++ Information event in the evening, 13.09.24: Last budget debate in the Bundestag ++

At the end of the budget week in the Bundestag, the government and the opposition blamed each other for the economic downturn. Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) accused the Union of bad-mouthing future technologies such as heat pumps and electric cars. CDU parliamentary group vice-chairman Jens Spahn said that economic growth cannot be subsidized. The green economic miracle has turned into a blue miracle of fears of decline and recession. The draft for the 2025 federal budget was handed over to the responsible committee at the end of the debates.

50 good deeds in Germersheim.

In the town of Germersheim in the southern Palatinate, Mayor Marcus Schaile (CDU) is launching a bet today. He is setting the town’s residents 50 challenges. For example: plant a tree, be vegetarian for a week or give away a fairly traded flower. The town wants to draw attention to social and sustainable issues. The reactions to the bet have been good, says Schaile.