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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and representatives of the other constitutional bodies at a commemoration at the Holocaust Memorial.

Remembrance Commemoration of the victims of National Socialism

27 January is the day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism. In Berlin, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz laid a wreath at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe together with Israeli parliament speaker Mickey Levy. Scholz called for a rejection of anti-Semitism and hatred. A commemoration was held in the Bundestag.

L’image montre le chancelier fédéral. Il tient une affiche portant l’inscription : "Impfen hilft. Auch allen, die es nicht mehr hören können." (« La vaccination aide. Même ceux qui ne peuvent plus l’entendre. »)

Federal-Länder conference  “Stay the course” and remain cautious

The following still applies to vaccination, boosting and contact reduction measures: “stay the course”. This was emphasised by Federal Chancellor Scholz after his consultations with the Heads of Government of the Länder. He called on everyone to remain cautious. The Federal Chancellor also presented a new vaccination campaign.

Decision Video conference between the Federal Chancellor and the
Heads of Government of the Länder on 24 January 2022

Normandy format  Declaration of the advisors to the N4 Heads of States and Governments

Presidency of the G7

Presidency Programme “Progress towards an equitable world” – this is the goal of the German G7 Presidency

Rules for quarantine and isolation agreed on by the Federal and Länder Governments. Details in the description of the graphic.
Photo: Federal Government

Quarantine and isolation Federal-Länder Decision

Rules for quarantine and isolation agreed on by the Federal and Länder Governments.

Coronavirus

Number of the day 61.4 M

people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 so far in Germany (as at 27 January 2022). That means, no less than 61.4 M people (73.8% of the overall population) are now fully vaccinated. At least 43.4 M of these (52.2 %) have also received a booster. The Federal Ministry of Health’s vaccination dashboard has more details.

The coronavirus pandemic

Video series #vaccinefacts – See all videos here

Euro coins on top of euro notes

Economic and Monetary Union 20th anniversary: the euro as the cash currency of Europe

The euro has been the cash currency of Germany and all other countries of the euro area since January 2002. What originally began in eleven EU member states went on to become a common currency shared by 19 countries with a total population of more than 340 million. Today, the euro is the second most widely used currency in the world. 

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French presidency of the Council of the EU