
FDP leader Christian Lindner does not consider his passion for vintage Porsche cars and his highly publicized wedding on Sylt to be a sign of aloofness and ... Show more
Quick Glance: Lindner: Wedding on Sylt and Passion for Porsche
- Finance Minister Lindner discusses his wedding on Sylt and his vintage car.
- Prominent guests, including CDU leader Friedrich Merz, celebrated the wedding on Sylt.
- Lindner showcases his passion for Porsche and his vintage car.

The confirmed corona numbers are already going up - even before the winter temperatures ...

FDP leader
Finance Minister Lindner tested positive for coronavirus
Quick Glance: Finance Minister Lindner tests positive for Coronavirus
- Confirmed Coronavirus cases increasing before winter temperatures
- Finance Minister Christian Lindner affected

DP leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner explains in an interview why unbridled migration is dangerous, the Free Voters in Bavaria have a poll high ... Show more
Quick Glance: BGH clarifies dispute over supplementary benefits in public service
- The Federal Court of Justice has reviewed the supplementary benefits for employees in the public service.
- Largest supplementary benefits institution for employees in the public service with 5.1 million insured and 1.5 million pension beneficiaries.
- Employees with longer training periods are no longer disadvantaged.

The Chancellor entrusted the migration crisis to Nancy Faeser ...

Faeser is politically weakened
that's where the FDP comes out for the asylum strike

As autumn approaches, the number of Corona infections is skyrocketing. The virus has already ...

All appointments canceled
Pistorius and Lindner have Corona.
Quick Glance: Pistorius and Lindner with Corona: Appointments canceled
- Finance Minister Lindner and Defense Minister Pistorius infected.
- Appointments temporarily canceled.
- Lindner tested positive for the virus.
- Pistorius will not attend international Ukraine meeting.
The federal government is taking a step forward with its social policy figurehead.

Traffic light agrees on details of basic child welfare

20 euros more per child per month? Finance ...

Finance Minister on basic child welfare
Lindner rejects permanently higher benefits for children of asylum seekers

The EU states want to curb the high energy consumption of old ...

Finance Minister
Lindner considers the planned EU building directive to be “enormously dangerous”

Until recently, the Greens had an absolute majority among Germany's founders ...

Less approval in the start-up scene
Greens lose absolute majority among start-ups

FDP leader Lindner wants to make it easier for skilled workers to move ...

Christian Lindner
Finance Minister sees stability threatened by uncontrolled migration

Theoretically, the capped prices for electricity and gas will expire at the ...

Help for households
Lindner for extending the electricity price brakes until spring

Schleswig-Holstein's CDU Prime Minister condemns his own party's ...

Tax reduction with the help of the AfD
Günther distances himself from the Thuringian CDU
Quick Glance: Günther distances himself from Thuringian CDU
- Günther distances himself from CDU's behavior in Thuringia
- Own initiatives only have prospects of success with the support of the AfD
- Conservative party demands a more consistent stance towards radicalized AfD
- Günther contradicts CDU Secretary General Linnemann

After the start of the war, the federal government curbed high gas ...

Lindner plans tax increase
Gas customers are threatened with a hefty price jump in January

Gas customers will probably have to prepare for higher prices at the turn of the year. The Ministry of Finance is ...

Experts expect higher gas prices again
Quick Glance: Experts predict higher gas prices
- The Ministry of Finance plans to increase the value-added tax on natural gas.
- A sample household with four people can expect an average of 270 euros in additional costs per year.
- Customers in the basic supply will face an even higher price increase of 331 euros.
- The elimination of two levies will not offset the additional costs.

Robert Habeck and the Greens have had bad months. But now the Vice Chancellor ...

Robert Habeck
That's why he's more powerful than ever - and in a pretty good mood

Finance Minister Lindner apparently wants to restore VAT on gas to its original level. The SPD is against it ...

Traffic lights disagree over gas VAT

The cabinet has postponed the decision on basic child security ...

Cabinet
Paus still sees “technical” questions unanswered regarding basic child protection
Quick Glance: Government postpones decision on child basic income
- Lisa Paus does not comment
- Scheduled interview on ARD-Morgenmagazin canceled
- Child basic income combines family benefits from 2025
- Criticism of the proposed law on child basic income

According to an analysis, the traffic light government is making good progress with ...

Study confirms traffic light positive half-time balance
and a big problem
Quick Glance: Study on Coalition's Midterm Assessment
- Scholz government under scrutiny
- Coalition has fulfilled many promises

he Basic Child Security Act could be on the agenda as early as the next cabinet meeting, according to Federal Finance Minister Lindner on "maybrit illner".

