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Germany's Defense: Cheers to Military Research: Western governments want to put more money into defense. This will invigorate military research - with ...
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Germany's Defense: Cheers to Military Research: Western governments want to put more money into defense. This will invigorate military research - with ...
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Germany's Defense: Cheers to Military Research
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Energy crisis: Were the Greens deceptive when it came to phasing out nuclear power?
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Quick Glance: CDU Official Demands Halt to Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
  • A revelation from "Cicero" magazine indicates that the decision for Germany's nuclear phase-out was primarily driven by green anti-nuclear activists, sparking harsh criticism towards Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

  • The Economy Ministry refutes the "Cicero" portrayal, emphasizing that decisions were based on transparent and open-ended evaluations.

  • The CDU and FDP criticize Habeck, calling for clarification and a reassessment of the nuclear power plant decommissioning.

  • Experts and politicians express concerns over potential public misrepresentation and the erosion of trust in the government due to the revelations from the documents.
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Nuclear phase-out: The nuclear power issue is not over: The federal government must answer questions about the nuclear phase-out process ...
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Nuclear phase-out: The nuclear power issue is not over
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Controversy over the nuclear phase-out: Habeck claims to have discussed extending the life of nuclear power plants before the outbreak of war
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Controversy over the nuclear phase-out: Habeck claims to have discussed ...
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War in Gaza: “Why are the Germans doing this to us?”: Maher Arouq lost his brothers in Israeli bombings and his house is in ruins. Now he is suing the federal ...
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War in Gaza: “Why are the Germans doing this to us?”
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Land Combat System MGCS: The Tank Crackers: Germany and France want to develop battle tanks of the future. Now really, ministers Pistorius and Lecornu assert - ...
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Land Combat System MGCS: The Tank Crackers
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Traffic light coalition: The FDP will go: Despite all the speculation, the FDP will not leave the traffic light coalition, twelve points or not
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Traffic light coalition: The FDP will go
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Abortion: Why dealing with it is still backwards: In Germany, abortions are still a criminal offense. Our columnist is on the side of everyone who wants to ...
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Abortion: Why dealing with it is still backwards
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Climate money: The price increase is intentional: Prices have been rising for years, and emissions trading is also making an increasing contribution to this ...
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Climate money: The price increase is intentional
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Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski demands reparations from Germany: The new center-left government in Poland is also addressing the German atrocities in World ...
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Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski demands reparations from Germany
Quick Glance: Poland's Assertive Stance in Europe Amid Russian Threat
  • Poland's foreign minister urged NATO to increase defense readiness and expressed the desire for central decision-making in the EU amidst the Ukraine conflict.

  • Sikorski highlighted the benefits of EU membership and emphasized Poland's goal to be part of the countries shaping Europe, not defending against it.

  • He praised French President Macron's support for Ukraine and called for more military aid from Paris, while condemning Russia's attempts to create conflict between Poland and Ukraine.

