In Germany there is a new and decisive step towards a three-party government coalition : an agreement has been signed by the leaders of the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals.
The members of the future “traffic light” coalition have agreed on a 12-page document that has three qualifying points, one for each party: the exit from coal “ideally” by 2030, the workhorse of the Greens; the minimum wage of 12 euros per hour, the Social Democratic flag; and no increase or any new taxation, an insurmountable red line for the Liberals.
Now the ball will pass to the respective parties, who will be asked to give the green light by the weekend.
In short, the signs of the definitive white smoke are all there.
Social Democratic Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz reiterated his certainty today at a press conference that a new German executive can be counted on before Christmas.
Climate change has an important place in the program of the future executive, first of all the question of the early exit from coal energy, strongly demanded by the Greens in 2030, that is eight years earlier than agreed at the moment. "To maintain climate objectives, an early exit from coal is necessary, which ideally should already take place by 2030", reads the text of the approved text. The aim will then be to make Germany "the main market for electric mobility and for this reason it is necessary to speed up the expansion of the charging infrastructures".
Public pensions will not be cut, Scholz assured, while private ones will be subject to reform.
Even the subsidy for those without work will be transformed, as well as the intention to intervene with concrete but still unknown measures to avoid the scourge of child poverty, including among other things the rights of children in the Constitution.
Among the points in the program, also the lowering of the age to vote for 16-year-olds.
(Unioneonline / F)