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Willy Brandt Medal for Jürgen Hestler
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European elections: SPD party leader Saskia Esken is campaigning in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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Future of retirement: working until you're 72?: Should there be a flexible retirement age like in Sweden? Employees can already continue to work after reaching ...
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“Freezing” the war: Mützenich does not want to back away from controversial statements
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The discussion about a possible change to the Basic Law to protect the Constitutional Court is appropriate, explained Chancellor Scholz ... www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/afd-klare-option-spd-spitze-legt-sich-bei-afd-verbotsverfahren-fest/100024382.html
International Women's Day: Saskia Esken complains about the lack of equality: Most bosses in Germany are male, but the female quota works. On Women's Day ...
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Paid articlePaid Fire at SPD politician's home: Mr. Müller and the fear in his own house: Thuringian local politician Michael Müller organizes a demonstration against right-wing ...
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Malice and malicious glee particularly often affect women in politics. SPD leader Saskia Esken and CDU politician Julia Klöckner talk about how they deal with ... Show more
Protest movement for democracy: What the mass protests against the AfD are achieving in politics
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Olaf Scholz versus Friedrich Merz: Suddenly they have the same interest: There is a rivalry between the chancellor and the leader of the opposition that has ...
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The SPD is promoting a centrist pact in its fight against the AfD: After the mass protests against the AfD, the SPD would like to step up its political game ...
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Corporate taxes: Greens and SPD reject Lindner's solidarity tax proposal: SPD leader Esken considers Lindner's tax reduction idea unsuitable. Green Party leader ...
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SPD in Saxony: We will achieve the five percent: In Saxony, the SPD is fighting for its existence. The Sachsenring local association still has 15 members ...
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Paid articlePaid SPD withdraws from Platform X: The SPD leadership no longer wants to use its channel on the former Twitter. Other parties want to stay - despite hatred and ...
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Starting Opportunities Program: SPD wants five times more funding for problem schools
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Tax relief for companies: SPD and Greens reject Lindner's initiative on the solidarity surcharge
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SPD chairwoman Saskia Esken gives Solingen women confidence: The Solingen SPD has a special guest for International Women's Day. The party leader Saskia Esken ...
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Esken on the Ukraine war: “We have to deliver ammunition faster”: Saskia Esken, chairwoman of the SPD.
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Armament instead of social benefits? Dispute over priorities: The changed security situation after Russia's attack on Ukraine requires a lot of money for the ...
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Party in crisis - She has come to listen: In the east, the SPD is fighting for survival. Party leader Saskia Esken is currently driving through Saxony in an ...
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Paid articlePaid Russian disinformation campaign: SPD leader calls for protection against Russian disinformation
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NPD is excluded from party financing: Supporters of the right-wing extremist NPD, now renamed “Die Heimat”, march through the city center of Greifswald with ...
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Quick Glance: NPD Excluded from Party Financing
- Federal Constitutional Court excludes NPD from party financing
- Tax benefits for the party are also revoked
- Legislator created option for exclusion from party financing
- Decision could serve as a blueprint for AfD exclusion
SPD on the brink: The first are moving away from the Chancellor: The SPD is experiencing an unprecedented collapse. At the beginning of the super election year ...
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SPD leader Esken in the ntv early start: "We shouldn't wait until the AfD is too relevant"
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AfD: Anyone who wants to ban the right-wing party is an anti-democrat: SPD leader Saskia Esken is not the only one who is thinking out loud about using legal ...
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Quick Glance: AfD Ban Debate: Key Questions
- Reasons behind the debate on an AfD ban
- Political stances on banning the AfD
- Complexities of initiating a ban procedure
- Impact of the NPD ban process
Discontent in the SPD: Nobody supports Scholz: There is currently no one left of significance in the Chancellor's party who dares to publicly support the ...
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According to SPD leader Saskia Esken, it is important to talk about banning the AfD and to shake up voters.
The protest is followed by a conversation: traffic light faction leaders want to meet with the farmers
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Lousy SPD polls in the east: Forsa boss Manfred Güllner advises a "Saxony ban" for Saskia Esken
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SPD and Greens: “Polycrisis” and “Future Investments” - with nonsense words against the debt brake
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Paid articlePaid SPD leader Saskia Esken has described the CDU under its leader Friedrich Merz as a "fire hazard" for social cohesion.
