Olaf Scholz Welcomes British Prime Minister for Talks on Migration Policies: Germany’s Reaction to Rwanda Plan

Olaf Scholz Welcomes British Prime Minister for Talks on Migration Policies: Germany’s Reaction to Rwanda Plan

Good morning, dear reader, Olaf Scholz had an unusual visitor yesterday. It has been a few years since the last time a British head of government was received at the Chancellor in Berlin. 2019 was very special Boris Johnson He had only been in office for a month when his first trip abroad took him … Read more

Call for Commitment to Grundgesetz and Development Plan Stirs Controversy

Call for Commitment to Grundgesetz and Development Plan Stirs Controversy

In addition to the AfD, the CDU parliamentary group is also calling for a development plan because it is a construction project with particular exposure. Building politician Veit Böhm wants at least more participation from residents: “This should be done as much as possible by consensus when it comes to building law matters.” So that … Read more

Berlin Partial Repeat Election: Dramatic Defeat for SPD, Drop in Voter Turnout, and Overall Electoral District Results

Berlin Partial Repeat Election: Dramatic Defeat for SPD, Drop in Voter Turnout, and Overall Electoral District Results

In the repeat election, the SPD will lose more than a third of its votes compared to 2021. The Greens remain constant. Voter turnout drops significantly. Despite a large lead from the 2021 election, Michael Müller (SPD) can only very narrowly defend his mandate in Berlin Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa BERLIN taz | A severe defeat … Read more

Schools: Prien: Germany must become a social education state

Schools: Prien: Germany must become a social education state

CDU federal vice-president and Schleswig-Holsteins Education Minister Karin Prien has called for more investment in education in view of the upcoming PISA results. “We need a new self-image,” said the politician to the German Press Agency. “Germany must take the path from a welfare state to a social education state. We must prioritize education – … Read more

Government: CDU wants to have the MV protection fund audited by the Court of Auditors

Government: CDU wants to have the MV protection fund audited by the Court of Auditors

Regardless of the state government’s announcement that it would dissolve the controversial MV Corona protection fund early, it is urgent CDU for a legal review of the billion-dollar package. The opposition faction sees its criticism of the financial behavior of the red-red state government confirmed by the Federal Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on the federal … Read more

Education: Lack of daycare places: State parliament approves flexible solutions

Education: Lack of daycare places: State parliament approves flexible solutions

In the future, daycare providers in Baden-Württemberg will be able to decide for themselves to temporarily relax staffing requirements – i.e. to reduce the number of educators per group. He approved a corresponding bill Parliament on Wednesday with the majority of votes from the Greens, CDU and FDP. The SPD and AfD voted against it. … Read more

Budget crisis: Union demands leadership from Olaf Scholz

Budget crisis: Union demands leadership from Olaf Scholz

Before his government declaration in the Bundestag, Union politicians from Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) demands leadership in the budget crisis. The Chancellor must explain how he wants to put the federal budgets for 2023 and 2024 on a solid footing, said Union parliamentary group vice-president Jens Spahn Rhenish Post. “Scholz is the elected chancellor, he … Read more

Claudia Jäger: First Woman Director of Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Regional Association

Claudia Jäger: First Woman Director of Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Regional Association

Rhein-Main ⋅ Claudia Jäger will be the first woman to take up office as director of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main regional association on March 1st next year. On Wednesday, the 58-year-old CDU politician, who has been at the head of the Offenbach district for 25 years, first as an alderman and since 2004 as first alderman, was … Read more

CDU Accuses Offenbach Traffic Light Coalition of Misinterpreting Mobile City Police Station Proposal

CDU Accuses Offenbach Traffic Light Coalition of Misinterpreting Mobile City Police Station Proposal

Offenbach ⋅ The CDU Offenbach accuses the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP in the Offenbach city council of negligently or intentionally misinterpreting the Union’s proposal for a mobile city police station. In doing so, the coalition wants to generate an opportunity to criticize the incumbent black-green state government. The Offenbach coalition rejected … Read more

Preserving Agricultural Land in Darmstadt-Dieburg District: Promises and Plans for Sustainable Development

Preserving Agricultural Land in Darmstadt-Dieburg District: Promises and Plans for Sustainable Development

In order not to seal more and more agricultural land and thereby take away part of the farmers’ livelihood, the Darmstadt-Dieburg district wants to ensure in future planning that the existing areas are optimally used for settlements and transport and that they are ecologically upgraded. This is what the first district councilor Lutz Köhler (CDU) … Read more