Category: German Press

German FAZ: Internal emails raise questions for Habeck007740

Did the Federal Ministries for Economic Affairs and the Environment cheat in the decision to take the last three nuclear power plants offline in the middle of the energy crisis of 2022/23? Did the management at that time ignore the recommendations of their own experts who were in favor of extending the term for green… Continue reading German FAZ: Internal emails raise questions for Habeck007740

German FAZ: EPP President Weber questions environmental regulations for the auto industry007740

The chairman of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, is calling for the threat of fines from car manufacturers to be suspended as part of the planned stricter fleet requirements for CO2 emissions. “If tens of thousands of jobs are shaky, then there is no time to pay fines,” Weber told the “Augsburger Allgemeine”. The… Continue reading German FAZ: EPP President Weber questions environmental regulations for the auto industry007740

German FAZ: There’s the bear dancing 007742

The largest bear in the world lives on the island of Kodiak off Alaska. Standing upright, it is an impressive animal at almost three meters high. The Kodiaq named after him, the spelling is based on the native language, is the fattest bear in the Škoda range, fortunately the almost 4.80 meter long SUV does… Continue reading German FAZ: There’s the bear dancing 007742

German FAZ: “The CDU under Merz is a phantom”007741

Mr. Vogel, the German economy is stagnating. Will the traffic light coalition manage to turn things around before the election? Every coalition derives its legitimacy from whether it can do justice to the size of the tasks. We have to achieve the economic turnaround. In the spring, we as the FDP said: Things cannot continue… Continue reading German FAZ: “The CDU under Merz is a phantom”007741

German FAZ: A city says goodbye to VW prosperity007740

Without Volkswagen, Baunatal would not exist. When the automobile manufacturer’s factory was located in Altenbauna, just outside Kassel, 50 years ago, seven small towns merged to form one city. Thanks to the automobile company’s high trade tax payments, an infrastructure was created in the decades that followed that many other municipalities with fewer than 30,000… Continue reading German FAZ: A city says goodbye to VW prosperity007740