SPD leader on Union demand: Esken rejects asylum procedures outside the EU: The CDU/CSU advocates asylum procedures outside the EU in the draft of its new basic ...
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Weak SPD chairmen: Why they are becoming smaller and smaller: The SPD once had major chairmen with claims to power who wanted to set a course for their comrades ...
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SPD top candidate sidelined: The party leadership of the Social Democrats around Saskia Esken and Lars Klingbeil wants the Rhineland-Palatinate top candidate for ...
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Relief for citizens: SPD sticks to climate money: The co-chair of the SPD wants to ease the burden on citizens. Saskia Esken is therefore calling for a reform of ...
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Lack of young talent in the Bundeswehr: SPD leader Esken opposes Pistorius's proposal for compulsory military service
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A return to the grand coalition? When the reprise becomes a smear theater: The SPD would like to repeat its surprise success of 2021 in future elections ...
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Climate money: Consumer advocates demand 139 euros per person - when will the payment be made?
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Esken and Klingbeil re-elected as SPD party leaders: The SPD top duo has been re-elected for two years - and with good results. Saskia Esken received 82 ...
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Quick Glance: Esken Criticizes Merz's CDU at SPD Conference
- Esken sharply criticizes the CDU under Merz at the SPD conference.
- Esken and Klingbeil are expected to be re-elected.
- Esken, Klingbeil, and Kühnert stand for re-election in front of the delegates.
SPD party conference: 14 percent crisis? What 14 percent crisis?: The SPD did not dismantle itself at its party conference, but emerged from it more united ...
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This is how the SPD wants to protect consumers from rising CO2 prices: Prices for CO2 will rise in the new year - refueling and heating will become more ...
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"I think it's really shabby to want to make savings for the poorest people now of all times in order to overcome the crisis ... Show more
Party conference on the debt brake: the SPD only has old answers: The chancellor's party has walled itself in with defiance. The majority has no interest in real ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Survey: German Economists' Views on Debt Brake
- German economists are divided on the debt brake: Half support retention, while the other half favors reform or abolition.
- German economists hold diverse views on the debt brake, reflecting a strong interest in potential reforms.
- A large majority of economists support the retention of the debt brake, while a significant portion favors reforms or abolition.
- The diversity of opinions among economists regarding the debt brake reflects a wide range of arguments for and against its retention.
Budget in the Bundestag: traffic light stands, Friedrich Merz fumes: Only hours after the coalition agreement, the Bundestag is discussing a draft budget ...
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SPD party leader: Esken wants a German pact for a better education system: The SPD party leader is calling for more money for a stronger school system in Germany ...
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Party conference: “Political vandalism” - Saskia Esken attacks Friedrich Merz: SPD leader Saskia Esken accuses CDU leader Friedrich Merz of dividing the country ...
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Saskia Esken at the district SPD - “The mood in the country could hardly be more heated”
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“It was clear to everyone that it was a trick”: Esken leaves Lanz speechless on ZDF
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Visiting Ludwigsburg: This is how Saskia Esken (SPD) assesses the work of the federal government
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SPD flees from reality and ignores the most important issue for citizens
CDU leader: Merz considers SPD criticism "dishonorable" and "scurrilous": At their party conference, the Social Democrats sharply attacked the CDU leader ...
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"Maybrit Illner": When Esken draws an Ahr valley comparison, Merz bursts his collar
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Education: Experts call for “finally a Pisa jolt”: Too few teachers, investments and digitalization, too much social inequality: education experts ...
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Federal budget: Saskia Esken expects agreement to be reached soon in the budget dispute
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Paid articlePaid Asylum shelter set on fire: The fire that horrified the public - and remains unpunished
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Budget crisis: Friedrich Merz believes it is not necessary to suspend the debt brake in 2024
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"We respect the debt brake, but we also respect the exception rule, which is also part of the constitution," explains Saskia Esken, party leader of the SPD.
SPD leader Saskia Esken on Markus Lanz: With the citizen's income you can "have a wonderful time" - Die Weltwoche
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Federal budget: Olaf Scholz expects a quick solution to the budget dispute: 17 billion euros are missing from the 2024 budget, and the Chancellor admits ...
