more dangerous for Netanyahu could be an internal dispute. After the decades-old exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service expired on Monday night, the coalition is facing a breaking point. Tens of thousands of so-called Haredim would now have to be officially drafted into the army, which Netanyahu's strict religious coalition partners from the Shas and United States parties...

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    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. The coalition and opposition seem willing to do this. The background is primarily the rise of extreme parties in Germany, especially the AfD. The draft available to our editorial team states that the new regulation...

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

    The federal government is offering a package of measures to support agriculture. [...] However, the new online access law (OZG 2.0) did not find a majority. The traffic light coalition's draft law was intended to advance the digitalization of administration and ensure more data protection. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD), whose house is leading the project, said: “I will...

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

    itself. 48 MPs stayed away from the vote. There are 197 members of the Union parliamentary group. Although there are also supporters of a Taurus delivery in the traffic light parties, the coalition backed the line of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has clearly rejected a delivery several times... * RWE | Renewable | Fossils | Nuclear power | Billions in profits benefiting from the energy crisis Why...

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

    The Green politician emphasized that he had once again committed himself to the fact that this law should exist. But opinions differ widely between the traffic light parties in the coalition about the content of the law. Özdemir wants to completely ban advertising for products with too much sugar, fat and salt on television and online at certain times. Among other things, Monday to Friday from 17 to 22 p.m....

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

    Criticism from the SPD and the Greens of Lindner's proposal to freeze social spending in order to have more money for the Bundeswehr - this proposal from Finance Minister and FDP leader Lindner met with sharp criticism from the coalition partners SPD and Greens. Social groups call the idea “indecent.” The coalition is debating whether and how the Bundeswehr will receive funding exclusively from the general budget from 2028...

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

    due, among other things, 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 was not even a candidate for the presidential election, and the worn-out French President Macron are at loggerheads...

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

    have. Míl also drew attention to the lack of qualified experts working on similar designs. * Fossil power plants | Natural gas | Hydrogen Climate-neutral electricity system Coalition agrees on power plant strategy light The previously planned almost 24.000 megawatts of new gas power plants will be replaced by 10.000 megawatts of “H2‑ready” systems and a capacity market. At the...

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

    was the largest so far in a wave of opposition protests that began in December. [...] One of the most controversial reform contents is the abolition of a special public prosecutor's office responsible for organized crime and political crimes, planned by the three-party coalition, because it was allegedly "politically abused"... * Iran | Nuclear program |...

  11. 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

    Money for nature conservation is wasted in the budget Farmers' protests continue today, even though the cuts to their subsidies have been partially reversed. To this end, the coalition also wants to use 250 million euros that are actually earmarked for marine nature conservation. The Environment Ministry, in turn, defends itself against this impression. At the beginning of September, Steffi Lemke sounded euphoric...

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

    To protect the sea from attacks by the Houthi militias, the USA announced the military alliance “Operation Prosperity Guardian”. Germany is also considering taking part. According to the US, several countries have already joined the international military coalition to secure maritime trade in the Red Sea. »More than 20 nations have now agreed to take part in the coalition...

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

    Approval of the right-wing extremist Thuringian AfD faction led by Björn Höcke. Already in September, the CDU, FDP and AfD had jointly pushed through a reduction in the property transfer tax against the government coalition, which was four votes short of a majority in the state parliament. Now the FDP initiative to change the Forest Act is on the agenda on Friday. Essentially it's about wind turbines in...

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

    Air above the seas. Temperatures on land are about twice as high. That's why it's already over two degrees warmer in Germany than it was 150 years ago... * Green party conference | Traffic Light Coalition | Neoliberalism The Green Party: Two Years of Hypocrisy in Government Across Europe, Green government parties are becoming supporters of authoritarian liberalism. Strongest in Germany...

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

    wanted. The result was a citizen's allowance that was too complicated and too low. The sector targets in the Climate Protection Act should be abolished. Deportation laws are being tightened.” Of course, compromises would have to be made in a coalition, it goes on to say. But people are shocked that the compromises made by the Greens – “on each of these issues” – were sold as a success....

  16. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    Binder on Sunday, according to a statement. “The numerous abstentions during this vote also lack a moral compass and indirectly pave the way for a future black-blue coalition,” it continued... * E-car | Charging infrastructure Inductive charging When the electricity comes from the road Filling up with electricity while driving: A...

  17. 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...

  18. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    of all eligible voters the SPD. ... 9,6 percent of all eligible voters support the Green Party. ... 3,3 percent of all eligible voters support the FDP. ... 2,0 percent of all eligible voters support the left. The black-green coalition therefore has support of 33,1 percent among the eligible voters. In the state elections in Bavaria... * Federal President | Mojib Latif Federal President awards Order of Merit to...

  19. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    sometimes everywhere. How could it come to this? If the so-called heating law is actually passed through the Bundestag this week before the summer break, some in the traffic light coalition will probably wipe the sweat from their brows. After the cabinet decision in April, the opposition and, crazy enough, parts of the government were so heated that the accrued...

  20. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    not. Even with regard to the federal government, its admission does not make sense. The CDU wants to return to power, and an alliance with the Greens is an important option. Otherwise only a grand coalition remains. The fact that the CDU even has to declare a main opponent doesn't exactly show self-confidence. But that the party does not benefit from the poor performance of the traffic lights and...

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