The planned cuts in the federal budget and their impact on the budget of the Federal Ministry of Transport are putting considerable pressure on the expansion of important railroad lines in Germany. The Eastern Freight Corridor North, which runs from Uelzen via Salzwedel and Magdeburg to Halle, is particularly affected by the extensive halt to Deutsche Bahn’s new construction projects….
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Unused EU funds: State risks losing skilled workers
It has been made public that Saxony-Anhalt will forfeit almost 130 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in 2023. According to media reports, the state will therefore only be able to draw down just under 91% of the total 1.51 billion euros from the fund. Madeleine Linke, state chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens Saxony-Anhalt, explains: “130 million…
Federal budget: traffic light coalition proves ability to act
Dennis Helmich, state chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens Saxony-Anhalt, comments on the agreement of the traffic light coalition on the key points for the 2024 federal budget: “The traffic light coalition is and remains capable of acting. Following the far-reaching ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court, it has succeeded in drawing up a new framework for the 2024 federal budget…
Electricity price reform lowers energy costs in Saxony-Anhalt
Madeleine Linke, state chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens Saxony-Anhalt, welcomes the ideas of the Federal Network Agency for a fairer distribution of costs for grid fees. In regions where a particularly large amount of renewable energy is generated, especially high fees for grid charges often still have to be paid at present. “Saxony-Anhalt has been an export state for electricity…
Two years of stalemate coalition
On the occasion of the two-year existence of the governing coalition of CDU, SPD and FDP in Saxony-Anhalt, Dennis Helmich, state chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens Saxony-Anhalt, draws an interim conclusion: “In the meantime, I have given up hope that the coalition will still awaken from its political coma by the next state election. ‘Stalemate coalition’ is probably the best…
Energietour-Blog: Sachsen-Anhalt: nachhaltig und innovativ
Photovoltaik, Windräder, Biogas, Geothermie – wir wollen unabhängig werden von dreckigen fossilen Energieerzeugern wie Kohle und Gas. Überall in Sachsen-Anhalt treiben Menschen die Energiewende voran. Unsere Landesvorsitzende Madeleine Linke ist daher in diesem Sommer quer durch unser Bundesland unterwegs. Altmark: Wind- und Agri-Photovoltaikanlagen Der erste Stopp auf der Energietour brachte Madeleine in die Altmark. In Stendal plant und betreut das…
Support for the domestic solar industry is coming
The federal government announced on Friday that in the future it wants to support companies that want to establish or expand production capacities in the solar industry in Germany. Dennis Helmich, state chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens, explains: “The last few years have shown: supply shortages are possible even in a globalized world and threaten our prosperity. It is therefore…
Intel is coming to Magdeburg!
Intel is coming to Magdeburg. Europe wants to become less dependent on global supply chains and rely more on its own semiconductor production. Intel and the federal government want to invest more than 30 billion euros here in the coming years. Initially, two Intel semiconductor factories and a high tech park for suppliers are to be built. This will create…
Affordable and reliable heating
The traffic light coalition has agreed on the key points for the Building Energy Act (GEG). The law will be set up in this session week in the Bundestag for the first reading, so now enters the parliamentary procedure and should be passed before the summer break – and then come into force with 1 January 2024. Madeleine Linke, state…
We are driving the heat transition forward
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…