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The Bundesrat also votes with a two-thirds majority to change the debt brake: The billion-euro financial package for defense and infrastructure also receives the ...
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The Bundesrat also votes with a two-thirds majority to change the debt ...
Quick Glance: Bundesrat Faces Key Vote on Financial Package
  • The Bundestag approved a historic credit package for defense, infrastructure, and climate protection.

  • Implementation requires a two-thirds majority from the federal states, bolstered by the prospect of 100 billion euros for infrastructure.

  • Resistance arises from some eastern states and the FDP, while support from Bavaria may prove crucial.

  • Legal challenges, including emergency applications from the AfD and FDP, did not halt the Bundesrat's vote, though approval remains contentious.
Federal President: Basic Law amendment for financial package comes into force: The billion-euro financial package for defense and infrastructure has cleared the ...
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Federal President: Basic Law amendment for financial package comes into ...
Health insurance boss warns of massive increase in premiums: "Pain threshold exceeded"
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Health insurance boss warns of massive increase in premiums:
Ukraine: Committee approves over eleven billion euros in military aid to Ukraine: The Bundestag has approved an additional eleven billion euros for arms ...
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Ukraine: Committee approves over eleven billion euros in military aid to ...
Conscription: Higher salaries are more cost-effective: Volunteers instead of conscription: According to the Ifo Institute, it would be cheaper for the state to ...
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Conscription: Higher salaries are more cost-effective
EU summit: EU military aid for Ukraine likely to be significantly smaller: An initiative for new military aid for Ukraine worth up to 40 billion euros has failed ...
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EU summit: EU military aid for Ukraine likely to be significantly smaller
Quick Glance: EU Summit: Military Aid for Ukraine Under Debate
  • The 27 EU heads of state and government are discussing military aid for Ukraine in Brussels, following the failure of a previous 40 billion euro aid package.

  • EU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas hopes for approval of a reduced five billion euro ammunition package to achieve concrete progress.

  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez highlights the differing security situations within the EU, causing tensions, while Germany takes a leading role in supporting Ukraine.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participates via video link, reporting on a conversation with US President Trump that could strengthen relations between the two countries.
Germany approves 3 bn euros in new Ukraine military aid: Germany on Friday approved three billion euros ($3.25 billion) in new military aid for Ukraine ...
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Germany approves 3 bn euros in new Ukraine military aid
Prepared for War: 30 Billion Euros Needed for Civil Defense: War has become "more likely," according to an internal document from the Federal Ministry of the ...
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Prepared for War: 30 Billion Euros Needed for Civil Defense
Ukraine War: German government wants to release around eleven billion euros for military aid to Ukraine
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Ukraine War: German government wants to release around eleven billion ...
Belgian Prime Minister warns: Confiscation of frozen Russian assets is an "act of war."
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Belgian Prime Minister warns: Confiscation of frozen Russian assets is an ...
Job cuts at Mercedes: Car giant pays up to €500,000 for termination: The automotive industry is forced to cut costs and is cutting jobs. Mercedes-Benz now wants ...
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Job cuts at Mercedes: Car giant pays up to €500,000 for termination
Quick Glance: Mercedes Offers High Severance Payments for Layoffs
  • Mercedes-Benz aims to reduce staff through generous severance packages that can reach up to 500,000 euros.

  • Voluntary employees can expect substantial severance payments within a limited timeframe from April to July 2024, with a team leader having 30 years of service potentially receiving over 500,000 euros.

  • Key employees are excluded from this offer, and the severance program is expected to conclude by March 2026, while job security for 91,000 workers has been extended until the end of 2034.

  • Severance payments are subject to income tax, resulting in significant amounts owed to the tax authorities.
Mercedes: Auto group pays up to €500,000 for voluntary layoffs: The DAX-listed company needs to save money and wants to make an offer to more than 30 ...
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Mercedes: Auto group pays up to €500,000 for voluntary layoffs
Quick Glance: Mercedes Offers High Severance for Voluntary Resignations
  • Mercedes-Benz aims to save five billion euros by 2027 through job cuts and production reductions.

  • Long-term employees can expect six-figure severance packages based on their salary and tenure.

  • The severance program is valid until the end of July 2023, with individual offers for over 30,000 employees in indirect roles.

  • The management seeks a socially responsible restructuring of the company with the 'Next Level Performance' savings program.
Mercedes-Benz: Car manufacturer pays some employees 500,000 euros in severance pay
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Mercedes-Benz: Car manufacturer pays some employees 500,000 euros in ...
ZF: Crisis in the automotive industry: The automotive supplier ZF is in a major crisis. The company made a huge loss last year. The outlook for 2025 does not ...
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ZF: Crisis in the automotive industry
Deutsche Bahn: The railway is saying goodbye to self-driving trains: Internal documents show: The state-owned company wants to shut down a number of future ...
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Deutsche Bahn: The railway is saying goodbye to self-driving trains
Special funds: These debacles should serve as a warning to Friedrich Merz: 500 billion euros for infrastructure, unlimited debt for defense: The Bundesrat has ...
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Special funds: These debacles should serve as a warning to Friedrich Merz
Digital euro: What you need to know about the cashless payment method: A digital central bank currency in the form of the digital euro could be available in just ...
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Digital euro: What you need to know about the cashless payment method
Michael Wendler: The drama just doesn't end: The court ruling in the Michael Wendler case has been handed down. But the singer isn't ready to admit ...
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Michael Wendler: The drama just doesn't end
How the EU is trying to sway public opinion: The EU Commission is funding NGOs to influence public opinion. A new report sheds light on a dense network and its ...
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How the EU is trying to sway public opinion
Live blog on the vote on special funds and the debt brake today: These are the dissenters in the CDU
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Live blog on the vote on special funds and the debt brake today: These are ...
Quick Glance: Bundestag Approves Financial Package for Security and Investment
  • The Bundestag approved the financial package from the Union and SPD with 513 votes in favor, surpassing the required two-thirds majority of 489 votes.

