Saxony votes in favor of financial package
The financial package for defense and infrastructure has cleared the hurdle in the Bundesrat. Saxony also voted in favour - out of conviction, as Minister Köpping emphasizes.
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Kretschmer: Reforms must follow financial package
An amendment to the Basic Law is necessary for the black-red billion euro financial package. The debate is currently underway in the Bundesrat.
Kraushaar: Many will have to share special assets
Today, the Federal Council is deciding on the multi-billion euro financial package. Saxony's Infrastructure Minister Kraushaar is expecting tough negotiations on the distribution of funds.
Victims of the SED regime receive better help
Many people suffered under the SED regime. Their compensation will be improved in future. After the Bundestag, the Bundesrat has now also cleared the way for this.
Saxony criticizes agreement on hospital reform
The Bundesrat does not refer the hospital reform to the mediation committee. Saxony had voted in favor of this, but was unable to prevail.
Security package of the traffic light coalition rejected: Saxony criticizes inadequacy
The coalition government wanted to grant the security authorities more powers to compare biometric data. However, the Bundesrat stopped the law for the time being - Saxony did not want to support it either.
Interior ministers discuss more protection for elected officials
The federal and state interior ministers are discussing more protection for political activists following violent attacks on politicians. Saxony is planning a Bundesrat initiative to toughen penalties.
Kretschmer: Cannabis legalization a "big mistake"
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has described the partial legalization of cannabis in Germany as one of the "biggest mistakes in German politics". "The consequences will occupy us for decades and it is not at all foreseeable what has been decided today," said the CDU politician on Fri ..
Bavaria examines lawsuit against cannabis law before Bundestag decision
Bavaria critical of Bundestag's decision to legalize cannabis. Health Minister Gerlach examines legal steps. Federal Council makes final decision on March 22.
Change in agricultural diesel subsidies becomes a condition for growth package
Saxony's Minister-President Michael Kretschmer links the agreement of the CDU/CSU-led federal states to a planned growth package of the traffic light coalition to changes in the agreed reduction of agricultural diesel subsidies.
Federal Council urges support for solar industry
Solar manufacturers in Germany have their backs to the wall due to overwhelming competition from China - and are threatening to stop production. Now the federal states are pressing the federal government for support.
Kretschmer calls agricultural cuts a "list of cruelties"
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has once again spoken out against the German government's planned cuts to agricultural diesel. "I have promised that we will not agree to this reduction in the Bundesrat on Friday," said the CDU politician ahead of the foreign cabinet meeting in Oschatz ..
Holger Wöckel elected as new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
Lawyer Holger Wöckel has been elected as a new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court by the Federal Council. He replaces Sibylle Kessal-Wulf and has been a judge at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig since February 2021.
CDU Minister Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony open to reform of the debt brake
The CDU Minister Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, Reiner Haseloff and Michael Kretschmer, are open to a reform of the debt brake.