Coalition committee: The long black-red priority list

The black and red federal government presented an “immediate program” after the first meeting of its coalition committee. “By the middle of the year, it should be seen for everyone that Germany is going on,” says the result paper, which the tips from the CDU, SPD and CSU presented. To do this, they want to implement a number of measures “priority”. There are no more detailed implementation dates in the four-page list.

Investing should become easier, faster and unbureaucratic, the parties record. For this purpose, “until summer” is to be revised in planning, construction, environmental, awarding and procedural law-from procurements for the Bundeswehr to the expansion of renewable energies and notaries in emergency to fertilizers in agriculture.

“Capable of action”

Under this heading, the CDU, CSU and SPD summarize a larger range of projects from contain migration to digitization of the administration. There are also amendments to better combating undeclared work, more investigative powers for the police and for a easier time to shoot wolves to protect pastures such as sheep.

In order to boost the economy after two years of weakness, several reforms are to come. “That is why we reduce energy costs, reduce taxes for households and companies and do bureaucratic hurdles,” says paper. Among other things, the VAT reduction on food in gastronomy, tax support for electric cars, a flexibility of specifications during working hours and a electricity tax cut are listed.

Several projects should serve to strengthen the cohesion. The list includes incentives for more collective agreements in the economy, the extension of the rental price brake initiated by the cabinet and the establishment of a commission for a renewed right to reform the right to vote. The “start of a large pension reform” with several components is also mentioned.