  • The vote took place in the old Bundestag to secure the Greens' support, which ultimately agreed despite initial reservations.

  • Friedrich Merz highlighted the package's importance for Germany's security and infrastructure modernization, while critics from the AfD, FDP, and Left voiced strong objections.

  • The package includes the establishment of a special fund of 500 billion euros for infrastructure and climate neutrality investments, but the Bundesrat's approval is still pending.
Pressure to cut costs at the ÖGK: Doctors should be stricter with referrals: The Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) expects a loss of 900 million euros for the ...
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Pressure to cut costs at the ÖGK: Doctors should be stricter with ...
Withdraw cash in stores: Supermarket instead of ATM: Withdraw cash in stores: Stiftung Warentest has examined 23 supermarkets and pharmacies and lists the ...
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Withdraw cash in stores: Supermarket instead of ATM
Germany wants to support Ukraine with another three billion euros: The German government is mobilizing another three billion euros for Ukraine. A further 8 ...
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Germany wants to support Ukraine with another three billion euros
Merz collects next promise: There should be no climate money - "currently not on the agenda"
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Merz collects next promise: There should be no climate money -
Buying is almost always better than renting, says a new study: After 30 years, buyers have an average of €365,000 more assets than renters ...
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Buying is almost always better than renting, says a new study
Research: France welcomes scientists from the USA: Due to the new government's restrictions on science, many researchers want to leave the USA ...
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Research: France welcomes scientists from the USA
Federal Council approves historic financial package: The financial package, which provides for a significant increase in military spending ...
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Federal Council approves historic financial package
France is planning a rearmament with savings - | weapons instead of housing?: France wants to massively rearm, but its public finances are strained ...
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France is planning a rearmament with savings - | weapons instead of ...
Merz plans drastic cuts to citizen's income, heating law, and pensions: "Everything is being put to the test"
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Merz plans drastic cuts to citizen's income, heating law ...
Quick Glance: Merz Announces Major Cuts in Social Policy
  • Friedrich Merz celebrated the Bundestag's approval of his financial plan but announced significant budget cuts are necessary due to a major deficit.

  • He stated that savings must be made in social spending, pensions, and other programs because of an 80 billion euro shortfall.

  • Merz emphasized the need for a fair distribution of rising costs and the negotiation of a comprehensive reform agenda.

  • The CDU intends to review both the citizen's allowance and the heating law, while discussions on potential cuts to parental benefits are increasing.
This is how Tesla goes bankrupt and Musk goes bankrupt - a (not so unlikely) mind game
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This is how Tesla goes bankrupt and Musk goes bankrupt - a (not so ...
Subsidiary of the Laura Private Foundation insolvent with €404 million in debt: Until recently, Herkules Holding GmbH was still operating under the name Laura ...
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Subsidiary of the Laura Private Foundation insolvent with €404 million in ...
According to a study, money laundering is causing property prices to rise: Combating money laundering is of financial benefit to property buyers ...
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According to a study, money laundering is causing property prices to rise
Could the EU become a military superpower?: Only two weeks after a European Union summit where the bloc's leaders pledged to spend billions on defence in a ...
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Could the EU become a military superpower?
Austria announces 19.3 million euros for Syria: "The primary goal must be to ensure that the Syrian civilian population has prospects on the ground again and ...
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Austria announces 19.3 million euros for Syria
Prosecutors against judges: The secret power struggle escalates in the Querdenken trial
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Prosecutors against judges: The secret power struggle escalates in the ...
Quick Glance: Key Developments in the Ballweg Trial
  • The trial against Michael Ballweg, founder of the 'Querdenken' movement, may take a decisive turn as parties engaged in discussions behind closed doors.

  • Since October 2024, Ballweg has faced charges of attempted fraud and tax evasion, with the prosecution citing significant sums involved.

  • These discussions could lead to an agreement where the court outlines a potential sentence and the defense may consider a confession.

