SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch now also wants to involve the factions and state government leaders to break the deadlocks. #Stromsteuer #CDU #Rentenreform (translated)
We need to stop discussing individuals. Personnel disputes are the guarantee of no longer being elected and also no longer being seen as credible. If it were up to Schnieder, personnel disputes should belong to the past: "We need to stop discussing individuals. Personnel disputes are the guarantee of no longer being elected and also no longer being seen as credible." #Stromsteuer #CDU #Rentenreform (translated)
The Rhineland-Palatinate Minister-President Gordon Schnieder is calling in an ARD report from Berlin for a reduction of the electricity tax for all citizens in order to regain trust in politics and help the CDU out of its crisis. #Stromsteuer #CDU #Rentenreform (translated)
Union faction vice Johannes Winkel has rejected the proposal from SPD faction leader Matthias Miersch to involve more stakeholders in the pension reform, emphasizing the importance of respecting decisions already made and implementing the pension compromise as a complete package. #Rentenreform #Koalition #SPD (translated)
I do place value on punctuality. Today, Deutsche Bank is probably more efficient and works more profitably, Sewing says confidently as we meet him for the BILD interview - ten minutes earlier than planned: "I do place value on punctuality. I hate it when meetings run late," Sewing says. #Rentenreform #DeutscheBank #ChristianSewing (translated)
Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank, expresses in a BILD interview his conviction of the necessity of pension reforms and warns the government against diluting these measures, while emphasizing that protection against dismissal, subsidies, and bureaucracy must also be reformed to make Germany more efficient. #Rentenreform #DeutscheBank #ChristianSewing (translated)
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) no longer assumes that the planned pension reform can be approved by the Bundestag as intended by the end of the year. #Rentenreform #FriedrichMerz #Bundestag (translated)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has postponed the planned pension reform by several months, so the crucial decision in the Bundestag is now expected in spring 2027 instead of originally at the end of this year. #Rentenreform #FriedrichMerz #Bundestag (translated)
"We don't have time for long hesitation," said Lechner to the "Rheinische Post." #JungeUnion #FriedrichMerz #Rentenreform (translated)
He must prove that now. In response to the question from "Der Spiegel" about whether Merz is still the right person for the position, Winkel said: "He must prove that now." #JungeUnion #FriedrichMerz #Rentenreform (translated)
JU leader Johannes Winkel is increasing the pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz and demands that he must prove that he is still the right choice for his office while vigorously supporting the implementation of a planned pension reform. #JungeUnion #FriedrichMerz #Rentenreform (translated)
Exploratory talks with extremists are a low point. Union faction leader Thorsten Frei believes in the coalition – despite them denigrating their own "achievements." #Rentenreform #Pflegereform #Koalition (translated)
Thorsten Frei, the chairman of the Union faction, speaks in an interview about the challenges and reforms in German politics, particularly regarding pension and long-term care insurance, and emphasizes the necessity of structural changes to improve the quality of life for people, while also addressing coalition discipline and the ongoing discussion about childless individuals in care financing. #Rentenreform #Pflegereform #Koalition (translated)
"Are the coalition agreement and the agreement from July 2 still our basis for business or not?" CDU representative Lukas Krieger told BILD that two questions needed to be clarified: "Are the coalition agreement and the agreement from July 2 still our basis for business or not?" #Koalitionsausschuss #Rentenreform #Steuerpolitik (translated)
"Hang in there!" #Koalitionsausschuss #Rentenreform #Steuerpolitik (translated)
The coalition committee has begun at the Chancellery, where the SPD is under pressure to finally present a draft law for the urgently needed pension reform, while the Union is pushing for clarity on tax increases. #Koalitionsausschuss #Rentenreform #Steuerpolitik (translated)
The author wrote that Merz wants to bring the key points of the reforms to the cabinet by the end of the year. From this, he concluded that at least the major pension reform for 2026 has been officially canceled. #Reformen #Rentenreform #Politik #DE (translated)
Their anti-Semitism is "intolerable," said Frei. #CDU #Rentenreform #Koalitionsausschuss (translated)
"Just as it succeeded with the long-term care insurance last week, it must also succeed with pensions." Merz made it clear: "Just as it succeeded with the long-term care insurance last week, it must also succeed with pensions." #CDU #Rentenreform #Koalitionsausschuss (translated)
Chancellor Friedrich Merz urgently appeals to the Union faction to stick to the necessary pension reforms despite poor polls and internal conflicts in order to get the country back on track. #CDU #Rentenreform #Koalitionsausschuss (translated)
