Politics

Despite adjustments to energy laws proposed by the Federal Ministry of Economics, industry associations and the opposition view the energy […]

A commentary by our author Klaus Bastian Berlin plans to introduce a mandatory funded pension component within the statutory pension

Berlin, July 2026: The Federal Ministry of the Interior is planning new operational powers for the Office for the Protection

The EU Commission plans to present its proposals for amending the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) on Friday. It intends

RWE CEO Markus Krebber is calling for Germany’s climate targets to be spread out over a longer timeframe and for

The federal government is fast-tracking reforms to the rules governing heating system replacements. The “traffic light” coalition’s unpopular heating law—which

On July 7, 2026, the European Parliament authorized an expedited procedure for “chat control,” even though the measure had appeared

A water levy has been in effect in Bavaria since July 1, 2026. The state government now charges ten cents

Baden-Württemberg’s Minister-President Cem Özdemir is sticking to his climate agenda despite a weak economy, declining municipal tax revenues, and high

Hamburg’s CO2 emissions rose in 2025, even though the city aims to meet its climate targets through extensive and costly

In 2025, Germany’s municipalities recorded a record deficit of €31.9 billion. Their expenditures rose faster than their revenues. This affects

In late June 2026, a legal opinion commissioned by Enpal from the law firm Freshfields intensifies the dispute over Economic

Following their mini-party conference in late June, the Greens intend to divide Germany into multiple electricity price zones. Consequently, electricity

Berlin, late June 2026: Initial application data reveals that the federal government’s new electric vehicle subsidy is reaching households in

Almost four years after the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted the alleged