When the State Secretary calls on scientists to “collaborate to the max”

The Ministry of the Interior prepared an internal paper in March 2020 that presented the threats from Corona in a dramatic way.

It should legitimize tough political action.

Extensive internal correspondence shows how the government hired scientists for this.

The WELT investigative reporters Anette Dowideit and Alexander Nabert evaluated the papers.

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Breach of the constitution?

Worse!

For almost a year now, the Federal Republic has been experiencing the sharpest encroachments on fundamental rights in its history.

The measures do not have to be justified, the term “precaution” reverses the burden of proof.

But freedom, which has to prove its harmlessness, has been abolished.

A guest contribution by legal scholar Hinnerk Wißmann.

Source: Frédéric Schwilden

My house is my safe space

I used to think that renting a room in a shared apartment would last for my life.

I have been living in a single-family house with my family for a year.

Energy efficiency or lack of living space.

The essentials are not clear to the home critics anyway.

Here our author Frédéric Schwilden writes about his home in a very personal article.

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Heating with a heat pump?

There is a cheaper way

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Politicians are pushing climate protection in buildings and ordering heating systems to be converted.

Heat pumps or renovations are considered the ideal solution.

But who should pay: the tenant, the owner, the taxpayer?

When in doubt, nobody: Because there is also a cheaper way, our energy expert Daniel Wetzel knows.

No diet necessary - here comes the metabolic trick

Do you eat little and still not lose weight?

This could be due to a slow metabolism.

We train ourselves over the years.

But don't worry: there are ways to get your metabolism going again.

Kevin Knauer and Tanja Boldt will tell you what these are in the video.