Tag: Federal Council
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Around 300,000 new cases again: the seven-day incidence exceeds the 1700 threshold
DThe nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections has exceeded the threshold of 1,700 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Friday morning, the value is now 1706.3. It was only on Wednesday that the incidence of 1607.1 exceeded the threshold of 1600 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within…
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After attack on Ukraine: conscription making a comeback?
Dhe war in Ukraine has led politicians across party lines to consider whether Germany needs conscription or conscription. This is a remarkable development: after many had already regarded the issue as settled with the suspension of conscription in 2011, four years ago Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer failed to establish the idea of a “society year” in political…
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Russian money in Switzerland: President expects Russian assets to be frozen
NAfter growing criticism from home and abroad, Switzerland is expected to freeze Russian assets on Monday. It is “very likely” that the Federal Council will decide this at an extraordinary meeting on Monday, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis told the Swiss television station SRF on Sunday. He cannot yet anticipate the result, but the final decision…
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War over Ukraine: Why Switzerland is only half-heartedly joining the EU sanctions
DSwitzerland condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms, but only half-heartedly endorses the EU’s sanctions. The Federal Council, as the government in Bern is called, continues to focus on ensuring that Switzerland cannot serve as a platform for circumventing the sanctions imposed by the EU. The Federal Council confirmed this on Thursday…
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Söder and Kretschmann: Dance around the exit
IIn the first waves of the pandemic, the Prime Ministers of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Markus Söder (CSU) and Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), belonged to the “Team Caution” and pursued a restrictive policy to contain the corona virus. This camp no longer exists: Kretschmann said last week that he did not want to have any “unfounded exit…
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Federal Council agrees: These quarantine rules now apply
NAfter the decision of the Bundestag on Thursday evening, the Bundesrat cleared the way for new rules for quarantine and isolation in a special session on Friday morning. A week ago, the federal and state governments agreed to adapt the regulations in connection with the new omicron variant of the corona virus. The new rules…
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Coronavirus: Scholz apparently cannot keep the promise of mandatory vaccination until March
B.und Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) can no longer keep the promise of mandatory vaccination until March, according to a report. The reasons for this are the schedule of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, as well as complicated legal issues, as reported by the “Tagesspiegel” with reference to coalition groups. Scholz had said verbatim on ZDF…
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Violation of the debt brake: This supplementary budget is wrong
A.In March 2021, the Federal Constitutional Court made it clear to us that, under certain conditions, the Basic Law obliges political actors to distribute opportunities for freedom proportionally across generations. The court speaks of intertemporal safeguarding of freedom, which prevents a one-sided shifting of burdens into the future – here related to the reduction of…
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Fight against pandemic: Bundestag resolves first limited corona vaccination obligation
D.On Friday, the Bundestag approved the amendment to the Infection Protection Act, which, among other things, prescribes compulsory vaccinations for staff in hospitals and old people’s homes. Parliament passed on Friday with the votes of the traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, as well as the support of…