Germany's Bundesrat rejected the federal government's controversial proposal to grant employees a tax-free bonus of up to a thousand euros. The decision came as a surprise, since the Bundestag had already passed the law, but the Bundesrat lacked the necessary majority to ratify it. According to a speech by CDU politician Christoph Voigt, medium-sized enterprises are not able to pay out such a subsidy, which was one of the reasons for the rejection. Tagesschau ↗ Die Zeit ↗
At the same time, personnel changes took place in the Bundestag. The Bundesrat confirmed Ansgar Heveling, a lawyer and CDU politician, as the new president of the Bundesrechnungshof (Federal Court of Auditors), where he replaced Kay Scheller. Spiegel.de ↗
In further developments, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Left party once again failed to gain seats on the Bundestag's Parliamentary Control Panel. Both parties have taken part in elections to this body several times without success, with the Greens remaining the only opposition party represented on the oversight body. Meanwhile, Jens Spahn of the Union clearly rejected any possible cooperation with the AfD, emphasizing the fundamental differences between Christian-democratic liberal conservatism and right-wing populism. These developments reflect the persistent political polarization in the German parliament. Die Zeit ↗
Bundesrat blocked planned thousand-euro bonus, AfD again failed to advance to the oversight body
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Union und AfD: Jens Spahn erteilt Zusammenarbeit mit AfD eine Absage
Die Zeit
| 09:15 08.05.
Bundesrechnungshof: CDU-Politiker Ansgar Heveling wird Präsident des Bundesrechnungshofs
Die Zeit
| 10:27 08.05.
Personalie: Bundesrat stimmt für Heveling als Rechnungshof-Chef
Die Zeit
| 09:54 08.05.
Gescheiterte Abstimmung: Voigt: 1.000-Euro-Prämie vom Mittelstand nicht leistbar
Die Zeit
| 10:44 08.05.
Bundesrat lehnt Entlastungsprämie ab
Tagesschau
| 10:42 08.05.
Entlastungsprämie: Bundesrat verweigert 1000-Euro-Entlastungsprämie die Zustimmung
Die Zeit
| 10:31 08.05.
Entlastungsprämie: Bundesrat stimmt Entlastungsprämie nicht zu
Die Zeit
| 10:21 08.05.
Bundesrat stoppt geplante 1000-Euro-Entlastungsprämie
Spiegel.de
| 10:15 08.05.
Energie: Bundesrat verweigert Entlastungsprämie die Zustimmung
Die Zeit
| 10:10 08.05.
Bundestag: AfD und Linke scheitern erneut bei Wahl in Bundestags-Kontrollgremium
Die Zeit
| 09:22 08.05.
Diäten-Streit: Koalition im Clinch ums eigene Gehalt
Politico Europe
| 06:00 08.05.
Energiekrise: Mehrheit der Familienunternehmer will keine Entlastungsprämie zahlen
Spiegel.de
| 11:00 07.05.
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