  • Sikorski underlined the West's superiority in case of a Russian attack and criticized the previous government's policies, aiming to restore Poland's international standing and democratic norms.
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Plan of the traffic light coalition: An apartment for everyone: According to the will of the federal government, there should be no housing developments by 2030 ...
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Plan of the traffic light coalition: An apartment for everyone
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Will vacations be more expensive from May 1? Air ticket tax rises again - what you need to know
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Will vacations be more expensive from May 1? Air ticket tax rises again - ...
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Climate policy: The government frees itself from its responsibility: The Climate Protection Act should ensure that Germany pursues serious climate protection ...
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Climate policy: The government frees itself from its responsibility
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Concerns about missile defense plans in Bavaria: Germany is spending almost four billion euros on the "Arrow Weapon System" missile defense shield ...
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Concerns about missile defense plans in Bavaria
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Climate protection law: Bundestag approves reform: The law eliminates the individual departmental goals for climate protection. From now on ...
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Climate protection law: Bundestag approves reform
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FDP calls for asylum based on the “Rwanda model”: Nothing to learn from the British
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College protesters want their schools to divest from ties to Israel. Here's what that means
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College protesters want their schools to divest from ties to Israel ...
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Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world: Bracket creep and the end of the low- and middle-income offset delivered the biggest tax hike in the ...
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Australians flattened by biggest tax increase in world
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Breakthrough for renewable energy? Bundestag approves solar package: The Bundestag has passed Solar Package I. A law that could advance the energy transition in ...
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Breakthrough for renewable energy? Bundestag approves solar package
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There is a lack of 13,000 places in women's shelters: a poor example of women's protection
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FDP calls for debate about Rwanda model for German asylum policy: The British Parliament has approved the plan to deport migrants to Rwanda ...
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FDP calls for debate about Rwanda model for German asylum policy
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Miss Michigan USA 2024, Alma Cooper, is also a soldier and mathematician: Alma Cooper is excelling in arenas that, for centuries, were reserved for men ...
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Miss Michigan USA 2024, Alma Cooper, is also a soldier and mathematician
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Higher flight prices, AI warnings, fines: This is changing for consumers in May: Anyone who likes to fly on vacation will have to dig deeper into their pockets ...
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Higher flight prices, AI warnings, fines: This is changing for consumers ...
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How big is the Islamist danger in Germany?: In 2023, an ex-IS fighter is arrested. Accusation: planning an attack. He was released from prison as ...
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How big is the Islamist danger in Germany?
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Heating manufacturer joins forces with solar manufacturer: Takeover of PV manufacturer from southern Germany perfect
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Heating manufacturer joins forces with solar manufacturer: Takeover of PV ...
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Vote in the Bundestag: Federal Constitutional Court rejects urgent application against climate protection law
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Vote in the Bundestag: Federal Constitutional Court rejects urgent ...
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S.F.’s Westfield mall as reimagined by Cal, Stanford students: University of California, Berkeley and Stanford students reimagined San Francisco’s old Westfield ...
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S.F.’s Westfield mall as reimagined by Cal, Stanford students
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Rare agreement: It is good that the Bundestag decided on Veterans Day.: It is an important signal that the traffic light and the Union have managed to get ...
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Rare agreement: It is good that the Bundestag decided on Veterans Day.
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Hospitals overloaded: Patients should go to their GP instead of the emergency room
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Hospitals overloaded: Patients should go to their GP instead of the ...
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AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs: A new report finds that AI matches or outperforms people at tasks such as competitive math and ...
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AI Report Shows ‘Startlingly Rapid’ Progress—And Ballooning Costs
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Cannabis: How good are Dronabinol and Co as painkillers?: Cannabis has been partially legal since April 1st. Medical cannabis on prescription has been around for ...
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Cannabis: How good are Dronabinol and Co as painkillers?
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Bangladeshi scientist Zahid Hasan appointed visiting professor at MIT: Renowned Bangladeshi scientist M. Zahid Hasan has been appointed Visiting Professor of ...
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Bangladeshi scientist Zahid Hasan appointed visiting professor at MIT
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Fever juice, antibiotics and the like: This is how the shortage of medicines in Germany is to be combated
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Fever juice, antibiotics and the like: This is how the shortage of ...
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Stanford students erect pro-Palestine encampment in defiant action: Similar encampments have sprung up at college campuses across the U.S. to protest Israel’s ...
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Stanford students erect pro-Palestine encampment in defiant action
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“Job turbo” for refugees: Traffic light advertises aggressively, but the devil is in the details
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“Job turbo” for refugees: Traffic light advertises aggressively ...
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Former Ford CEO Don Petersen, who spent 41 years with automaker, dies at 97: Don Petersen stepped out of the spotlight after leaving Ford as CEO ...
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Former Ford CEO Don Petersen, who spent 41 years with automaker ...
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Australia's average tax rate increase tops OECD countries due to bracket creep and end of tax offset
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Australia's average tax rate increase tops OECD countries due to bracket ...
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Japan’s AI Diplomacy: In order to take a global leadership role in AI regulations and innovation, the Kishida administration must formulate its own legal ...
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Japan’s AI Diplomacy
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Taxes Zurich: Karin Keller-Sutter warns of the consequences of the OECD minimum tax
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Taxes Zurich: Karin Keller-Sutter warns of the consequences of the OECD ...
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Taxes and social security contributions: What is left of your salary in Germany: In few countries the deductions through duties and taxes are higher than in this ...
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Taxes and social security contributions: What is left of your salary in ...
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“The childless single is the worst person to get out of.”: The taxes and the tax rate remains high. In a comparison of all 38 OECD countries ...
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“The childless single is the worst person to get out of.”
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OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares announces retirement amid cancer diagnosis: Al Mijares has been on a medical leave of absence from his post since August.
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OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares announces retirement amid cancer diagnosis
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Mark Zuckerberg Ran an Impressive 5K Just 5 Months After ACL Surgery: On Sunday, Mark Zuckerberg lined up for the Stanford Medicine My Heart Counts 5K and ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Ran an Impressive 5K Just 5 Months After ACL Surgery
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Why are people in Austria paying more taxes despite federal reforms?: Workers in Austria are still among those with the highest tax burdens in the world ...
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Why are people in Austria paying more taxes despite federal reforms?
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The spin on inheritance tax: The economic justification for levying it in India isn’t compelling enough.
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The spin on inheritance tax
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OECD ministers call for cohesive approach to emerging technology: Science and technology ministers from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and ...
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OECD ministers call for cohesive approach to emerging technology
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Battery recycling shatters the myth of EV waste: Making a battery for an electric vehicle (EV) typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract ...
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Battery recycling shatters the myth of EV waste
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Austria - an expensive country for workers: According to the OECD, Austria places a higher burden on labor income than almost any other country in the world ...
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Austria - an expensive country for workers
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More than 1 out of 4 sex crimes in Korea take place online : More than one out of four sex crimes in Korea are committed online as digital technology continues ...
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More than 1 out of 4 sex crimes in Korea take place online
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AI can apparently predict a person's political stance just by reading their face: That's according to a new study authored by researchers at the Graduate School ...
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AI can apparently predict a person's political stance just by reading ...
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Breaking news: German government raises growth forecast slightly to 0.3 percent: The German government is raising its growth forecast for the current year ...
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Breaking news: German government raises growth forecast slightly to 0 ...
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Study: Low mood and shift to the right among the younger generation: After coronavirus, other crises are now dampening the mood of teenagers and young adults ...
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Study: Low mood and shift to the right among the younger generation
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German government raises its growth forecast slightly: The mood in the German economy has improved significantly for the third time in a row ...
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German government raises its growth forecast slightly
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Generative AI meets scams and spam: Deciding what’s real on social media gets trickier
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Generative AI meets scams and spam: Deciding what’s real on social media ...
Quick Glance: AI Revolutionizing Call Centers: TCS Insights
  • The head of Tata Consultancy Services predicts chatbots will reduce the need for human call center agents significantly, revolutionizing the industry.

