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German Government Cautious On Election Reform Proposal
Berlin – The German federal government has offered a reserved response to a new electoral reform proposal put…
German Industry Calls For Major Welfare Reform
Germany’s leading employers’ association, Gesamtmetall, has cautioned that the country’s ongoing economic downturn will likely persist without substantial…
Behrens Rejects Reul’s Crime Data Reform Plan
The German state of Lower Saxony is maintaining its current practice regarding the recording of suspects’ nationalities in…
Macron and Merz Discuss Ukraine War and EU Reform
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted German CDU leader Friedrich Merz at his summer residence in Toulon during a…
Wagenknecht Rallies Supporters Against Military Service Reform
The Alliance for Germany (BSW) intends to leverage the planned reform of military service to galvanize its supporters…
Charity Urges Calm Over Welfare Reform Plans
One of Germany’s largest welfare organizations, Diakonie Deutschland, has voiced cautious support for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s recent announcement…
German Minister Eyes Civil Servant Pensions Reform
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Karl-Josef Laumann, has called for a reassessment of Germany’s pension…
Union Demands Changes to Hospital Reform Plan
Germany’s Verdi union is calling for significant revisions to the proposed hospital reform legislation following consultations with relevant…
Haseloff Opposes Tax Hikes Favors Welfare Reform
The debate around Germany’s fiscal policy is intensifying, with diverging views emerging from key political figures. Reiner Haseloff,…
Rail Reform Urgency Expert Demands Swift Action
A leading economic institute is urging swift implementation of planned reforms to Germany’s railway system, as outlined in…
Stegner Urges SPD to Avoid Past Welfare Reform Mistakes
A leading figure from the left wing of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has cautioned against repeating the…
Opposition Delays Debt Brake Reform Decision
The parliamentary group of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) has indicated uncertainty regarding…
Labor Chief Pushes Targeted Welfare Reform
A leading official at Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) has emphasized the necessity of adapting the…
Minister Doubts Pension Reform Passage This Term
Germany’s Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Bärbel Bas, has expressed skepticism regarding the timely implementation of recommendations…
Pension Reform May Sting
Lawmakers are advocating for a legally binding target of 48% for the pension level until 2031, emphasizing the…
Civil Service Union Flags Reform Concerns
Concerns are mounting over proposals to restrict the status of civil servants in Germany, with the German Civil…
Linnemann Urges Coalition to Follow Schröders Reform Path
A senior figure within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is advocating for the current coalition government to draw…
Reform Hopes Face Reality Check
Government officials are tempering expectations regarding potential reforms to Germany’s social welfare system, acknowledging the complexity of coordinating…
Minister Backs Abortion Law Reform
The German Federal Minister of Justice, Stefanie Hubig (SPD), has outlined potential changes to abortion law, emphasizing a…
Debt Rules Reform Faces Hurdles
Negotiations surrounding a potential reform of Germany’s debt brake are encountering hurdles, with the parliamentary group leader of…
Heating Aid Reform Aims for Fairness
A leading figure within the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has voiced support for a more equitable distribution of…
Germany Urges Swift Debt Brake Reform
A swift and decisive process is being urged for the reform of Germany’s debt brake, as outlined in…
Debt Brake Reform Faces Doubts
Government officials are signaling potential difficulties in implementing a planned reform of Germany’s debt brake, a constitutional rule…
Ukraine Reform Concerns Mount
Concerns are mounting over a recent law signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which limits the independence of…
Greens Demand Sweeping Bundeswehr Procurement Reform
