Coalition agreement: the planning of the CDU and SPD by 2028

In their coalition agreement, the CDU, CSU and SPD have made a lot of things. Some formulations are vague. However, there are even concrete appointments for other projects. A selection from the black and red calendar:

The regionally launched electronic patient file is to be gradually rolled out this year. Starting with a nationwide test phase up to a mandatory use even with possible sanctions if practices do not participate. In addition, a commission should submit proposals for a new reform of the right to vote for the Bundestag. This year, suggestions for a large nursing reform are to be made by a federal-state working group with the participation of the municipal umbrella organizations.

For the energy transition, monitoring is to be commissioned, with which the future electricity requirement and the status of expanding the power grids and the expansion of renewable energies are checked until the summer break. Nach control is also to be regulated by summer with the legally launched hospital reform. In autumn, the legalization of cannabis for adults, which has been in effect since April 1, 2024, is to be carried out in autumn.

By the end of the year, an immediate program for bureaucrator dismantling should be eliminated, especially for small and medium -sized companies and legislation to modernize the debt brake should be completed. Modernization should permanently enable additional investments in strengthening the country. A commission for a reform of the welfare state is to present suggestions within the fourth quarter of 2025. The right of weapons is to be developed extensively by 2026.

As of January 1, the commuter flat rate is to be permanently increased to 38 cents from the first kilometer. At the same time, an “early start pension” is to be introduced, in which each child between six and 18 years, who visits an educational institution in Germany, receives ten euros per month into an old-age provision. In addition, VAT for dishes in gastronomy is to be permanently reduced from 19 percent to seven percent. By the middle of the year, the Science Times Contract Act is to be amended, which regulates the conditions for time limits in employment contracts by research personnel.

The self-determination law of the traffic light coalition, which facilitates the changes in gender entries, is to be evaluated by July 31 at the latest. In the winter semester 2026/27, the flat rate for housing costs for students with BAföG is to be increased to 440 euros per month. In the course of the year, a minimum wage of 15 euros per hour is to be reached.

For transactions with more than 100,000 euros in annual sales, a cash register obligation is to be introduced from 2027. By spring, a commission should analyze the health policy project of the coalition agreement and make suggestions for financial stabilization of statutory health insurance. In the UN Security Council, Germany wants to run for a non-permanent seat in 2027/28.

Starting on January 1, 2028, corporate tax for companies is to be reduced by one percentage point each.