Free Democrats
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Leadership | Shalva Shavgulidze |
|---|---|
| Founders | Irakli Alasania |
| Founded | July 16 |
| 2009 | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2451381 |
About Free Democrats
Free Democrats, previously known as Our Georgia – Free Democrats, is a political party in Georgia founded by Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former envoy to the United Nations, on 16 July 2009. The party was in opposition to the government led by Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement.
Germany: Illegal migration rise prompts border crackdown
... " We must prevent people with no prospect of asylum to start the dangerous route across the Mediterranean, " Christian Dürr, the Free Democrats Bundestag group leader, told Süddeutsche Zeitung...
Germany extends nuclear power amid energy crisis
... Chancellor Scholz s third coalition partner, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), welcomed his move to keep nuclear power as part of the mix...
Why Germany isn't sending weapons to Ukraine
... His government - a coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats - came to power at the end of last year promising a values-based foreign policy and even stricter constraints on arms exports...
Olaf Scholz: Who is Germany's new chancellor?
... Olaf Scholz was once unflatteringly nicknamed " Scholzomat" (Scholzomaton) - but he has succeeded in putting his old robot-like, technocratic image behind him and secured an agreement to govern with the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats...
Germany's Olaf Scholz takes over from Merkel as chancellor
... His centre-left Social Democrats will govern alongside the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats...
Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
... The " traffic light coalition" is named after the colours of the parties involved: the Social Democrats (red) who champion fair society, the Free Democrats (yellow) who champion business and industry, and the Greens...
Germany's Scholz seals deal to end Merkel era
... Almost two months after his Social Democrat party won federal elections, he will go into power with the Greens and business-friendly Free Democrats...
Germany extends nuclear power amid energy crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country's three remaining Nuclear Power stations to keep operating until mid-April, as the Energy Crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine hurts the economy.
Originally Germany planned to phase out all three by The End of this year.
Mr Scholz's order overruled The Greens in his coalition, who wanted two plants kept on standby, to be used if needed.
Nuclear Power provides 6% of Germany's electricity.
The decision to phase it out was taken by former chancellor Angela Merkel after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
But gas prices have soared since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, which disrupted Russia's huge oil and gas exports to the EU. In August Russia turned off the gas flowing to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 undersea pipeline.
After relying so heavily on Russian gas Germany is now scrambling to maintain sufficient reserves for The Winter . The Crisis has also prompted it to restart mothballed coal-fired power stations, though The Plan is to phase out coal in The Drive for green energy.
Last Year Germany got 55% of its gas from Russia, but in the summer that dropped to 35% and it is declining further.
Chancellor Scholz's third coalition partner, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), welcomed his move to keep Nuclear Power as part of The Mix . The three remaining nuclear plants are Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland.
The Social Democrat (SPD) chancellor also called for ministries to present an " ambitious" law to boost energy efficiency and to put into law a phase-out of coal by 2030.
Last week climate activist Greta Thunberg said it was a " mistake" for Germany to press on with nuclear decommissioning while resorting to coal again.
Source of news: bbc.com