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Paid articlePaid Saskia Esken cuts the telephone lines on Shutter Island: SPD cuts the last connection to the Real
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Traffic light coalition: Kubicki rejects suspension of the debt brake: Finance Minister Chritian Lindner is prepared to suspend the debt brake again in order to ...
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Quick Glance: Billion-Dollar Hole: SPD to Scrap Debt Brake for 2023
- Federal Constitutional Court's ruling creates billion-dollar hole in budget
- SPD insists on suspending debt brake for 2024
- Finance Minister Lindner welcomes suspension of debt brake for 2023
- Ampel coalition plans to use exception rule for this year
Esken: Suspend debt brake in 2023 and 2024: After the latest budget ruling, SPD party leader Esken wants to suspend the debt brake for 2023 and 2024 ...
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Merz wants to focus on people's concerns: “Election campaigns are there to change the mood”
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Klingbeil and Esken are running again for SPD chairmanship: The Chancellor's Party, the SPD, will line up for the second half of the electoral term at a party ...
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The border balance sheet: now Lang, Faeser and Esken have been proven wrong: The success of one month of stationary border controls at the German border speaks ...
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SPD leader: Esken wants to finance the Bundeswehr via top earners: How can the government meet NATO's two percent target in the long term? SPD leader Saskia ...
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Quick Glance: SPD Leader Saskia Esken on German Welfare
- Saskia Esken explains why the German welfare system does not attract refugees and how suspending the debt brake benefits future generations.
- The party's national polling is between 15 and 17 percent.
- We need a decade of social democratic policies.
- The leading proposal at the December SPD conference will outline the party's solutions for Germany.
After Saskia Esken's initiative: Brandenburg's SPD sees AfD ban debate cautiously
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SPD: The Jusos finally want their party back on a large scale: The Jusos have a lot of anger in their stomachs at their federal congress and long for more SPD in ...
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German far-right party AfD sees membership grow as SPD suggests ban : Germany's far-right AfD party says its membership has risen sharply. It currently stands at ...
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Worries about austerity pressure - Time for household cleaning is running out: Because of the strained budget situation, many fear the red pen ...
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District Administrator Stefan Kerth is leaving the SPD and settling accounts with them - rightly
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Olaf Scholz: gambled away: Olaf Scholz was considered the politician who had a plan for everything. Now his financial policy has failed ...
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New Juso chairman Türmer: More than a power machine?: "Nikolaus is traffic light off" - the slogan was heard at the Juso congress in Braunschweig. However ...
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The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan dies aged 65: The singer's wife announced his death in a post on Instagram.
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SPD economic concept: SPD plans are controversial among economists: The SPD wants to make the rich pay and loosen the debt brake. The coalition partner FDP ...
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SPD wants to cut taxes for the masses and make the super-rich pay: More investment, more money for education and taxes down for almost everyone ...
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Federal budget in times of crisis: SPD leader Esken calls for suspension of debt brake
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Saskia Esken in “ntv Frühstart”: “Those seeking protection don’t come here because of the incentives”
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Quick Glance: Esken contradicts FDP's demand on asylum seekers
- Esken contradicts Dürr's demand to stop false incentives for asylum seekers.
- Esken expresses skepticism towards nationwide payment card for asylum seekers.
- Esken accuses the Union of fueling the migration debate.
- Esken justifies honoring Gerhard Schröder for 60 years of party membership.
SPD initiative: Rich people should pay a “tax for the future”: The SPD suffers from the lack of its own profile in the traffic lights. Now she is presenting a ...
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Esken and DGB: Suspend debt brake for 2023 and 2024: The federal government's budget policy is being put to the test: What is still possible and what is no ...
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Quick Glance: Debt Brake Debate
- The Federal Constitutional Court has tightened the debt brake regulations, leading to an intense debate about its usefulness.
- Expert Jens Südekum expresses a clear opinion on this matter.
- Following the ruling from Karlsruhe, the political arena is discussing the rationale behind the debt brake.
- Professor Südekum believes that the debt brake needs to be revamped and suggests a combination of both tax increases and spending cuts.
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