Shortly before the Bundestag’s summer break, Chancellor Olaf Scholz will once again answer questions from MPs. At the beginning of the survey, the SPD politician will give a five-minute speech on Wednesday from 1:25 p.m. The parliamentarians then have 60 minutes to ask their questions. Among other things, it should be about the Ukraine war and its effects on Germany, including inflation and gas shortages. Follow the questions to the Chancellor from 1.25 p.m. on FOCUS Online in the live ticker
A one-hour debate (3:30 p.m.) is then planned for the concerted action by employers and trade unions called by Scholz to cushion the drastic price increases. It should also deal with the energy supply in times of war and the federal budget. The current hour had been requested by the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.
Christian Olearius, co-owner of the Warburg Bank, has been charged with serious tax evasion, among other things. He was one of the protagonists in the Hamburg scandal about cum-ex deals. At the time, the mayor of Hamburg probably tried to help him, too, Olaf Scholz.
Airport chaos in Germany: NRW, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein have started the summer holidays – and are finally ringing in the chaos at the airports. Some workers are even going on warning strikes. But not only German airports are sinking into chaos. All important information in the news ticker.
A state of emergency was declared in five regions of Italy. The reason is a persistent and extreme drought due to a rarely experienced lack of water. The drought is particularly extreme in the north of the country and around the Po River.
