Berlin (dpa) – Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) has canceled a trip to the World Climate Conference in Dubai and the region planned from Monday evening due to the budget crisis. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Berlin said Habeck’s presence in Berlin was necessary to further advance discussions on the 2024 … Read more
The Bundestag Presidium has scheduled 68 minutes for the debate on the 2023 supplementary budget this Friday morning. In order to pass it, the government factions must again decide on an emergency because Germany will have to take on more debt than planned. The dispute is not just about the budget for the current year. … 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) – After the Karlsruhe budget ruling, all of the federal government’s ancillary budgets are under scrutiny. One thing is certain so far: 60 billion euros for climate projects and the modernization of the economy have been lost. But may billions more not be available, for example for energy price caps? And what about … Read more
Social contributions for employees have increased in recent years – but for employers they have decreased. The Left in the Bundestag drew attention to this, citing a response from the federal government. Accordingly, the percentage contributions to social insurance for employees rose by 1.3 percentage points to 16.9 percent from 2002 to 2022. Contributions for … Read more
The government coalition ministers and state secretaries spent a lot of money on their styling in 2023. A list shows the extent. To what extent does it increase? Federal Government Services related to external beauty? This question was answered by the ministers of the traffic light coalition, summarized in one published preliminary version. The small … Read more
In the first three quarters of this year, 72,200 larger companies went out of business completely. That is 11.4 percent more than between January and September 2022, said the Federal Statistical Office. According to the Wiesbaden statisticians, this concerns companies “whose legal form and number of employees indicate greater economic importance”. The authority defines companies … Read more
Many public companies ignore legally required transparency obligations when it comes to the proportion of women in their management ranks. But if the state claims to be a role model, it should live up to it. DReality often lags behind wishful thinking. When the federal government got serious about promoting women in German top management … Read more
The Disabled Aid Offenbach warns of the federal government’s plans to make massive cuts to voluntary services. The cuts meant that services for people with disabilities would have to be severely restricted. In the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP there was talk of strengthening voluntary services, but in 2024, according … Read more