The coalition agreement is here! Twelve things you need to know now

Now Friedrich Merz is very close to the Chancellery: The Union has agreed on a coalition agreement with the SPD – after comparatively quickly negotiations. What plans does the soon new government have for the country? From taxes to migration to compulsory military service: an overview of the most important and surprising points.

Anyone who had expected a large reform will be disappointed. The Soli that the Union wanted to abolish remains. Tax increases for top earners and the rich who had hoped for the SPD does not come. Medium and lower incomes are relieved in perspective, but only in the middle of the legislative period. Apparently, this cannot be financed beforehand. The economy can be a bit happy. The depreciation options should be extended, and the Corporation tax decrease – from 2028 annually by one percent. Conclusion: Great dispute means that no side really prevails. Very little moves in the field of taxes.

In migration, the SPD and Union agreed on a compromise. Voluntary humanitarian recording programs (for example for refugees from Afghanistan) are ended Family reunification for subsidiary protected (This mainly affects refugees from Syria) for two years. The list of safe countries of origin is to be expanded so that asylum procedures can be accelerated with a view to these countries and rejected applicants can be deported faster. The In the future, the federal police may temporarily prisoner for foreigners who are obliged to leave Or apply for exit custody. “The fundamental right to asylum remains untouched,” says the contract. There had been the demand for abolition from the Union. In the case of border protection, the wording remains that one “In coordination with our European neighbors” wants to reject illegal refugees on the German borders. Experts doubt that this will work in practice.

In the field of citizenship, the so -called Turbo immigration abolished. In the future, you should only get the German passport after five and not after three years. For that it will be No statements by people with a double pass give serious crimes.

There is a ministry more instead of one less. Well. For this should Number of government representatives halved, the number of 950 federal authorities and their employees are clearly reduced. The bureaucracy costs for the economy are supposed to decrease massively. Two old people should disappear for a new rule. An immediate program for bureaucracy dismantling is planned Abolition of the supply chain law and the bonus obligation. Found a company? Should be possible within 24 hours in the future.

It was one of the Union’s loudest promises in the election campaign: to abolish the citizens’ allowance introduced by the traffic light government. The New “basic security for job seekers” should now exacerbate obligations and sanctions. However, this will not change so much in practice, because one wants to take into account the “special situation of people with mental illness” and the “jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court”. In most cases, there will be further cuts of a maximum of 30 percent in the standard rate. An important change: newcomers Ukraine refugees should no longer be in the civil allowance system land, but obtain lower services according to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.

In the Chancellery a National Security Council will be set up, which is to coordinate the “essential questions” of security policy and become a “body of common political will formation”. Also a National crisis staff (from the federal and state governments) as well as a National location center are planned. There have been comparable plans for a long time, but they also encountered reservations from other departments (for example outside and defense) and the concern that the expansion of competence for the Chancellery could go hand in hand with its own loss of power. The coalition agreement emphasizes that the decisions should be made “within the framework of the principle of department” and “across departments”.

The CSU-Id boss can be satisfiedhis three prominent claims can all be found in the coalition agreement: the expansion of the Mother’s pensionthe lowering of the VAT in gastronomy to seven percent and the promotion of the Agrardiesels.

Union and SPD want that Pension level at 48 percent Keeping – tax funds will also support the system. It is not until 2029 that the development of the contribution and the tax grants should be “evaluated”, “in order to take further measures”. However, there are two innovations in the field: with one The new government wants to create financial incentives to voluntarily work. “If you reach the statutory retirement age and continue to work voluntarily, you will receive your salary up to 2,000 euros a month,” says the coalition agreement. And with the “Early start pension” every child is supposed to finance a capital -covered retirement pot receive. From the age of majority, this can be saved until the pension.

The word “Atom” only occurs once in the contract. In this sentence: “We regulate the fusion power plants outside of nuclear law.” Otherwise, the Union and SPD don’t say a word about it. Measured by the brave plans, especially from the CSU, this atomic is nothing sensational. The Union had one on three sides Renaissance of nuclear power Sketched-starting with the stop of the demolition work, the examination of a recovery and of course the early new building of mini reactors. This is remaining the very optimistic wish for the future: “Our goal is: The world’s first fusion reactor should be in Germany.” Sometime.

The most controversial law of the traffic light government will fall with the black and red coalition: “We will abolish the heating law,” write the future coalitioners in their agreement. According to their ideas, the building energy network (gave) should in the future “Technology -open, more flexible and easier” be designed. It is open what exactly that should mean. The renovation and However, heating funding should be continued – a measure that was introduced by the then climate and economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and was particularly criticized in Union circles.

In the question of how to get Germany to be defended again, the Union was unable to enforce its demand for the reintroduction of the compulsory military service. The coalition agreement says vague: “We create a new attractive military service that initially is based on voluntariness.” They want to orientate themselves “on the Swedish military service model”. A contradiction, because the Swedish model provides the possibility of a forced recording if the number of volunteers is not sufficient. Like that with one Such vague declaration of intentions should be achieved, the secret of the coalitioners will remain. Forecast: With this coalition agreement, the Personnel problems of the Bundeswehr remain.

Germans have been declining for years. In contrast, the new black and red coalition now wants to proceed. With one billion euros, sports halls – especially swimming pools – are to be modernized. So that every municipality in Germany really has access to a swimming opportunity, mobile swimming containers from this pot should also be encouraged. Such containers have been used again and again in recent years because many municipalities could no longer afford the renovation of their swimming halls.