Günter Krings
German politician
Photo: Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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Germany's electricity tax cut stalls as Union and SPD fail to agree on funding
The CDU/CSU and SPD have agreed compromises on the sugar tax, Wohngeld housing benefit and a plastic levy, but not on the electricity tax cut for all. The coalition committee takes up the issue on Tuesday, 17 November.
- Jul 19
Jens Spahn resigns as CDU/CSU parliamentary leader after surrogacy backlash
The head of Germany's conservative parliamentary group stepped down on Saturday after his decision to have a child via a surrogate in the United States collided with his party's long-standing opposition to the practice.
