Federal Election

Fake news courses through the internet under the guise of ‘freedom of expression’. Democracy and elections are undergoing a stress test.

Neither in the election campaign, nor in the CDU's immediate action programme in the event of an election victory, does the housing crisis play a role. But the BVR is calling for urgent measures.

Instead of preparing the social security funds for the demographic challenge of the coming years, the various political parties are once again handing out large-scale election gifts that will make things even worse.

The various election campaign programmes contain many ideas on how the energy transition can be tackled more efficiently. Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of ideas on how to finance the much needed reforms.

After many years of stagnation, German industry hopes for more competitive tax conditions to be put in place by the next government. The various parties have now set out their tax reform plans.