Return to the debt limit (cap on annual borrowing) from 2023.One-off heating cost allowance for low-income families.Introduce a rent break, preventing landlords from raising rents by more than 11 percent over three years.Build 400.000 new apartments each year to fight the crisis on the housing market.Introduce a points-based immigration system to attract skilled workers.Reduce the minimum residency requirement for German citizenship to five years.Pledge not to cut pensions or increase the retirement age.Get rid of the Hartz IV unemployment benefit and replace it with a “Citizens’ Fund”.Introduce an income-linked “Child Basic Insurance” to guarantee parents enough money to cover their child’s basic needs.Increase the minimum wage to 12 euros per hour in 2022.Some of the cornerstone policies included in the deal are: Income & Social security Green party co-leader Robert Habeck described the new government’s policies as a commitment to reconciling “welfare with climate protection.” FDP leader Christian Lindner added, “It is our remit to modernise this country together.” Under the motto, “Dare to make progress”, the 177-page document sets out their vision for the post-Merkel era.
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He said that negotiations had been carried out in a “friendly but tense atmosphere, an atmosphere full of trust,” and that effort had been made to form a “coalition of equals” that would draw on each party’s strengths. “The traffic light is here,” said incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz as he unveiled the plans. “Traffic light coalition is here”Īt a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) announced that they had finalised a deal to form a governing coalition together - dubbed “traffic light” by the German media after their respective colours. Here’s an overview of the policies they’ve agreed upon.
After nearly eight weeks of wrangling, the three parties set to form Germany’s next government have laid out a roadmap for the post-Merkel years.