The German Green Party has voiced concerns regarding the draft legislation approved by the Federal Cabinet aiming to…
Germany Eyes Welfare Reform Deal
Despite ongoing and contentious debates between the conservative and social democratic factions regarding the planned phase-out of the…
Conservative Party Backs Debt Brake Reform
Negotiations surrounding a reform of Germany’s debt brake (Schuldenbremse) remain on track, according to leading figures from the…
Rail Cuts Loom Without Track Pricing Reform
Germany’s national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn (DB), is warning of potential service cuts unless a reform of track…
Söder Cools Schuldenbremse Reform Plans
Concerns are emerging regarding the timeline for a proposed reform of Germany’s debt brake, a key tenet of…
Minister Calls for Bundestag Judge Election Reform
The recent failed election of judges in the Bundestag has ignited a debate over the current electoral process,…
Summer Holiday Chaos Sparks Reform Calls
A reassessment of Germany’s current system for determining summer holiday dates is being advocated by Ayla Celik, head…
Wüst Backs Reform Drive
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister President, Hendrik Wüst, is advocating for a broad-ranging state reform aimed at streamlining processes and…
Reform Drive Demands Swift Government Overhaul
A prominent initiative advocating for a more effective state has presented a comprehensive reform agenda to Federal President…
Steinmeier Backs State Reform Possibility
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has affirmed the feasibility of a wide-ranging state reform, mirroring proposals put forth by the…
Germany: Unions Demand Housing Investment Alongside Welfare Reform
Discussions surrounding potential reforms to Germany’s citizen’s allowance (Bürgergeld) have intensified, with the German Confederation of Trade Unions…
Care Reform Faces Collapse
Concerns are emerging regarding the potential failure of planned reforms to Germany’s care system, with the Federal Government’s…
Klöckner Pushes Electoral Reform
The German Bundestag President, Julia Klöckner (CDU), is advocating for a comprehensive reform of electoral law, citing a…
Debt Brake Reform Sparks Coalition Tensions
Disagreements have emerged within the German governing coalition regarding proposals for reforming the country’s debt brake, according to…
Business Group Urges Budget Reform
Leading voices from Germany’s business sector are expressing concerns about the nation’s fiscal policies and advocating for comprehensive…
Greens Accuse Government of Delaying Pension Reform
A leading figure within the Green Party has voiced concerns regarding the current government’s approach to social security…
Germany Debates Debt Brake Reform Healthcare Funding Concerns
Concerns are being raised regarding the proposed funding model for Germany’s healthcare and long-term care insurance systems. Verena…
Hospital Reform Changes Expected
Following recent discussions between federal and state governments, Gerald Gaß, Chairman of the German Hospital Federation (DKG), expressed…
Dobrindt Announces EU Asylum Reform Push
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has announced an initiative with five European counterparts to strengthen the planned…
No Pension Reform Without Core Demands
German Politics: Union Leader Warns of Potential Rift with SPD over Pension Reform In a recent interview, Jens…
Economist Slams Backpedaling on Reform
German Economic Expert Criticizes Government’s Plan to Exempt Industry from Electricity Tax German economic expert Veronika Grimm has…
Germany on the Brink of a State Reform Revolution?
In a recent interview with the German newspaper “Welt am Sonntag”, Nordrhein-Westfalen’s Minister-President Hendrik Wüst emphasized the need…
Experts Unite Against Bayaz’s Proposal, Call for Pension Reform
Experts and the IG Metall union have criticized a proposal by Baden-Württemberg’s Finance Minister, Danyal Bayaz, to introduce…
Federal Commissioner Demands Urgent Reform and Equipment Boost
A German Defense Official Urges Faster Military Modernization The German Bundestag’s Defense Commissioner, Henning Otte, has called for…
CDA Leader Calls for Urgent Reform of Citizen’s Basic Allowance
German politician Dennis Radtke, leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Workers (CDA), has called for the German…
Reform or Get Out of the Way?