  • TCS's generative AI projects have doubled in value to $900 million by March, highlighting the increasing demand for tech talent and the need for workforce training.

  • Reports suggest that overall IT services growth is affected by global uncertainties like inflation, war, and elections, leading to a decline in spending and slower revenue growth for companies like TCS and Infosys.

  • Infosys anticipates a modest 1-3% sales growth in the upcoming financial year due to customers delaying discretionary spending on new tech projects amidst the current economic climate.
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Latest poll: AfD continues to lose popularity, FDP gets poor marks: The latest trend barometer shows that the AfD is continuing to lose popularity and is thus ...
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Latest poll: AfD continues to lose popularity, FDP gets poor marks
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Hessian AfD applies for corona committee: There are enough signatures in the state parliament to set up a committee to deal with the pandemic ...
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Hessian AfD applies for corona committee
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EU Parliament votes in favor of controversial supply chain law: The European Parliament has approved the EU supply chain law to protect human rights ...
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EU Parliament votes in favor of controversial supply chain law
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Ukraine and the Middle East: the West's stakes are rising: The Moscow-Beijing-Tehran axis is using the two current flashpoints in world politics to test its ...
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Ukraine and the Middle East: the West's stakes are rising
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023: The trend barometer continues to decline for the AfD: the party is moving further and further ...
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023
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AfD employee allegedly spied on critical infrastructure: Jian G. allegedly supplied information about Chinese opposition members to Beijing ...
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AfD employee allegedly spied on critical infrastructure
Quick Glance: Investigation of Possible Payments from China and Russia to Maximilian Krah
  • The General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden has officially initiated investigations against Maximilian Krah due to potential financial flows from Russian and Chinese sources.

  • The AfD lead candidate for the European Parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, is the subject of two preliminary investigations at the General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden.

  • Towards the end of last year, Krah was questioned by the FBI about possible payments from Kremlin-related sources, allegedly carrying a four-digit sum of money at that time.

  • On Monday evening, German authorities arrested Jian G., a close associate of Krah, who is suspected of spying for the Chinese intelligence service in Germany.
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Apartment talk on Lanz: Palmer proposes special fund for social housing construction
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Apartment talk on Lanz: Palmer proposes special fund for social housing ...
Quick Glance: Housing Shortage and Bureaucratic Obstacles
  • Federal government and municipalities struggle with housing shortage.

  • Minister Geywitz mentions 600,000 missing homes nationwide.

  • Mayor Palmer proposes special fund for social housing.

  • Bureaucratic hurdles and environmental issues hinder construction projects.
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Learning from Poland: Co-determination in politics
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Learning from Poland