Bundesfamilienministerin Karin Prien (CDU) äußert sich offen für eine Überprüfung der geplanten Elterngeldreform, kritisiert die Sparvorgaben des Finanzministers und betont die Notwendigkeit, die Bedürfnisse der Eltern stärker zu berücksichtigen.
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Die Bundesfamilienministerin Karin Prien (CDU) prüft die geplante Elterngeldreform erneut nach Sommerdebatten. Die Reform sieht vor, die maximale Bezugsdauer von 14 auf 12 Monate zu kürzen und die Vätermonate zu erhöhen, während die Beträge leicht steigen sollen. Die Maßnahme ist Teil der Sparvorgaben des Finanzministeriums.
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Die Koalition wird ein überarbeitetes Elterngeldmodell vorstellen, das eine weniger radikale Kürzung vorsieht.
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Die Debatte um den Tankrabatt und die Sozialkürzungen wird in der Koalition weiter eskalieren.
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The mayor of Grafing near Munich, Christian Bauer, collapsed during a meeting in the town hall and died shortly afterwards. The CSU politician, born in 1969, has been the first mayor of the city in the Ebersberg district since 2020.
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Israeli journalist Shlomi Eldar claims in his new book that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored warnings about the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and repeatedly abandoned agreements to end the war in Gaza for political reasons. The book has so far only been published in Hebrew.

Federal Family Minister Karin Prien wants to re-examine the planned parental allowance reform and was open to not implementing the reduction from 14 to twelve months. She emphasized that all options were being examined based on the budgetary situation and no specification had been made.

Ulrich Siegmund from the AfD promised before the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt that he would only govern if his party achieved an absolute majority. After the election, in which the AfD won 39 of 83 seats, narrowly missing the majority, he began to soften his promise and is now aiming to form a government with other parties.