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Savings
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Health Insurers See Savings Potential Urging Political Action
Leading representatives of statutory health insurance funds are discussing the concept of potential contribution rate reductions contingent on…
Lauterbach Slams Warken’s Savings Plan Concerns Saúde Policy
The former Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach of the SPD, has voiced serious concerns regarding the healthcare reform package…
German Politics Needs Savings Ambition Before 2027 Budget Proposal
Before the draft figures for the 2027 federal budget are presented, Mathias Middelberg, a Vice Chairman of the…
Federal Council Approves Gas Price Cut Boosting Car Owner Savings
The Federal Council (Bundesrat) has given its approval to the fuel discount measure passed by the Bundestag. In…
German Government Extends Tax Relief Bonus Offering Major Worker Savings Through 2027
The federal government plans to provide significantly greater relief to employees through the relief bonus than was originally…
Warkens Savings Plan Family Insurance Gains Smaller Than Expected
The financial benefits expected from Health Minister Nina Warken’s (CDU) planned austerity package for statutory health insurance funds…
German Health Minister Unveils Major Savings Package for National Health Insurance
Two weeks after the Financial Commission for Health published its report on stabilizing contribution rates in statutory health…
New Pension Savings Account Fee Cap Lowers Potential Returns
According to calculations by the comparison portal Verivox, savings in a newly state-subsidized retirement savings account could be…
Ricarda Lang Urges Remote Work as Fuel Savings Tool
In light of sharply rising fuel prices, Green Party politician Ricarda Lang is calling for a statutory right to…
Warken Calls for Compromise on Health Insurance Savings Plan
Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) urged the governing coalition to demonstrate willingness to compromise on the planned…
Experts: Low‑Tax Food Savings Minimal for Households
The proposal to drop value‑added tax on basic foods would give every household a modest monthly relief, economists…
Klingbeil Open to Lowering Cost Cap for Retirement Savings Ahead of Bundestag Hearing
Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has shown, ahead of the Bundestag hearing, that he is open to adjustments for the…
German Health Insurers Await Bundestag Vote on Hospital Reform With Hope for Savings
The statutory health insurers are hoping the Bundestag will give the hospital reform a green light on Friday,…
Left Party Says Costs of Basic Income Reform Exceed Expected Savings
The Left party sharply criticized the federal government’s proposal to reform the citizens’ income system. Social policy spokesperson…
Warken Open To Expanding Health Insurance Contributions To Cover Pensions Rents And Capital Gains With Savings Package
Bundesgesundheitsministerin Nina Warken (CDU) said she does not oppose the SPD’s proposal to include pensions, rent and capital gains…
Young Union Spots Tens of Billions in Social Spending Savings, Pressures SPD in Reform Debate
Johannes Winkel, the chairman of the Junge Union (JU), is raising the stakes in the debate over social reforms, thereby…
Klingbeil Calls for Strict Savings Ahead of 2027 Budget
Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) is urging his cabinet colleagues to adopt a stringent savings agenda.This was revealed in the…
Evelyn Palla Sets 500 Million Euro Annual Savings Target for Deutsche Bahn
Evelyn Palla, who has been chair of the company’s executive board since early October, is treating her announced recovery…
Health Insurers Reject Minister’s Savings Assessment
The German statutory health insurance system faces a deepening crisis despite recent government attempts at cost-cutting, with projections…
Restaurant Savings Uncertain
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Minister President Manuela Schwesig has cast doubt on the anticipated consumer savings resulting from the recent reduction…
Germany Reaches Health Insurance Savings Deal
A tentative agreement has been reached between the federal government and state authorities regarding a controversial austerity package…
Health Chief Urges Swift Agreement on Savings Package
Pressure mounts on German government as healthcare savings package faces deadlock. The head of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK),…
New Pension Plan Boosts German Savings
The German Finance Ministry, under Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD), is proposing a significant overhaul of the nation’s private…
VW Savings Swallowed by Market Headwinds
Volkswagen’s ambitious cost-cutting program, intended to streamline Europe’s largest automaker, is facing significant headwinds, according to CEO Oliver…
Health Insurers Demand 50 Billion Euro Savings
Germany’s statutory health insurance providers are demanding a sweeping €50 billion austerity package to avert a projected surge…
Health Insurers Slam Clinic Savings Halt
A critical impasse has emerged in Germany’s healthcare financing system, with the Bundesrat’s decision to refer a proposed…
Senate Blocks Healthcare Savings Plan
The German Bundesrat, the country’s upper house representing the federal states, has effectively stalled a government cost-cutting package…
German Savings Banks Forecast Lower Profits
German savings banks, a cornerstone of the nation’s financial landscape, are bracing for a slight dip in profits…
Germany Seeks Healthcare Savings with Emergency Overhaul
A sweeping reform package aimed at alleviating pressure on German emergency rooms and ambulance services, while simultaneously generating…
German Savings Slip Slightly
Germany’s household savings rate has continued its downward trend in the first half of this year, signaling a…
Healthcare Savings Plan Shields Citizen Impact
The German Health Minister, Nina Warken of the CDU, has unveiled a cost-cutting package aimed at securing a…
Health Premiums May Rise Despite Savings
The recently announced policy measures from the governing coalition regarding Germany’s statutory health insurance (GKV) system are insufficient…
County Leaders Flag Health Savings Concerns
The German Association of District Administrators (DLT) is issuing a stark warning against proposed austerity measures spearheaded by…
Germany Backs Minister’s Healthcare Savings
The German government, spearheaded by Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU), is facing mounting pressure to enact immediate cost-cutting…
Jobcenter Fail Threatens Welfare Savings
A recent audit by Germany’s Federal Audit Court has identified persistent shortcomings in the performance of Job Centers…
Greens Eye Savings in Housing Costs for Welfare
A senior figure within the German Green Party’s parliamentary group, Andreas Audretsch, has highlighted substantial potential savings within…
Savings Possible From Welfare
The head of the Mittelstand und Wirtschaftsunion, Gitta Connemann of the CDU, has expressed the belief that further…
CSU Proposes Mandatory Savings Accounts for Citizens
A prominent political figure in Bavaria has proposed a significant shift in social welfare thinking, advocating for increased…
Finance Minister Demands Budget Savings From Cabinet
Germany’s Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has formally requested that his cabinet colleagues submit detailed proposals for consolidating the…
German Unions Demand Savings Proposals from Minister
Significant savings measures are anticipated in the coming years, despite newly available options for government borrowing, according to…
Savings Mirage: Labor Minister Warns Against False Hopes on Harsher Citizen’s Allowance Sanctions
German Labor Minister Bärbel Bas, a member of the Social Democratic Party, does not believe that stricter sanctions…
BUDGET BOMBSHELL: Coalition’s Secret Plans for Cuts and Savings Revealed!
After the rapid agreement on the budget’s revision, the coalition negotiators of the FPÖ and ÖVP are now…
Spahn Slams Habeck’s ‘Savage’ Plan to Tax Savings
German politicians are at odds over a proposal to extend social insurance contributions to capital gains, a plan…
Savings Bonanza: Germany’s Job Agency to Cut €400 Million in Red Tape!
The Board of the German Federal Employment Agency, led by Andrea Nahles, is apparently planning to save around…
BREAKING: Germans’ Shocking Savings Surge: Will They Cut Back Even More in 2025?
Facing the fragile economic situation, many Germans plan to hold their money even more tightly in the new…