Scholz makes the first government statement: new traffic light guidelines are presented

Created: 12/14/2021, 8:13 PM

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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will make his first government statement in the Bundestag.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives his first government statement in the Bundestag, in which he will outline the guidelines of his government.

The news ticker.

• Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz * (SPD) makes his first government

  statement

  in the Bundestag

  (see first report)

  .

• The traffic light federal government * made up of the SPD, FDP and the Greens has been in office since last Wednesday.

• This news ticker is continuously updated.

Traffic light federal government: new Chancellor Scholz makes government statement - discussion afterwards

First announcement:

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) will make

his first government statement in the Bundestag

on Wednesday

.

After an overview of the Bundestag administration, this will be followed by a discussion lasting around two and a half hours.

The government statement of the Social Democrats is scheduled for 9:00 a.m.

It is customary for a new Federal Chancellor * to hold a kind of inaugural government declaration outlining the guidelines of his government for the next four years.

At Scholz, she is likely to follow the motto of the red-green-yellow coalition agreement “Dare to make more progress”.

The contract was presented on November 24th by the top representatives of the parties.

Germany's first traffic light federal government made up of the SPD, FDP and the Greens has been

in office

since last Wednesday

.

On that day, the new Federal Chancellor and the new ministers were sworn in in the Bundestag and received their certificates of appointment from Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD).

Traffic light government: quick start before government declaration - first foreign visits by the ministers

In the run-up to the government declaration, the new cabinet under Olaf Scholz has already started its intensive work. In addition to the federal-state summit, the Federal Chancellor himself found a quick entry into the international stage immediately after the swearing-in ceremony. He phoned US President Joe Biden *, who congratulated him on taking office. Scholz also took part in a virtual “Summit for Democracy” with representatives from more than 100 governments, which was hosted by the USA.

Both the Chancellor and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock * (Greens) went on inaugural visits to Paris, Brussels and Warsaw.

Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) also visited Paris.

The new Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser * (SPD), met her counterparts from EU member states in Brussels.

The new Federal Minister of Health Lauterbach also got off to a quick start due to the corona developments.

Union clarifies realignment before government declaration - budget committee chair goes to Braun

After Scholz's government declaration, parliamentary work in the Bundestag will only really pick up speed. The CDU / CSU parliamentary group has now completed its personnel realignment in good time. The MPs re-elected eleven vice chairmen and the parliamentary managing directors. At the same time, the parliamentary group appointed the chairmen of the Bundestag committees it had selected.

The most noticeable personell: The chairmanship of the important budget committee is taken over by the former Chancellery Minister Helge Braun, who is also running for the CDU chairmanship. The previous First Parliamentary Managing Director of the parliamentary group, Michael Grosse-Brömer (CDU), became chairman of the economic committee, Alois Rainer (CSU) will head the finance committee in the future. The posts of parliamentary group chairman Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) and CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt were not available for election in the parliamentary group meeting. Thorsten Frei (CDU) became the first parliamentary managing director. The previous Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) and the previous Federal Government Commissioner for Digitization, Dorothee Bär (CSU), became deputy parliamentary group chairmen. Spahn is now in the parliamentary group for economy, climate and energy,Medium-sized businesses and tourism will be responsible. Bear for family and culture.