Friday April 30th 2021 “Next Government Mortgage” Merz warns of a sudden climate change – After the failure for the climate law in Karlsruhe, the SPD blames the Union and promises a quick new edition. Friedrich Merz clearly sees the mammoth task in the next government. The CDU economic expert also criticizes the coalition partner’s … Read more
Now states, districts and cities are obliged to adhere to the new regulations of the “Federal Emergency Brake”. This means that if the seven-day incidence exceeds the threshold of 100 on three consecutive days, stricter measures should apply there from the day after the next. These should remain in force until the seven-day incidence falls … Read more
Frankfurt The experts at the online real estate portal Immowelt do not have good news for many tenants, but they do for landlords: The prices for apartments will rise in most German cities this year, the market observers predict in a current study. “The corona crisis has shown how stable the residential property market is: … Read more
10.02.2021 If a member of the supervisory board of a sports club receives remuneration for his work, this is not subject to sales tax. This was decided by the 8th Senate of the Cologne Finance Court in its judgment of November 26, 2020 published today (8 K 2333/18). As a member of the supervisory board … Read more
About a week after the “lateral thinking” demo in Leipzig, one of the organizers comes to the hospital. He has Corona and needs to be treated in the intensive care unit. They came by the thousands, disregarded the rules of distance, many of them not wearing a mask. The number of participants was well above … Read more
– Good morning dear readers, The most beautiful thing is always when debts or under-tax receipts offset each other through the beautiful device of economic growth. It should be the same with the new federal budget, which would not exist without 180 billion euros in new loans. “We will grow out of the crisis,” said … Read more
Karlsruhe (dpa) – For many in the corona pandemic, it is a horror scenario when doctors have to give up patients in the event of treatment bottlenecks – but there will be no state requirements for the decision between life and death for the time being. The Federal Constitutional Court rejected an urgent application by … Read more
“The Bundesbank is bound by our decision, but it has to determine on its own responsibility whether the ECB’s reasoning meets our requirements or not,” said constitutional judge Peter Huber Bild: Picture-Alliance – The constitutional judge Peter Huber talks about the busyness after the fundamental judgment on the central bank’s bond purchases, the tasks of … Read more
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Will there be a breakthrough in the conflict between Germany’s highest judges and the European Central Bank? In early May, the German Constitutional Court caused a minor earthquake in the euro zone. The Council judged that the ECB acts unlawfully by buying government bonds in bulk, without properly explaining why this is ‘proportional’. The ECB … Read more
Europa is in the rescue race. Governments across the currency area are launching billion-dollar programs to combat the aftermath of the pandemic. The expectations of the European Central Bank (ECB) to do their part in the trillion game were correspondingly high. But the monetary authorities have delivered even more than the financial markets had hoped … Read more