FDP leader Lindner on the completely revised heating law and the heated mood in the ...

Interview: Christian Lindner about his job
"I would pay admission for it"

According to the Ministry of Finance, the normal VAT on gas should come back sooner than planned ...

Lindner's gas VAT plans
as unpopular as possible?

The finance minister wants to bring forward the re-increase of the VAT on ...

VAT on natural gas and district heating
Lindner wants to make heating more expensive

The Building Energy Act has overcome a major hurdle: the Bundestag passed the controversial project with a clear majority.

Bundestag passes heating law
Quick Glance: Heating Law Passed – Constitutional Court Could Stop It
- Federal government finally passes controversial heating law after months of dispute
- Debate in the Bundestag was heated
- Emergency application prevents law from being passed before summer break
- Defense of the heating law and criticism of the opposition

Everyone would like to forget Corona. But the rich have become incredibly richer in these years ...

We are currently missing the biggest opportunity of the pandemic

During the Federal Foreign Minister's trip to America, the war in Ukraine is the focus of discussions ...

Baerbock in close contact with Trumpists
Quick Glance: Baerbock in the USA: Hope for Transatlantic Friendship
- Baerbock explores sentiment regarding Ukraine support and transatlantic friendship in the USA.
- Germany and Europe must contribute their share.
- Emphasizing the importance of personal contacts for transatlantic friendship.
- Support for Ukraine divides the USA.

There are signs of a convergence in the dispute over ...

Relief for companies
Habeck welcomes signals from Lindner for an extension of the reduced electricity tax
Germany is considered a money laundering paradise. A financial crime office is ...

xperts consider Lindner's anti-money laundering plans to be completely inadequate

The SPD and the Greens want to help the industry get back on its feet with ...

For industrial electricity
Traffic lights could bury their biggest climate promise

The federal government wants to spend 445.7 billion euros in the coming year - that's around 30 billion less than planned for this year.
Quick Glance: Budget 2024: Lindner Presents Expenditures and Savings
- Bundestag begins budget week: Lindner reveals resources and budgets for the upcoming year.
- Neuverschuldung 2024: €16.6 billion less than this year.
- Federal interest burden rises to €40 billion per year.
- €172 billion allocated for 2024, including €127 billion for pension insurance.

year is quickly passing: In September 2024, new state parliaments will be elected in Brandenburg ...

Ü30 in the East
What if the AfD wins the state elections?

The federal government wants to take action against money laundering with a new office; its own ...

Money laundering
new draft law from the federal government

German industry is being heard with its horror scenarios. The Greens want to relieve themselves of the consequences of ...

Hank's World
Over a Thousand Bridges

t was ten years ago that the FDP failed to clear the five-percent hurdle in the federal election ...

2013 federal election
the crash of the FDP

Less money for voluntary services, youth projects and political education: Finance ...

Savings in the social sector
SPD and Greens want to renegotiate the budget

The Federal Minister of Finance has announced that he will increase the ...

Budget week in the Bundestag
Lindner announces tax relief of almost two billion euros

Federal Finance Minister Lindner wants to phase out the tax cut on natural gas ...

Energy
will heating become more expensive again in winter?

CDU and FDP have voted together with the AfD in the Thuringian state parliament ...

AfD, CDU and FDP in Thuringia
The firewall and capital

According to Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner, support from the ...

Finance Minister Christian Lindner is concerned about the high level of migration

Actually, the FDP thinks tax increases are stupid, but its leader, of all people, wants to raise the tax on natural gas ...

Energy transition
Topsy-turvy world

Finance Minister Christian Lindner faces the live interview and proves his ...

Augsburger Allgemeine Live
Lindner mocks the Greens and is annoyed with Thuringia

After a sports accident, Olaf Scholz shows up with an eye patch – and with humor ...

Scholz with an eye patch
an eye for an eye, a meme for a meme

Property imposes obligations: This heirloom of German constitutional law can be viewed as a ...

Debate over 1848
Lindner's peculiar interpretation of property

The government must find a way out of the loose financial policy, says the finance minister ...

Lindner on budget plans
"There can be no question of clear-cutting"
The Federal Audit Office rightly criticizes the plans of the federal government

Social costs are rising too fast

Top rate up or down - The German tax debate is as simple as it is predictable ...

Merz's initiative and Lindner's no
finally reform the taxes!