German Intelligence Agencies Need Reform, Says Green Party Politician Konstantin von Notz, a German Green Party politician, is…
BREAKING: Germany’s Citizenship Reform: ‘Wrong Path’ to End, Asylum Seekers Targeted
German Government to Revise Naturalization Process, Citing Insufficient Integration Period Germany’s Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, is set to…
Left Party Demands Bold Social Reform
German politician Ines Schwerdtner, the leader of the Left party, has called for a more equitable distribution of…
Rhein: “Four States Paying Billions While 13 Receive Money – Need for Financial Equalization Reform
Hessischer Ministerpräsident Boris Rhein fordert Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs In Vorfeld der bevorstehenden Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz im Juni hat der hessische…
More Reform Courage” for Germany’s Economy
Christian Dürr Elected as New President of FDP Christian Dürr, a former FDP Fraktion Chief, has been elected…
Bas’s Pensions Plan Praised by DIW, But Warns of High Reform Costs
DIW Chief Marcel Fratzscher has praised the pension proposal by Federal Labor Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) but pointed…
New German Minister of Economics Promises Investment Boost, Bureaucratic Reform and Free Trade Talks
Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katharina Reiche (CDU) is planning to introduce a range of measures to revitalize the stagnant German economy.…
German Women’s League Calls for Gender Equality and Reform from Pope Leo XIV
Anja Karliczek, the President of the Catholic German Women’s League, expresses her hope for the continuation of the…
Call for Urgent Reform
The largest provider of emergency services in Germany is calling for a reform of the emergency care system…
Left Party Leader Sees Union Separation Over, Calls for Debt Brake Reform
Linken-Chefin Ines Schwerdtner considers the Union’s separation from her party since the day of the Chancellor election as…
Journalists’ Assoc. Demands Media Reform After AfD Extremist Labeling
The German Journalists’ Association (DJV) has called for consequences to be drawn from the classification of the Alternative…
CDU Politician Sees Urgent Need for Social Security Reform Amidst Demographic Challenges
Thorsten Frei, the designated Federal Chancellery chief, sees the reform of the social security systems as a major…
Is Habeck’s Heating Law a Boiling Frog? Experts Debate Urgency of Reform
Some initial details are emerging about the proposed changes to the unpopular Building Energy Act (also known as…
BREAKING: Top Judge Blasts Debt Brake Reform as ‘Constitutional Coup’ – ‘States Will Be Reduced to Provinces’!
A former German Federal Constitutional Court judge, Peter Huber, has deemed the planned constitutional amendment to relax the…
Will the Debt Brake Reform Save the Country for Future Generations?
A German Bundestag member, Hanna Steinmüller of the Green party, has expressed the opinion that the debt brake…
Germany’s School Funding Crisis Deepens as Greens Block Constitutional Reform
The Greens have announced that they will not support the constitutional amendment to reform the debt brake. The…
Historic Deal on Defense Budget Reform Sends Shockwaves Through German Politics!
A defense minister from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has praised the agreement between the Union and the…
Can the State Reform Save the Country?
A broad alliance of former federal minister Thomas de Maizière (CDU), supervisory board member Julia Jäkel and former…
BREAKING: Germany’s Greens Slam ‘Patchwork’ Budget Plans, Push for Debt Brake Reform
A German politician, Sven-Christian Kindler, the budget policy spokesperson of the Greens’ parliamentary group, has rejected the idea…
SPD Leaders Unleash Pressure for Reform, Union Stays Mum
Berlin, Germany – Several Social Democratic Party (SPD) state premiers have called for a comprehensive overhaul of the…
Municipalities Demand ‘Swift’ Debt Brake Reform as Financial Crisis Looms
In the face of considerations to reform the debt brake with the old Bundestag’s majority, local governments are…
No Talks on Debt Brake Reform, Merz’s Proposal a ‘Questionable’ Power Grab
Germany’s FDP Faction Unwilling to Discuss Debt Brake Reform Following the suggestion by CDU chief Friedrich Merz to…
Debt Brake Reform on the Brink of a Breakthrough?
A German Economist Sees a Quick Solution for the Debt Brake Reform Jens Südekum, an economist from Düsseldorf,…
‘Reform Now or Face the Consequences’!
Leading economists in Germany, including Michael Hüther, director of the German Institute for Economic Affairs, Clemens Fuest, president…
‘Terrorist’s Blow to Spark Radical Reform’
Saxony’s Minister-President Michael Kretschmer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is calling for a significant reduction in the…
Student Aid Reform Demanded by Unions and Associations!
