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Bafög discussion comes to a head - coalition threatens dispute: Actually, everything had already been decided. From October, there was supposed to be more money ...
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Planned reform: Students outraged by Dorothee Bär's comments on BAföG: The BAföG reform is actually supposed to be passed by the cabinet in July. Now ...
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No BAföG reform after all? What's hanging in the balance for students: Research Minister Dorothee Bär has cast doubt on the BAföG reform. It's actually ...
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OpinionMinister Bär opposes BAföG increase: "There will be no fully covered university education"
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No BAföG reform? Minister Dorothee Bär “should do her job”: The coalition actually wanted to increase BAföG – but that could fail. The students are outraged ...
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Paid articlePaywallOpinionA BAföG Letter to Dorothee Bär: So Much for the Best Time of Life: Those who study from disadvantaged backgrounds depend on BAföG (student financial aid) ...
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BAföG increase could be postponed: Research Minister Bär infuriates the SPD with a possible reform halt
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Bafög: Minister Bär no longer expects rapid reform: The planned Bafög reform is on the brink. Research Minister Dorothee Bär sees a lack of support in the ...
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Dorothee Bär: BAföG reform might not happen: The BAföG reform that was actually agreed upon could be canceled as being too expensive. Not so bad ...
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Research Minister Bär expects BAföG reform to be abandoned: The CDU/CSU and SPD had agreed on an increase in the BAföG rate. But Research Minister Bär ...
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OpinionDue to criticism of BAföG (student loan program): Juso leader Türmer sharply attacks Minister Bär
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"Understandable": Even Bär doubts a quick BAföG reform: Actually, the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition agreement stipulates an increase in BAföG. But a loophole remains ...
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OpinionMinister Dorothee Bär on the BAföG reform: Cars are better off in this country than students
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Student finances: Minister Bär doubts BAföG reform will happen soon: The reform was firmly planned – | but it probably won't happen. Research Minister ...
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BAföG Reform: SPD rejects Dorothee Bär's assessment of the BAföG reform: The Federal Research Minister had expressed doubts about a rapid reform of the BAföG ...
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BAföG Reform: Research Minister Bär No Longer Expects It: The CDU/CSU and SPD had agreed on a reform of the BAföG (Federal Training Assistance Act) in their ...
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Live blog on the Federal Government: Minister Bär no longer expects a quick BAföG reform
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Studying: Research Ministry plans to implement BAföG reform for the winter semester
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Student loans: Reform stalls, students struggle with high rents: Dorothee Bär wants to stop the student loan reform and advises students to get a job ...
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BAföG reform: SPD rejects Dorothee Bär's assessment of the BAföG reform: The Federal Research Minister had expressed doubts about a rapid BAföG reform ...
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No "fully covered studies" - | Coalition argues over BAföG reform: Research Minister Bär currently sees no agreement within the coalition on the planned BAföG ...
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Studying: Dorothee Bär expects the BAföG reform to be over: According to the Federal Research Minister, the BAföG reform is no longer supported by the governing ...
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Anger over BAföG reform: Please stop arguing already!: The SPD and CDU/CSU are arguing again. This time it's about the BAföG reform - | which seemed to be a ...
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BAföG Reform in Berlin: Dispute over Implementation and Financing: Dorothee Bär expresses doubts about the BAföG reform due to the lack of a majority in the ...
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Minister Bär prepares for the end of the BAföG reform: Research Minister Bär no longer expects a quick BAföG update. Why she understands a possible halt to the ...
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Minister Bär prepares for the end of the BAföG reform: Research Minister Bär no longer expects a quick BAföG update. Why she understands a possible halt to the ...
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Student loan reform on the brink: "Unbelievable cheek" - | Students attack Bär: SPD parliamentary group vice-chair Esdar contradicts Minister Bär: The SPD wants ...
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Dorothee Bär sees BAföG reform on the verge of collapse - | colleagues partly "severely irritated"
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BAföG reform: "Bär wants to foist deteriorations on us at the last minute" - | Students are up in arms
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Reform for students and pupils: If the Bundestag and Bundesrat approve, there will soon be an increase in BAföG funding
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Rhineland-Palatinate sticks to BAföG reform: Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär (CSU) expects the BAföG reform to be abandoned. The Rhineland-Palatinate ...
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Paid articlePaywallPhilipp Türmer: "BAföG is below the poverty line. It's barely enough to live on."
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BAföG reform falters: Minister Bär calls students privileged - | Students in Kassel react
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Studies: "If this is privileged, I'll gladly give up the privileges": Shared room for 700 euros, rising prices and now no increase in student loans after all ...
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Paid articlePaywallDorothee Bär and the BAföG reform: Always picking on the students: Receiving BAföG without a part-time job isn't enough to live on. Dorothee Bär deliberately ...
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BAföG reform: So much for a cushy student life!: The research minister doesn't see working alongside studies as a problem. Lina Schuurman pushed it to its ...
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OpinionStudying and BAföG: Dorothee Mantel's Studies: Students should work more, says Research Minister Dorothee Bär. After all, she also worked part-time ...
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BAföG: Cutting here means cutting into Germany’s future (Opinion): The BAföG reform is hanging in the balance. This sends a disastrous signal to students ...
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Government argues over BAföG: Students don't count for much: Instead of presenting a united front and fulfilling the coalition agreement ...
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Juso leader insists on planned Bafög reform: Juso leader Türmer sharply attacks Minister Bär for her skeptical assessment of the Bafög reform: Instead of ...
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Privileged students? Anyone who says that "misjudges reality": Knows about real student life: Influencer Gianni Matheja studies at the Free University of Berlin ...
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“Quite disrespectful”: This is what students think of the dispute over the BAföG increase
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BAföG bombshell from the Merz government: These are the consequences for millions of students
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OpinionHaggling over BAföG reform: Shot to the moon?: More trouble in the coalition: The CDU/CSU alliance is now claiming to have forgotten the agreements on the BAföG ...
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OpinionBAföG reform: Gasoline instead of education: CSU Research Minister Bär has admitted: More important to this black-red government than promoting education is the ...
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OpinionBär's comments on BAföG: Who is privileged here, Ms. Minister?: Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär rejects the BAföG reform and calls students ...
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Paid articlePaywallDorothee Bär under fire for possible halt to BAföG increase. What a room in a shared apartment costs.
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