Plans for an industrial electricity price divide the traffic lights. Now a new funding ...

Dispute over industrial electricity prices
Is this “real satire”?

The debate about an electricity price for industry ...

Federal Chancellor
Olaf Scholz remains “cautious” when it comes to industrial electricity prices - Golem.de

Chancellor Scholz has offered a Germany pact. The Union, the states, the companies, everyone ...

Why the Germany Pact has little chance
Quick Glance: Scholz proposes 'Germany Pact' for crisis resolution
- Scholz presents his plan in the Bundestag to revive Germany's economy.
- Collaboration of states, municipalities, and opposition is needed.
- Accelerating approval processes is a top priority for Scholz.
- Scholz responds to the AfD's poll successes and holds the CDU leader accountable.

The FDP serves as a partner to the CDU for a future Hessian state government ...

Election in Hesse
FDP wants “finally a better coalition partner for the CDU”

President of the skilled trades Jörg Dittrich has warned of a collapse of the ...

Dittrich calls for construction summit with Scholz, Habeck and Lindner

On Thursday, the federal government will discuss the final draft of the Future Financing Act ...

Finance Minister Lindner wants to further strengthen startups

After Finance Minister Christian Lindner, his party colleague, FDP General Secretary Bijan ...

FDP also wants tax cuts after an increase in citizens’ benefits

Many municipalities are reaching their limits when it comes to accepting refugees ...

Migration
FDP wants to declare Maghreb states safe countries of origin

Christian Lindner connected child poverty and ...

Dispute over coalition project
those who justify child poverty with immigration are fueling right-wing populism

At Maybrit Illner, Finance Minister Christian Lindner would like to see more ...

TV review of “Maybrit Illner”
If only we could tolerate the differences better

or his draft budget, Finance Minister Lindner is facing plenty of headwind: while CDU ...

Criticism of draft budget
"Lindner does not live the debt brake"

Finance Minister Christian Lindner introduces the 2024 ...

or consultation in the Bundestag
federation of the taxpayers demands improvements at the budget draft

Germany is planning the biggest transformation in industrial history. But now, of all times ...

Germany in crisis
take heart, Chancellor Scholz, grab it!

The Finance Minister's draft for the 2024 budget is unrealistic. It does not reflect the ...

The federal government's budget draft
Lindner's plan of contradictions

Health insurance contributions could rise again, an association explains ...

Health insurance contributions
Are payers threatened with an increase in 2024?

The CSU would urgently need an alternative to the Free Voters. The Greens would drop out if the FDP remained ...

FDP in Bavaria
The liberal drama

After a long struggle, the German Parliament has passed the new Building Energy Act ...

Robert Habeck can breathe a sigh of relief
Bundestag votes for heating law

In the first week of meetings after the summer break, the German coalition intends to ...

Heating law and budget
fateful week for the "traffic light" government

The FDP is quite skeptical about the electric car. According to information from the "FAZ" ...

Alternative drives
Lindner wants to promote e-fuels more strongly

Christian Lindner must listen to himself, he cuts at the wrong people ...

Social benefits
These charts show how much money the federal government spends.

Germany may extend a tax-reduction program for energy-intensive companies by another year as the ...

Germany Eyes Extending Tax Cuts for Energy-Intensive Industry

The investment backlog is getting bigger, but the traffic light coalition is sticking to the debt brake ...

Budget
The debt brake must not be a brake on growth

In order to finance noticeable relief for the middle class, the top tax rate would have to rise ...

Top tax rate
A few percentage points more are not enough

Cut everything except arms spending: With their draft budget, the SPD ...

This budgetary policy is madness. And not only Christian Lindner is to blame

The economy is collapsing. At the same time, the federal government is saving 30 billion euros ...

Germany | Economy collapses
debt brake good or bad?

Two-thirds of the federal budget goes to social spending ...

Budget of the traffic light coalition
The seriousness of the situation is being veiled

Showdown in the Bundestag: The budget deliberations for 2024 are coming up ...

Federal budget 2024
The Minister of Finance must save - and everyone is angry

t the G20 summit, the heads of state and government agree on a minimum consensus on Ukraine ...

G20 New Delhi Declaration
maximum compromise, minimum impact.
In view of the budget of the traffic light, the Left speaks of a "scary list" of savings ...

2024 budget
the Left warns of an "orgy of cuts"
More money for social welfare, climate protection or defense? Rarely has a budget been so controversial ...

Save or spend
Lindner presents draft budget for 2024
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