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🇩🇪 News & Politics in Simple for expats and minorities
🇩🇪21.06.2025 one day Aktion in #berlin allows you to get your Anmeldung done without an appointment in Rotes Rathaus Bürgeramt. Afterwards you can stay for #fettdelamusique and enjoy the summary weather
June 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🇩🇪14.06.2025 40 years to Schengen treaty, that allows us to drive and fly through Europe without having to go through border control.

The Schengen treaty made everyone’s life easier, but is it now undermined in light of the new border controls that are performed to prevent refugees from coming in?
June 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
‏18.05.2025🇩🇪
more businesses are being founded in Berlin. According to the Institute for Business IfM, 34.870 new businesses were founded in 2024, 1950 more than in 2023, but less than in 2019

There can be multiple reasons, layoffs and lack of positions in the job market being a main one
May 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🇩🇪15.05.2025 the full report of German intelligence leaked so everyone can download and read it if they like.

The debate continues. WDYT?
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🇩🇪14.05.2025 Today Berliners can get their passport/ID without an appointment

On normal days it is not possible to get service without an appointment

The action is performed in 9/12 districts: Reinickendorf, Lichtenberg & Pankow are not participating. People may only go where they are registered
May 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🇩🇪13.05.2025 The union GEW called for a 3 days teachers strike in Berlin in the battle for better working conditions

That being said, schools remain open and the effect can be cancelation of some classes

The reason: many teachers are civil servants and as such they are not included in the strike
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🇩🇪12.05.2025 According to the EU institution Copernicus 14.96 degrees Celsius was the average temperature in April 2025- 0.6 degrees above the average temp between the years 1991-2020 and the highest since the beginning of weather tracking

Meaningless or a sign of climate change?
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
🇩🇪11.05.2025 moving in Berlin might be tricky today and tomorrow

Public transportation is working, but you might want to consider alternatives

My best tip to moving in Berlin is to bike. It’s always the fastest and least stressful option- and it’s good for your physical and mental health
May 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🇩🇪10.05.2025 Margot Friedländer was a holocaust surviver and remembrance activist

Margot lived in Kreuzberg until deportation in 1943. She survived and immigrated to the US. She returned to Berlin with 88

For 80th liberation day, she called the audience to be kind

She passed away the next day. RIP
May 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🇩🇪09.05.2025 The right wing extremism classification for AfD is temporarily removed for the time of their court trial
Meanwhile the new minister for interior considers publishing the 1000 pages long classification report created by German intelligence
May 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🇩🇪08.05.25 80th vday

It started with an „underdog us against them“ narrative

It went through severely abusing everyone who was different, e.g gay or communist

And ended with the systematic torturing and murdering of your former neighbors

Never again is our DUTY. Choose democracy not populism
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🇩🇪07.08.25 Political drama

Yesterday Friedrich Merz didn’t get enough votes to become chancellor. They voted again and he got elected but 🤯

Im worried. Questions like Labour law, immigration, and the economy. My biggest concern is to end those 4 years badly, paving the way to way worse “solutions”
May 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🇩🇪06.05.2025 CSD Berlin is looking for sponsors - some funders dropped out in light of Trump’s anti DEI policy 😳
May 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
🇩🇪05.05.25

🗓️Today: coalition contract will be signed
🗓️Tonight: army will farewell from Scholz
🗓️Tomorrow: Friedrich Merz will become Chancellor

In the farewell, exiting chancellors choose three songs

Scholz chose “all my life” (Beatles), Brandenburgian concert (Bach) and Respect (Aritha Franklin)
May 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🇩🇪04.05.25 The AfD debate:

🤯Do voters value democracy?

⛔️Ban?
~50% the population supports but ppl voted knowingly

📆Could AfD have been stopped if this was faster?

🤷🏽‍♀️Should AfD be on TV and radio?

❤️‍🩹20% of the population didn’t vote AfD out of the void. Can our government solve their problems?
May 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🇩🇪03.05.2025 AfD is fully right wing extremism

Constitutionally people’s dignity must be respected and protected by the authorities

AfD define Germans ethnically. It violates the rights of naturalized people and immigrants

❌Work to ban AfD. Not that simple

🤔We hope people STOP VOTING for them
May 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🇩🇪02.05.2025 welcome May! Every month we welcome new regulation changes in 🇩🇪 that have direct influence on our daily life

All changes in simple are waiting for you here ⬇️
May 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🇩🇪01.05.2025 The night of 30.04. is eventful with parties and demos. This year the Berliner police reports the calmest night in years.

May Day is a public holiday, the weather is lovely and you can demonstrate for workers rights or enjoy street parties. In Berlin most events take place in Kreuzberg
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🇩🇪30.04.2025 A water pipe in Berlin Mitte broke tonight, leading to floods in the city. Some trams couldn’t get through.

The incident disrupted the water supply to houses in eastern Berlin

The disruption was taken care of so you should have water this morning. If you don’t- you know the reason
April 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
🇩🇪29.04.2025 The e-Akte is digitalization of the health system.

It provides doctors with access to the full patient file. The goal is to make the medical system more efficient. Data protection experts flag the damage to patient privacy, as doctors will be exposed to all medical information
April 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
🇩🇪28.04.2025 Reminder: This upcoming Thursday is a public holiday, which means all supermarkets and shops will be closed. @de_in_simple readers plan accordingly 💪Get your groceries done in time and don’t get stuck without food at home
April 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
🇩🇪27.04.2025 AfD’s landlord terminated the rental contract

AfD didn’t get approval for their election party, which prevented building access+a sign screening was violating the contract

The party rejected claiming the landlord should have expected a party+claimed 10K comp

Now it’s in court
April 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🇩🇪26.04.2025 Ipsos happiness survey places Germany as 5th from last. People are 1 point less happy than last year and 14 points less happy than in 2019. Mein reason for unhappiness are finances and health. Main reasons for happiness are family, feeling loved and friends
April 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🇩🇪25.04.2025 Berlin‘s Labour Senator Cansel Kiziltepe (SPD) called Tesla Nazi Car and got heavily criticized: the statement is insulting to Tesla‘s international employees

The last edition of TWEN focused has compelling arguments based on facts and numbers with credible sources

Link in bio
April 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
🇩🇪24.04.2025 Deutsche Telekom reps are going door to door with documents for optic fiber internet

They say they‘re gathering support for optic fiber internet. People sign thinking if it works they get better internet

in fact, folks sign binding internet contracts

💪 My readers don’t fall 4 scams 🔥
April 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM