Traffic light parties present their coalition agreement: the live blog for reading

The press conference is now over. At this point we say goodbye, dear readers, and of course we will continue to inform you on www.stern.de about the most important developments relating to the formation of a government.

Ask about moving forward to phase out coal: Robert Habeck sees precise measures in the coalition agreement on how the early exit could succeed by 2030. If the CO2 price falls sufficiently, it will no longer be worthwhile to operate coal-fired power plants. That ensures that it will come that way. Christian Lindner adds that these are the most ambitious climate goals of an industrial nation. Olaf Scholz speaks of the biggest renovation in a century. Combining climate goals and prosperity is the great goal and the great task.

How are the traffic light plans to be financed? Scholz calls in “Decade of investment” without giving any specific figures. During the coalition negotiations, the “Budget options” bow down and be yourself “sure that we can answer all the investment questions in the next few years.” Did Habeck and Lindner have anything else to add? Both wave it aside.

The inevitable question after the speculation about the next health minister comes up. Scholz makes no secret of the fact that the department will be occupied by the SPD. But there will be names later. He’ll take his time for that.

SPD Chancellor candidate Scholz defends the joint resolutions of the SPD, Greens and FDP to deal with the corona crisis in Germany that “appropriate to the seriousness of the situation” be. The announced “Corona crisis team” should be introduced as quickly as possible, said Scholz, if possible also by the outgoing federal government.

Media representatives can now ask their questions.

“We want to actively shape the change in which our country, the world, finds itself: decarbonization, digitization, diversity of society”, so Esken. The world’s problems can only be mastered together with partners, nationally and internationally. In their opinion, this coalition establishes a new type of cooperation, as the three parties have learned to understand and apply other points of view. The traffic light parties have become opponents who need each other.

SPD co-leader Saskia Esken wants the words above all “future Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz” enjoy…

SPD co-party leader Norbert Walter-Borjans sees one in the traffic light coalition “Departure”, both economically and socio-politically. That is a common basic goal of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, although there were quite different perspectives on the implementation. Indeed: “We didn’t want to merge either, we wanted to form a coalition”, says Walter-Borjans. That “Fighting out different positions” have made the joint look at the present and future, which is contained in the coalition agreement, possible in the first place.

Baerbock announces that the future government wants to give children and young people a different, separate meaning. Children are not little adults. Even The modernization of citizenship and family law were part of the process of reflecting the diversity of a modern society.

Annalena Baerbock takes over and announces the goal of climate neutrality – in cooperation with the European neighbors, as she emphasizes. In the treaty, this goal runs through all areas, including foreign and security policy. The climate crisis can only be tackled effectively at an international level.

“What is now being formed is a center coalition that is moving the country forward”, says Lindner. One does not want to be a coalition of exclusion, but of complementary politics. The traffic light coalition will “Solid finance advocate” be that the state is being decarbonised and digitalised. The Federal Republic will also be a reliable partner in the EU and the world with the Ampel coalition.

“We have extraordinarily ambitious projects”, says Lindner, “and therefore we feel humility in proportion to what we set out to do.” You will not be able to implement this alone, you are dependent on the support from society and the economy.

One has the common mission “to modernize the country” and the “Overcoming the status quo of the past few years”, says Lindner. Sometimes you have “Fought for individual sentences for hours”, but all parties could “proud” be on what they would have negotiated in the coalition agreement. “For the FDP I want to say that we will also make our contributions to the success”, says Lindner.

“We take responsibility for a country that is in a deep and not yet overcome health crisis”, said FDP leader Christian Lindner. He appealed to everyone to get vaccinated and limit contacts. The state crisis management of the government will be changed, however “no less consequent” be. The FDP boss doesn’t just mean the corona crisis, he also names it digitalization, the Aging society and Decarbonisation.

Protecting and using should also form the guideline when converting agriculture, says Habeck. “We will be a government that demands something from the people, so we had to expect something from ourselves”, Habeck remembers the coalition negotiations. “Opposites can be overcome with a learning policy”, the Green leader, who is being talked about as Vice Chancellor, promises at the end.