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

Gérard Depardieu Controversy: French Government Spokesman Calls Out Actor’s Shocking Comments

Gérard Depardieu Controversy: French Government Spokesman Calls Out Actor’s Shocking Comments

French government spokesman Olivier Veran confirmed today, Thursday, January 4, in a statement on the BFM television channel, that the obscene and insulting language towards women and sexual innuendos made by the controversial actor Gerard Depardieu in 2018, about a 18-year-old girl. Age 10, which was broadcast by a French documentary program in early December, … Read more

Decriminalization of Fare Evasion in Hessian Cities: A Survey by FAZ

Decriminalization of Fare Evasion in Hessian Cities: A Survey by FAZ

WIf you are caught on buses, trams or subways without a ticket, you will still have to face criminal charges in most Hessian cities. A survey by the FAZ has shown that apparently no major municipality wants to follow the example of the state capital. There, the ruling alliance of the Greens, SPD, Left and … Read more

Employees and employers: Social contributions increase for employees and decrease for employers

Employees and employers: Social contributions increase for employees and decrease for employers

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

Spanish Extreme Right Nears First Participation in Government Since Franco Era

Spanish Extreme Right Nears First Participation in Government Since Franco Era

The Spanish extreme right is heading towards its first participation in forming the government since the end of Francisco Franco’s rule, after partial results were shown. for early legislative elections He has a very small lead over the Socialists led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who still has chances to stay in power through the … Read more

King Charles III’s state visit dispels Brexit’s evil spirits.

King Charles III and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) Charles provides the pragmatic superstructure for a partnership between the UK and the EU. (Photo: Reuters) London “Why do Germans love the royal family so much?” asked the conservative London daily “The Telegraph” on the occasion of King Charles III’s state visit. The 74-year-old monarch tried … Read more

Wissler advocates for the eradication of homework in schools.

“Disputes, excessive demands, tears and aggression”: The Left Chairwoman sharply criticizes homework. This form of schoolwork would even deepen the gap in the education system, she says. Left Chairwoman Janine Wissler has spoken out in favor of abolishing school homework. “Everyday homework stress poisons family life, means arguments, excessive demands, tears and fuels aggression,” writes … Read more

“Yesterday’s technology”: Leftists call for Norisring | Regional

Nuremberg – The Legal and Economic Committee is about the future of the Norisring race in a week from today! Background: City Councilor Marion Padua (58, left) calls for the end of the German Touring Car Championship in Nuremberg. “The combustion engine will soon be history,” said the politician. Nevertheless, the combustion engine race should … Read more

Linke has nominated Franke as a candidate for mayor in Darmstadt

No.After Verdi, CDU, SPD and Volt, Die Linke also presented its candidate in the Mayor’s elections in March: municipal councilor Uli Franke is in the running. The general assembly of the Darmstadt district association unanimously appointed him. The 54-year-old Franconian is the CEO of the party’s parliamentary group. For many years he was active as … Read more

Housing Policy – Berlin – Left wants more money for municipal housing companies – Politics

Berlin (dpa / bb) – In view of the sharp rise in construction prices, the left is demanding more money from the state for municipal housing companies. “It is important that we enable municipal housing construction even in the crisis,” said the spokesman for rents and housing for the left-wing faction in the Berlin House … Read more