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FDP leader
Finance Minister Lindner tested positive for coronavirus
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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.

There are now major changes to driving licenses that would affect ...

Driving license hammer! Major changes planned for drivers - Expert clearly
“Let’s reject it”
Quick Glance: Expert opposes planned driver changes
- Tips for saving at the pump
- EU plans extensive changes for drivers
- Changes would affect older and new drivers
- ADAC expert expresses strong opinion on the upcoming changes

Most recently, Transport Minister Wissing ...

Paint attack on the Brandenburg Gate
Transport Minister Wissing fears further radicalization of the last generation
Quick Glance: EU Driving License Rules: Minister Calls Proposals 'Interference in Freedom'
- Minister Wissing (FDP) strongly rejects proposals to tighten driving license rules in the EU.
- Criticism of proposals by French Green politician Delli to impose night driving bans on novice drivers.

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

The survey results for the SPD, the Greens and the FDP are at their lowest level ...

Survey
Olaf Scholz and the traffic light currently have the lowest approval
Quick Glance: Survey: Low Approval for Scholz and Ampel
- Approval for the Ampel parties at the lowest level since the federal election two years ago.
- SPD loses approval, currently at the same level as last week at 17 percent.
- Greens lose one percentage point, but still near their election result at 14 percent.
- FDP remains at six percent approval - 5.5 percent less than in 2021.

Shortly before the traffic light coalition's halfway point comes ...

Only 37 percent
traffic light in Insa survey with lowest value since the start of government

The FDP economic politician Frank Schäffler wants to cut social benefits. The reason: an impending recession.
The federal government is taking a step forward with its social policy figurehead.

Traffic light agrees on details of basic child welfare

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.

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

Less content, same price: Environment Minister Steffi Lemke now wants to take action against ...

Ban planned
deceptive packaging should be banned from supermarkets

Marco Bushman wants to make main hearings in ...

igital documentation of criminal proceedings
How the justice minister is turning the judiciary against itself

FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai spoke out against accepting more refugees from Italy. The municipalities are already ...

FDP against accepting more refugees

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 head of the opinion research institute Forsa warns that the AfD could also make ...

Forsa boss warns of AfD success among non-voters
'They are scared as hell'
Quick Glance: Forsa CEO warns of AfD success among non-voters
- The AfD could gain votes from non-voters.
- Forsa CEO warns of further gains for AfD from the group of dissatisfied non-voters.
- 35 percent of current AfD supporters voted for one of the three Ampel parties in the last federal election.
- According to Forsa, the AfD has gained votes from the SPD, FDP, and Greens this year.

The AfD could win its first mayoral post in Thuringia on Sunday. There is great ...

Mayor election in Nordhausen
Where the AfD hopes for the final unleashing

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

Will the weed killer glyphosate be approved in the EU for another ten years? This is what the Commission proposes ...

Brussels
Another ten years of glyphosate?
Quick Glance: Glyphosate: Extension of Approval in the EU?
- Commission proposes further ten years of approval for glyphosate in the EU.
- Environmentalists warn of dangers, EU authorities view the herbicide less critically.
- Germany plans to discontinue glyphosate approval from early 2024.
- EU authority for food safety sees an unproblematic extension of glyphosate approval.

Concern about Germany as a business location is growing.

Germans see the Greens as the driving force in the “traffic light”

According to a new survey, the AfD now also has 32 percent in the northeast ...

AfD also makes massive gains in surveys in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

In the current Forsa survey, the AfD is at its highest level so far this week. The Greens can also ...

AfD reaches new high in survey
Greens are also gaining

So-called fathers' rights activists vehemently assert influence in politics and the judiciary - and undermine the ...

Fathers' rights activists on the rise

FDP President Thierry Burkart goes on the offensive: his party wants to force the ...

Energy strategy
FDP leader Thierry Burkart wants new nuclear power plants.

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”
FDP General Secretary Djir-Sarai calls the Greens a “security risk”, Vice Chancellor Habeck does not want ...

Parties continue to argue heatedly about migration

For Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, the affair surrounding the replacement of ...

“Goal was achieved”
Secret emails reveal how Faeser had Schönbohm hunted

A Senate report answered whether the Last Generation is a criminal ...

Last generation not a criminal organization
Berlin FDP wants to read report - Complaint

As soon as there is a suggestion at 30 km/h in towns, the same old phrases are used again ...

Speed limit of 30 in towns
The discussion is just getting tiring

oods of people arrive in Lampedusa every day. Now the FDP is pushing for Germany to stop ...

Lampedusa situation
FDP rejects taking in more refugees from Italy

Three weeks before the state elections, the CSU leader is tightening his pace on ...

“If the application was rejected”
Söder wants to cut cash from asylum seekers
Quick Glance: Söder plans to remove cash for rejected asylum seekers
- Soon only chip cards for limited purchase of certain goods
- Program for community work during the residency status
- Demand for a change in migration policy

The Thuringian FDP under Thomas Kemmerich helped a CDU tax proposal ...

Voting in the Thuringian state parliament
How the Kemmerich curse is affecting the FDP

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

Christian Lindner
Finance Minister sees stability threatened by uncontrolled migration

According to a survey, the SPD has fallen further out of favor with voters ...

Insa poll
SPD and FDP with worst score since federal election.

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

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

The traffic light government wants to reform the climate protection law ...

