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The traffic light starts rolling: internal corona talks are ongoing - FDP reminds Merkel of the "petrification requirement"

2021-10-26T08:08:32.044Z


The traffic light coalition should not be in place until December. But the CDU and CSU are already leaving unsolved corona tasks behind - at least the Greens are getting ready for a cold start.


The traffic light coalition should not be in place until December.

But the CDU and CSU are already leaving unsolved corona tasks behind - at least the Greens are getting ready for a cold start.

  • The SPD, the Greens and the FDP are negotiating a traffic light coalition.

    However, no further discussion will take place until the Bundestag has been constituted.

  • Nevertheless, the traffic light parties are already under pressure - of all things with the once again highly urgent Corona issue.

    (

    see first report

    )

  • Meanwhile, the Greens are putting pressure on and calling for an increase in the housing benefit and the tax-free allowance (

    update from October 25, 9.44 a.m.

    ).

Update from October 25, 4:55 p.m.:

The not yet existing traffic light coalition is apparently already rolling in the Bundestag: The SPD is aiming for a new legal basis for anti-corona measures such as mask requirements and distance rules (

see initial report

).

With the possible future coalition partners Greens and FDP, the SPD is in talks about new regulations in the Infection Protection Act, said Mützenich in the afternoon before a parliamentary group meeting.

A further extension of the "epidemic situation of national scope" by three months is not considered. With new regulations, the federal states should be able to react further to the challenges. "We want to reflect this in the Infection Protection Act." Furthermore, the Infection Protection Act should also be changed in other places during this legislative period. The pandemic has shown that there is a "need for improvement".

One day before the reconstitution of the Bundestag, the parliamentary director of the FDP, Marco Buschmann, also warned the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel to exercise restraint.

He recalled the so-called “petrification requirement”: This constitutional principle stipulates that governments that are only executive in office must hold back - so they should no longer make any fundamental political decisions and also no longer enforce personal matters.

Hartz and energy costs: Greens and SPD are now increasing traffic light pressure on the FDP - "Can't wait"

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SPD leader Saskia Esken at the state party conference of the comrades in Baden-Württemberg.

© Philipp von Ditfurth / picture-alliance

Update from October 25th, 1:15 p.m .:

Greens and SPD are increasing the pressure on the FDP in social issues - specifically it is about the new "citizens' money", but also relief for financially weaker households in view of the high energy prices.

SPD leader Saskia Esken calls for the citizens' money planned by the Ampel coalition as a replacement for Hartz IV to be set high enough.

"Citizens' money must be adequate, that's clear," she told the

taz

on Monday.

The calculations should be based on the cost of living, "and that changes," she added.

“Currently, for example, through the development of energy prices.

We must therefore orientate ourselves to the realities of life. "

Esken did not want to suggest a specific level of future standard rates. She does not want to anticipate the coalition negotiations that start on Wednesday. "The rates must take into account the current wage and price development," she emphasized nonetheless. Esken also pointed out that the SPD's election manifesto said that the calculation should be revised. “At the same time, the wage gap rule applies.” Those who work full-time must “have more in their pockets” than recipients of a wage replacement benefit.

Before that, Green negotiator Jürgen Trittin had made a similar statement - he called for quick steps by the new coalition (

see previous update

).

The Greens federal manager Michael Kellner puts even more pressure: He wants to check whether you can support low-wage earners or Hartz IV recipients or housing benefit recipients directly, as he told rbb-Inforadio.

“That is a task that actually cannot wait until a new federal government is in office.

The preparatory work has to start now, otherwise it will take too long. "

Traffic light: Greens negotiator rushes forward on two questions - "Have to do something"

Update from October 25, 9.44 a.m

.: The Greens are calling for an increase in housing

benefits

, the tax-free subsistence level and the basic income to compensate for the sharp rise in energy prices. The former Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin, who is negotiating the areas of climate and energy for the Greens in the coalition negotiations, said on Sunday evening to the broadcaster Bild TV: “Personally, I am of the opinion that we do indeed have something to do with housing benefits and the question of tax exemptions have to do."

