Traffic light government
Key points from the coalition agreement
Christian Lindner, Olaf Scholz, Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck present the coalition agreement of the traffic light parties in Berlin. Photo: Kay Nietfeld / dpa
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The SPD, FDP and the Greens presented the coalition agreement in Berlin. That is what the traffic light government intends to do.
It has taken almost two months since the federal election, now the SPD, Greens and FDP have created the basis for their cooperation in a new federal government.
“Dare to make more progress: Alliance for Freedom, Justice and Sustainability” is the title of the 177-page work. These are the key points:
– Minimum wage: The statutory minimum wage is to increase from the current EUR 9.60 to EUR 12 per hour.
– Rent: The rent brake for new rentals is to be extended. In areas with a tight housing market, rents in existing tenancies should only be allowed to rise by up to 11 percent within three years instead of the previous 15 percent.
– Energy costs: On January 1, 2023, the financing of the billions in the EEG levy to promote green electricity through the electricity price is to be abolished.
– Home office: Those who work in the home office should still be able to claim a special flat rate on their tax return in the coming year.
– National debt: The debt brake anchored in the Basic Law is to be complied with again from 2023.
– Local transport: More money is to be invested in the expansion of local public transport.
– Rail reform: In future, trains are to run every half hour between the largest cities, and transfer times are to be significantly shortened.
– Electric cars: The charging options for electric cars are to be expanded more quickly.
– Drugs: In the future, cannabis will be available to adults for consumption in licensed shops.
– Refugees: In the future, more refugees should be able to bring their relatives to Germany.
– Bundeswehr: The troops should be able to arm drones.
– Arms exports: German arms exports are to be restricted more effectively with a new law.
– Nuclear disarmament: Germany’s fundamental rejection of the United Nations’ nuclear weapons ban treaty is to be abandoned – a deviation from the previous NATO line.
– Voting age: The minimum age for participation in federal elections is to be reduced from 18 to 16 years.
– Renewable energies: By 2030, Germany should obtain 80 percent of its electricity from renewable energies. So far, the goal has been to have achieved a share of 65 percent by 2030.
– Driving license: The SPD, Greens and FDP want to lower the minimum age for acquiring a car driving license and enable accompanied driving from the age of 16 instead of the previous 17 years.