01.10.2024 The Higher Administrative Court decided today that additional provisions to approval notices for Corona emergency aid in North Rhine-Westphalia cannot be repealed in isolation. According to a statement from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, corresponding additional provisions were attached to all of the approximately 430,000 approval notices for NRW emergency aid 2020 issued between … Read more
A nursing assistant had filed a lawsuit against the vaccination requirement. Now the Federal Constitutional Court must decide. Also in play: the RKI protocols. Walk in Düsseldorf against Corona measures such as compulsory vaccination for nursing staff in February 2022 Photo: Christoph Hardt/imago Osnabruck taz | The case that the Osnabrück Administrative Court is hearing … Read more
30.08.2024 Petra Heckenkemper is the new Vice President of the Cologne Finance Court. The President of the Cologne Finance Court, Dr. Jürgen Hoffmann, presented her with the certificate of appointment today. Petra Heckenkemper was born in Rheda-Wiedenbrück in 1967. After graduating from high school, she first completed a dual degree course in the financial administration … Read more
The unredacted RKI protocols from the Corona period are developing into an almost inexhaustible source of information. Every day, new details about the relationship between politics and science come to light. It has been known for centuries that truth is not the decisive category in politics. The RKI files show what this can look like … Read more
In his keynote at the opening of the panel discussion, the Prime Minister emphasized that North Rhine-Westphalia should be developed into an international competition court for all commercial matters through the Court Commercial. The conference, organized in collaboration with the German American Business Association, the German-American Lawyers Association and the German Consulate General in San … Read more
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
Berlin (dpa) – In view of the current problems in the federal budget, Berlin’s governing mayor Kai Wegner is calling for a reform of the debt brake. “The #debt brake is a good idea in terms of sound finances. However, I think its current design is dangerous,” explained the CDU politician on Thursday on the … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – After the Karlsruhe budget ruling, the federal government also sees far-reaching consequences for other reserves in the federal budget. The loans from the special fund for energy price caps “could no longer be used in 2023 according to the current legal situation,” Budget State Secretary Werner Gatzer informed the ministries. With the … Read more
The traffic light government wanted to put 60 billion euros into the so-called climate and transformation fund. This should serve to support the project Federal Government in the fight against climate change, such as the improvement of the rail infrastructure or energy-efficient renovation of buildings. According to a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, the … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – According to the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics, Michael Kellner (Greens), the Federal Constitutional Court’s budget ruling particularly affects East Germany. If the missing 60 billion euros for the climate and transformation fund are not raised elsewhere, the East German economy could face significant damage, Kellner told the … Read more