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The leadership of the SPD, Greens and FDP before the press conference on Wednesday afternoon
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The SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on a coalition agreement.
The joint paper is called »Dare More Progress« and has the subtitle »Alliance for Freedom, Justice and Sustainability« (read the full text of the 177-page document here).
The most important points at a glance:
Corona pandemic
"We will reorganize the federal government's crisis management to combat the corona pandemic," says the coalition agreement.
"To this end, we will immediately set up a joint federal government crisis team in order to better coordinate the nationwide fight against the corona pandemic." In addition, an interdisciplinary scientific pandemic council is to be created at the Federal Ministry of Health.
Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz also spoke out in favor of compulsory vaccination in certain facilities with risk groups - and did not rule out expanding this regulation.
Climate protection
Under the heading »Climate protection in a socio-ecological market economy« it says that the climate crisis »endangers our livelihoods and threatens freedom, prosperity and security«.
"We therefore see the task of giving the economic strength of our country a new dynamic."
By 2030, Germany is to get 80 percent of its electricity from renewable energies.
"We will align our climate, energy and economic policy nationally, in Europe and internationally to the 1.5 degree path and activate the potential at all government levels."
With these measures, we secure the "freedom of coming generations in the sense of the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court by designing a reliable and cost-efficient path to climate neutrality in a technology-neutral manner by 2045 at the latest".
The traffic light wants to hold on to the nuclear phase-out.
minimum wage
The SPD, Greens and FDP want to increase the statutory minimum wage to 12 euros per hour.
After the one-time adjustment, the independent minimum wage commission will decide on any further increases.
»We want to enable everyone to have the most secure employment biography possible and maintain employability through qualification and healthy work.
Every work deserves respect and recognition. "
pension
The contribution rate to the pension insurance should not rise above 20 percent during this electoral period.
"We will strengthen the statutory pension and permanently secure the minimum pension level of 48 percent (definition before the recently carried out statistical revision)," says the coalition agreement.
Pension cuts and an increase in the statutory retirement age are excluded.
Bürgergeld
The basic state security should become a citizen's allowance.
"Instead of the previous basic security (Hartz IV), we will introduce a citizen's benefit." This should respect people's dignity and enable them to participate in society.
In addition, in the first two years of receiving citizen benefits, "the benefit without crediting the assets" should be made.
The sparing assets should be increased and its review should be made less bureaucratic.
building and living
The traffic light aims to build 400,000 new apartments per year.
100,000 of them are to be publicly funded.
The coalition wants to extend the rent brake until 2029.
Relief for electricity customers
Electricity customers are to be relieved by abolishing the financing of the billions in the EEG levy to promote green electricity via the electricity price on January 1, 2023.
Rent brake is extended
The rent brake is to be extended and tightened.
In areas with a tight housing market, rents should only be allowed to rise by up to 11 percent within three years instead of the previous 15 percent.
The federal states decide whether the situation in an area is considered to be tense.
The rent brake is also to be extended until 2029.
Basic child security
A basic child benefit is to be introduced under the traffic lights, "in which we bundle all previous financial support services," it says in the paper.
Children's rights should also be anchored in the Basic Law.
The Bundeswehr should be allowed to arm itself with drones
"Armed drones can help protect soldiers on deployments abroad," says the coalition agreement.
The aim is to enable the armed forces of the Bundeswehr to arm drones under "binding and transparent conditions and taking into account ethical and security-political aspects."
If they were used, the rules of international law would apply.
Coal exit
The traffic light parties want to promote the exit from coal.
"Ideally, this will be successful by 2030. The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, the tightened 2030 climate target and the upcoming tightening of EU emissions trading, which we support, are increasingly restricting the leeway," says the paper.
Therefore, renewable energies are to be massively expanded and modern gas works are to be built.
New Ministry of Construction
There is to be a new Federal Ministry for Building, led by the SPD.
There are also plans to expand the Ministry of Economic Affairs to include climate protection - this is where Robert Habeck should come into play.
Voting age
The planned traffic light government wants to lower the voting age in Germany to 16 years.
For such a reduction for federal elections, however, an amendment to the Basic Law is necessary, for voting rights from the age of 16 in elections to the European Parliament, this is not necessary.
cannabis
The prospective traffic light coalition wants to introduce a “controlled distribution of cannabis to adults for consumption in licensed shops”.
This would "control the quality, prevent the transfer of contaminated substances and ensure the protection of minors," says the coalition agreement.
Transsexual law is to be abolished
The traffic light parties want to abolish the controversial transsexual law.
It should be replaced "by a self-determination law," it says in the coalition agreement.
This includes "a procedure at the registry office that makes changes to the gender entry in the civil status basically possible by self-disclosure".
Faster asylum procedures and repatriation offensive
The traffic light coalition wants to accelerate asylum procedures and family reunions and at the same time start a »repatriation offensive«.
»We want to create a new beginning in migration and integration policy that does justice to a modern immigration country.
We will reduce irregular migration and enable regular migration. "
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