Category: Leaders

Defense minister annegret kramp-karrenbauer has defended the control of a turkish cargo ship by the german armed forces as part of the eu mission against arms smuggling to libya.

"The german soldiers (acted) completely correctly," the CDU leader said on tuesday at a political forum of the korber foundation in berlin. "They have done what is required of them within the framework of the european mandate "irini."Turkish defense minister hulusi akar, on the other hand, reiterated on tuesday that his country considers the action illegal.

"It is my special pleasure today to honor ruth wintzheimer", said markt einersheim’s mayor herbert volkamer at the year-end dinner for the community’s employees and supporters. "She was the woman of the first hour for the internet appearance of our municipality and i was glad to have her at my side for the municipality homepage", he praised.

After the turn of the millennium, ruth wintzheimer had spent half a year attending a technical academy for media design full time and had set up her own business as a web designer. She also created websites for companies and in the village, as well as for the protestant deanery and the kindergarten. In 2003, she began to work on a volunteer basis to create a community website.

"We need tax rates comparable to those in other countries," said bavaria’s minister-president on monday evening at the annual reception of the bundesverband mittelstandische wirtschaft in berlin. With regard to tax cuts for companies in other countries, soder said that this was a "millstone around the neck" for german companies. It’s all about competitiveness.

Soder also called for relief on energy prices. Inheritance tax also needs to be fundamentally reformed; up to now, there have been disadvantages for family businesses. Soder said that he wanted companies to remain in the family in the next generation and not to go to foreign investors.