Economy, Digital and Finance

We are driving the heat transition forward

25. May 202325. May 2023

There is currently a lot of discussion about the 🚦 federal government’s new heating law. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of fake news circulating about it. Here are the most important facts: ⚡️ Buildings account for slightly more than ⅓ of total energy consumption in Germany. The heat transition, i.e., the conversion of the heating supply away from dirty…

1.5 billion euros, but no serious representation in Parliament?!

9. May 20239. May 2023

The EU’s funding policy can also be seen everywhere here in Saxony-Anhalt. Funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has been and continues to be used primarily to support improved broadband connections, research, environmental and climate protection, and small and medium-sized enterprises. Saxony-Anhalt currently has 1.5 billion euros at its disposal. So a lot of money is at stake.…

Tour blog: Saxony-Anhalt: sustainable and innovative

22. April 20234. June 2023

Our state chairman Dennis Helmich has been traveling throughout Saxony-Anhalt in recent days. He visited companies that are already distinguished by their innovative approach, a special focus on sustainability or courageous founders. This is the tour diary. Inflotec Magdeburg First stop on my business tour today was @inflotec_md. The young company (founded in 2020) is making great strides to raise…

Public housing construction stalls because subsidies are not being used

30. March 202330. March 2023

The state chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens Saxony-Anhalt, Madeleine Linke, criticizes the irresponsible handling of the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry for Infrastructure and Digital of the funds made available by the federal government for public housing. As it became known, Saxony-Anhalt has not used about 21.6 million euros in the program year 2020, in 2021 28 million euros and 2022 again million…

Xenophobia does not disappear if you ignore it

28. March 202328. March 2023

The Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (IWH) has recently raised many eyebrows in Saxony-Anhalt because it rightly pointed to increased xenophobia in the state as a locational disadvantage in connection with the Intel investment near Magdeburg. Economics Minister Sven Schulze (CDU) is now accusing the IWH of making such statements without “any scientific basis”. Really? Just one look at these…

An end to subscription frustration!

15. March 202315. March 2023

Since a few months ago, it has been much easier to cancel paid subscriptions, for example for fitness studios, streaming services, newspapers, Internet or cell phone contracts. The federal government under the leadership of Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke has strengthened your rights as consumers in this area as well. Providers are now obliged to place easy-to-find cancellation buttons on…

The end of nuclear power in Germany

10. March 202310. March 2023

Nuclear power continues to pose a high safety risk. Tomorrow’s anniversary of the disaster in Fukushima, Japan, reminds us that contamination and thus damage to health and the environment can never be ruled out. And the Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant show that nuclear facilities can also be used as geopolitical weapons. On April 15, 2023, Germany’s…

Earlier coal phase-out strengthens Saxony-Anhalt as a business location

2. March 20232. March 2023

Alliance 90/The Greens of Saxony-Anhalt reiterate their demand that the coal phase-out in eastern Germany be brought forward to 2030. This is prompted by recent statements by the Minister Presidents of Brandenburg and Saxony, who do not want to target the coal phase-out until after 2038. Also Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Haseloff and Minister of economics Schulze had expressed themselves similarly…

Poor state of bridges in Saxony-Anhalt

9. February 202310. February 2023

Alliance 90/The Greens are renewing their call for Saxony-Anhalt to focus on the preservation and rehabilitation of existing state roads and bridges instead of new construction. The state government is called upon to give priority to the repair and maintenance of bridges and to provide the necessary funds to ensure safe and effective operation. State Chair Madeleine Linke explains: “As…

Data protection takes a back seat with potential CDU appointment

27. January 202310. February 2023

On the occasion of tomorrow’s European Data Protection Day, the Greens in the state are again putting pressure on the coalition, as the office of the state data protection commissioner has been vacant for years. Dennis Helmich, state chairman of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Saxony-Anhalt: “It is alarming that Saxony-Anhalt still does not have a data protection commissioner. The countless failed…