  • The trial is scheduled to continue until October 2025, with Ballweg aiming for full rehabilitation for perceived injustices.
Calculations by the German Economic Institute: Canceling a public holiday could save up to 8.6 billion euros
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Calculations by the German Economic Institute: Canceling a public holiday ...
€2,500 pension for everyone? - | Merz's plan under the microscope: The CDU and the SPD want a future-proof pension solution. The CDU advocates for an early ...
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€2,500 pension for everyone? - | Merz's plan under the microscope
Canceling a public holiday could bring billions of euros: What would happen to the economy if Germany canceled a public holiday? This question is currently being ...
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Canceling a public holiday could bring billions of euros
Audi plans to cut 7,500 jobs over the next four years: With the intensified cost-cutting program, Audi CEO Döllner aims to save one billion euros annually on ...
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Audi plans to cut 7,500 jobs over the next four years
Quick Glance: Audi Announces Major Job Cuts by 2029
  • Audi plans to eliminate a total of 7,500 jobs in Germany by 2029 to save over one billion euros annually.

  • Job security is extended until 2033, with no layoffs occurring until then.

  • The cuts will mainly affect indirect roles, focusing on reducing bureaucracy, while the company invests eight billion euros in its German facilities.

  • IG Metall members will receive an additional bonus starting in 2026, and Audi commits to producing the Q3 in Ingolstadt.
Summit in Brussels: EU wants to massively rearm by 2030: 800 billion euros - | that's how much the EU intends to provide for armaments in the coming years ...
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Summit in Brussels: EU wants to massively rearm by 2030
Merz's debt package: What will ordinary citizens face now?: 500 billion for infrastructure, new debt for defense. What consequences does Merz's special ...
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Merz's debt package: What will ordinary citizens face now?
Erling Haaland treats himself to a four-million-euro Bugatti: Erling Haaland has ordered the new hyper sports car from Bugatti. The racing car costs around four ...
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Erling Haaland treats himself to a four-million-euro Bugatti
Fate of 25-year-old cancer patient from Murtal touches: Wave of support for 25-year-old woman from Murtal who is suffering from an incurable brain tumor ...
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Fate of 25-year-old cancer patient from Murtal touches
The Chinese main owner apparently wants to sell BIL: Luxembourg's oldest private bank could soon have a new owner. According to Reuters ...
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The Chinese main owner apparently wants to sell BIL
Gang of young people shoots pensioner in the face - | now the handcuffs click: Three times in a row, people in Soest have been threatened by young people - | ...
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Gang of young people shoots pensioner in the face - | now the handcuffs ...
Deutz Motorenwerke: CEO Sebastian Schulte leads with a steady hand: The engine manufacturer Deutz was once a big name. Now CEO Sebastian Schulte is breaking with ...
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Deutz Motorenwerke: CEO Sebastian Schulte leads with a steady hand
Price of a regular butane gas cylinder in Spain rises again: this is what you should be paying
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Price of a regular butane gas cylinder in Spain rises again: this is what ...
Bundeswehr: High pay is "economically more advantageous" than conscription: Better pay could bring more volunteers into the Bundeswehr. Conscription would ...
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Bundeswehr: High pay is
France to launch 450 million euro defence fund amid growing security concerns: France's public investment bank Bpifrance will launch a 450 million euro ($490 ...
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France to launch 450 million euro defence fund amid growing security ...
RTL: Share price falls by up to ten percent after quarterly figures: RTL's operating result fell by eight percent. Revenue remained constant only through ...
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RTL: Share price falls by up to ten percent after quarterly figures
Deutsche Bank: 647 employees earn one million euros or more: Germany's largest financial institution pays its management team generously ...
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Deutsche Bank: 647 employees earn one million euros or more
Verbund Group profit fell by a quarter last year: VIENNA. The sharp drop in electricity prices on the futures and spot markets has had a negative impact on ...
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Verbund Group profit fell by a quarter last year
Five-figure job cuts: Automotive supplier ZF reports billion-dollar loss for 2024
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Five-figure job cuts: Automotive supplier ZF reports billion-dollar loss ...
French deputy asks for return of Statue of Liberty: France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France ...
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French deputy asks for return of Statue of Liberty
Defense startups in comparison: These are the largest German defense startups: Investments in defense startups are increasing. DefenceTech is increasingly coming ...
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Defense startups in comparison: These are the largest German defense ...
Company falls short of its targets: Slowed consumption leads to poor prospects for Douglas
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Company falls short of its targets: Slowed consumption leads to poor ...
Austria's largest nursing home operator is likely to be sold: According to media reports, the company Senecura is about to be sold. The value of the ...
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Austria's largest nursing home operator is likely to be sold
Financial package: Three amendments to the Basic Law with billions of dollars in consequences
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Financial package: Three amendments to the Basic Law with billions of ...
Bundestag: 100 billion euros for climate protection - | CDU/CSU, SPD, and Greens reach agreement in debt dispute
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Bundestag: 100 billion euros for climate protection - | CDU/CSU, SPD ...
Final act in the Grasser drama: The Supreme Court is deliberating the verdicts against former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser and his co-defendants in the ...
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Final act in the Grasser drama
LMG Geldern: 18,000 euros embezzled, donors save Abiball: The willingness to help the graduating class at Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium in Geldern knows no bounds ...
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LMG Geldern: 18,000 euros embezzled, donors save Abiball
Bundestag approves constitutional amendment for financial package: The Bundestag has voted to relax the debt brake in favor of higher defense spending and to ...
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Bundestag approves constitutional amendment for financial package