
"They also want another country, the AfD - just like the climate stickers" - ...

Lindner
"They want a different country, the AfD - just like the climate stickers"
Quick Glance: Lindner Compares Climate Activists to AfD
- Federal Finance Minister Lindner draws parallel between climate activists and AfD

Christian Dürr calls for an end to cash payments to refugees. The consequences of this are ...

Migration
Christian Dürr (FDP) calls for a cash stop for refugees
Quick Glance: Migration: FDP Leader Calls for Cash Payment Stop for Refugees
- Christian Dürr calls for an end to cash payments to refugees.

The preparations for the so-called climate money have so far made only slow ...

Compensation for rising CO2 prices
Lindner promises climate money from 2025
Quick Glance: Christian Lindner: First Climate Money in 2025
- CO2 price to increase to 40 euros per tonne from January 2024
- Technical capability to pay out climate money in 2025
- Fuel and heating costs rise due to CO2 price

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

The federal government has decided on the hard-fought basic child welfare provision. But the SPD parliamentary ...

Federal government approves basic child security

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.

Typically, last generation climate activists stick to the streets ...

Action on the Berlin Autobahn
Last generation blocks traffic with rented cars
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

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

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”

he new Federal Financial Criminal Police Office was to become a "milestone" in the fight against ...

Lindner stops multi-million project to combat money laundering

In the fight against the wave of refugees, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner offers to ...

Christian Lindner
customs officers should protect German borders

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.

Can money transfers from refugees to their home countries be technically blocked? ...

eutschland
Block money transfers from refugees? Lindner considers measures

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

Energy price brakes expire in December 2023. Consumers could face massive price jumps.

Heating costs in winter 2023
Experts expect gas prices to rise

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

In the debate about child poverty, the traffic light coalition has sunk low ...

Cabinet approves basic child benefit
much ado about almost nothing

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

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

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 take action against money laundering with a new office; its own ...

Money laundering
new draft law from the federal government

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?

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

Germany may need to rethink its liberal migration policies in the face of rising numbers of undocumented ...

Germany Mulls Tightening Asylum Laws to Quell Migration

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

FDP boss on consistent gendering on ARD and ZDF: “I also have some ...

FDP boss answers reader questions
“There will be no general speed limit with the FDP”

Consumers in Germany are threatened with a significant increase in gas ...

Your gas will soon become more expensive for two reasons
“In effect a tax increase”

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

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

Debate over 1848
Lindner's peculiar interpretation of property

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

Finance Minister Lindner wants to further strengthen startups

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

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”

Lindner, Linnemann and Steinbrück demand that we should work longer. The move is wrong and ...

Do Germans have to work more? These four points speak against it

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

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

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

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

France issued an ultimatum and Germany pushed back in an increasingly bitter standoff that lays ...

France and Germany Clash in Feud Over Europe’s Industrial Crown

When it comes to involving employees in startups, no country has been as unattractive as Germany for a long ...

ESOP
Germany now top 5 for employee participation

When it comes to involving employees in startups, no country has been as unattractive as Germany for a long ...

ESOP
Germany now top 5 for employee participation

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".

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

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 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.

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

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

The welfare state must prevent existential distress, but the use of its benefits should not be "permanent", according to Federal Finance Minister Lindner.

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

Working people should have more money than recipients of social benefits ...

Citizen's income increase
federal finance minister calls for clear wage gap
Quick Glance: Increase in Citizen's Income demands clear wage gap
- Christian Lindner emphasizes the need for employed individuals to earn more than recipients of social benefits.

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

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.
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