Measures in these areas are "targeted and that helps those who are affected by rising energy prices and who cannot put up with it," said Trittin.

If it is possible to form a traffic light coalition by the beginning of December, the aid could come into force on January 1, 2022.

He is assuming that just by raising housing benefits "for many over the year probably more than one hundred euros," Trittin told the broadcaster.

The Green politician rejected a reduction in energy taxes: “First of all, there is no guarantee that prices will actually fall as a result.

And secondly, you reach people who don't need it. ”In addition, this maximizes the“ loss of income that the state has at this point ”.

That is "expensive, inefficient and socially unjust".

Traffic light coalition: Lauterbach sees “huge construction sites” in the health care system

Update from October 25th, 6.30 a.m

.: SPD politician Karl Lauterbach has made the traffic light parties responsible for improving the health system.

There are “huge construction sites” in this area, Lauterbach told the

Kölner Stadt Anzeiger

.

The pandemic did not improve the situation.

“A lot has been left behind in the last two years.” Specifically: “The hospitals are in serious deficit, especially the university clinics.

The expansion of digitization has stalled, both in practices and in hospitals.

The health insurance companies are making double-digit billion deficits.

There are significant problems in preventive medicine. "

Traffic light coalition under pressure: Greens react - Spahn and Söder push the Scholz troop into corona responsibility

First report from October 24th

: Berlin / Munich - The traffic light parties do not want to continue negotiations until Wednesday - and then set up a coalition by the beginning of December.

But it looks like a first, very practical task will be waiting for the SPD, Greens and FDP beforehand.

Another big one: A successor regulation for the “epidemic situation” is being sought.

And the Union obviously wants to stay out of the process of finding a solution.

Even if she continues to provide the Minister of Health with Jens Spahn (CDU).

Traffic lights and Corona: Spahn's CDU leaves Scholz, Baerbock and Co. tasks

Spahn - like Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) - will receive the certificate of discharge on Tuesday *. From this point on, the cabinet will only be "executive" in office. Actually, this does not prevent the federal government, either legally or practically, from launching new initiatives. Apparently, the CDU and CSU are no longer in the mood for it. Spahn had recently counted the "epidemic situation", but presented no succession plan. Partly also to the displeasure of the prime ministers in the federal states.

As before, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder * has now also taken the traffic lights to duty.

He called for

a far-reaching change

in the

world

: Even without an "epidemic situation", paragraph 28a of the Infection Protection Act should be able to be used, he said - at least the rules for mask compulsory and AHA rules.

He saw the SPD, Greens and FDP as responsible for this.

The first big task for the traffic light coalition *, which is still in the making.

And that even before the first positions for the coalition paper are in place.

The Bundestag parliamentary groups of the three parties are now asked.

At least the Greens seem to want to tackle the problem.

Greens respond to Corona problem: first proposal on the "epidemic situation" - temporary solution in sight

The Bavarian Green MP Manuela Rottmann spoke out in the

world

against the continuation of the epidemic situation.

“In order to take into account the new situation and the number of people vaccinated, we are proposing a legally secure transitional arrangement that allows certain measures to be continued for a limited period of time,” she said.

The situation is currently different from last autumn, "because we are no longer at the mercy of the virus because of the vaccinations," said Rottmann. But the situation is "still serious, because the number of infections is increasing significantly". The Greens do not yet have a concrete plan: The parliamentary group is "in discussion" on the question of what a transitional arrangement could look like.

Meanwhile, Spahn reaffirmed on Sunday evening that he was in favor of the end of the epidemic situation.

“The state of emergency, determined by the Bundestag, can be ended in my opinion because four out of five adults are vaccinated,” he said in the ZDF “heute journal”.

This does not mean that the pandemic is over.

“Like many others, I keep saying that we still need precautionary measures in autumn and winter, especially 3G - vaccinated, recovered, tested - indoors, especially medical protective masks, AHA rules, on buses and trains, in retail. “The rules for this should now be made by others.

(

fn / AFP

) *

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