Traffic light wants to reform climate protection law
That's why there's so much concern

Luisa Neubauer criticizes that the lack of cross-party consensus endangers the Paris climate goals. FDP politician Kuhle clearly rejects this.

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

Sunday poll for the state election in Hesse (#ltwhe ) - Infratest dimap / Hessischer Rundfunk: CDU 31 % | SPD 18 % | GRÜNE 17 % | AfD 17 % | FDP 5 % | DIE LINKE ... Show more

Three and a half weeks before the state elections in Hesse ...

Survey: CDU clearly the strongest force
AfD makes massive gains in Hesse, Greens lose significantly
Quick Glance: Brandenburg: AfD gains nine points and takes a significant lead
- AfD leads in survey ahead of all other parties
- AfD reaches 32 percent in the Sunday poll
- SPD only at 20 percent, CDU at 18 percent
- Left and BVB/Free Voters at 8 percent in the state parliament

In view of the unchecked mass immigration to Germany, the FDP is calling for a change of ...

Last chance for Olaf Scholz
Germany needs a new migration policy

The parliamentary managing director of the FDP ...

orsten Herbst (FDP)
"We can only get the AfD down if we pursue policies that are close to real life"

The FDP has once again spoken out against designating 30 km/h zones across the board in cities ...

FDP against nationwide speed limit 30

A cycle path should be installed on the Blue Wonder through a traffic trial. Mayor Dirk Hilbert (FDP) ...

U-turn at the Blue Wonder
Cycle path in Dresden is coming

The frustration with the traffic lights in Berlin is causing problems for the FDP in the Hessian ...

State election in Hesse
The FDP is fighting for survival

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.

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

The Bundesjugendspiele should become less performance-oriented. An FDP politician and a primary school ...

Bundesjugendspiele
Do children have to learn to win?

For the traffic light coalition it's half time - and their popularity ratings in the RTL/ntv ...

RTL/ntv trend barometer
Greens fall to lowest value in five years

The Bavarian Prime Minister proposes an “integration limit” of 200,000 migrants per year ...

200,000 people per year
Söder wants “integration limit” for migrants
Quick Glance: Söder: Integration Limit for Migrants - 200,000 per Year
- Söder warns of destabilization of the political system in Germany
- Democratic stability at risk
- Citizen concerns should not be left solely to the AfD

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

To slow down immigration, nationals would have to work more ...

Immigration
FDP Council of States Damian Müller calls for tax bonus for full-time work.

The planned Baltic Sea National Park is divisive: the coalition agreement stipulated that an ...

Baltic Sea National Park
This is the status of the debate

A Bertelsmann study certifies the traffic light coalition a decent record. In contrast ...

Tidy record of the traffic light?
The frustration has good reasons
Quick Glance: Traffic Light Assessment: Frustration with Valid Reasons
- According to surveys, 80% of Germans believe the opposite.
- 38% of election promises have already been fulfilled.
- Study shows: Traffic light has a decent track record.
- 60% of Germans have no trust in politics.

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

According to Marco Genthe and Alexander Grafe, the AfD parliamentary group was ...

Lower Saxony
FDP members announce lawsuit against state elections

The debt brake was introduced under Peer Steinbrück. Today ...

Against investment backlog
ex-finance minister Steinbrück calls for "better" debt brake

The federal and state governments have finally agreed on the starting ...

Starting Opportunities Program
Relief through help for disadvantaged schools

The CDU wants to renew itself - also visually. Now the party has presented a modernized logo ...

Black lettering, turquoise background
CDU presents new party logo

The general renovation of the railway is like an open heart operation, according to railway ...

Railway Commissioner Theurer expects major restrictions

The leaflet affair apparently did not harm the Free Voters in Bavaria ...

New survey after leaflet affair
Aiwanger's Free Voters in Bavaria at a record high
Quick Glance: CSU Hits Historic Low - Freie Wähler Make Huge Leap
- The Aiwanger affair has disrupted the political climate in Bavaria just before the election.
- Freie Wähler jump to 17 percent in the representative survey by the Infratest dimap institute.
- This is one percentage point higher than in two surveys by other institutes last week - the highest value ever achieved by Freie Wähler.
- If a state election were held next Sunday, the Greens would only come in third place with 15 percent.

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

From their point of view, the statutory health insurance ...

Increasing additional contributions
health insurance companies warn of a high deficit of billions
Quick Glance: Warning: Health insurance funds predict high billion-dollar deficit
- Insured individuals face increasing supplementary contributions.
- The statutory health insurance funds warn of a billion-dollar deficit in the coming year.

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

What support do the parties currently have among the population? A survey shows: The Greens are gaining ...

Insa survey
SPD slips to its lowest level in two years

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"

Former FDP Interior Minister Gerhart Baum is concerned about the shift to the right in Germany ...

Gerhart Baum on the AfD
"The old Nazis are back"

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

The FDP in Thuringia will not receive any financial ...

State leader not surprised
Thuringian FDP receives no money for election campaign from campaign funds
Karoline Preisler tweeted about her corona infection and her separation. That made her famous ...

FDP politician Karoline Preisler
The woman who shows herself

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

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

Councilor Thomas Commichau (FDP) has left the majority group in the Wangerooger Island ...

Thomas Commichau (FDP) overturns the majority in the island council

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 34-year-old son ...

Mnangagwa's son 'elated and in disbelief' over his deputy finance minister appointment
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