In a joint statement, trade unions and social organizations are calling on the next German federal government to…
Abortion Reform DOA in Latest Blow to Women’s Rights
A Reform of Abortion Paragraph 218 has likely reached a dead end for this legislative period. The FDP…
BREAKING: Farage’s Reform UK Surges Ahead of Labour in UK Poll!
A recent YouGov survey has shown that the Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, has surpassed the…
‘Euphoria of Reform’ Demanded by New Government
The President of the German Crafts Confederation, Jörg Dittrich, has called for a “reform fervor” from the new…
Rebel Nation Refuses to Implement Key Asylum Reform!
Hungary is not prepared to implement a significant part of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) reform, as…
Fake News Alert as Merkel’s Party Makes a Mock of Migration Reform, German Media in Denial
Through the leafy forest (the evening news before it) the theme of the Dublin procedure now emerges as…
BOMBSHELL: Merkel’s Party Unveils Shocking Asylum Reform Plan, Sparking EU Crisis!
A bill to introduce stricter rules in Germany’s migration policy is set to be submitted to the Bundestag…
Asylum Reform on the Horizon?
The CDU’s chancellor candidate, Friedrich Merz, has criticized the European asylum right in general after the knife attack…
Farm Frenzy: German Agriculture Unites to Reform Animal Tagging Law
Leading agricultural and food industry associations in Germany have called for a rapid revision of the animal identification…
Economic Experts Sound Alarm on Abandoning Citizenship Reform
Leading economists have criticized the announcement by CDU’s chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz to re-tighten rules for naturalizations in…
German Cartel Office Warns of a Healthcare Crisis After Reform
Bundeskartell Authority Head Criticizes Hospital Reform and Calls for Data Protection Andreas Mundt, the head of the German…
NRW’s Leader Smashes Plans for a New Regional Reform
NRW’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) has commemorated the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia 50 years ago. “The…
Bayern’s Desperate Bid for Reform
Bayern’s Health Minister Judith Gerlach (CSU) urges rapid corrections to the federal hospital reform. “The federal hospital reform’s…
BOMBSHELL: German Coalition on the Brink of Collapse as Schnitzer’s Warning of a Reform Standstill Rocks the Capital!
Economist Monika Schnitzer attributes a share of responsibility to the failed grand coalition for the ongoing recession. “The…
GERMANY’S HEALTH MINISTER TO REIGNITE HOSPITAL REFORM FIRESTORM!
NRW’s Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) plans to revive the hospital reform by Bundesgesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) in…
REVELATION: Germany’s Hidden Tax Reform That Could Change Everything!
Economist Veronika Grimm generally finds proposals for a reform of the income tax good, but emphasizes the need…
Coalition’s Dirty Secret to be Exposed in Upcoming Election Reform?
The CSU will reverse the new electoral law after the next federal election and calls the recent reform…
BREAKING: Shocking Debt Brake Reform Unleashed by SPD – Will Your Finances Survive the Crash?
The SPD is setting its sights on massive state investments and a reform of the debt brake in…
BREAKING: Germany’s Coalition Crisis – Will Democracy Survive the Backtracking on Voting Rights Reform?
The Union will repeal the electoral reform introduced by the Green-Left coalition if they win the election. “We…
In a Shocking U-Turn, Nobel Laureate Acemoglu Slams Germany’s Debt-Breaking Brakes Reform
Economist Daron Acemoglu, who is to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics in Stockholm on Tuesday, deems a…
Germany’s Desperate Plea: ‘Nation at the Brink’ of Migrant Crisis as Berlin Demands Radical Reform
To limit immigration more strongly, the government’s special envoy for migration, Joachim Stamp (FDP), advocates for a national…
BREAKING: ‘Systemic’ School Brake Reform Exploded in Germany!
SPD Leader Saskia Esken Demands Systematic Reform of the Debt Brake After Recent Signals from the Union. “Not…