The German Social Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Liberal Party have reached an agreement on the formation of a new government. The current Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will take over Angela Merkel As the new leader of the country, the local media reported.
Three parties, collectively referred to as “Traffic Light Alliance“Because of their colors-red, green and yellow-the agreement will be submitted in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon.
Finalized after two months of intense negotiations After the national election on September 26, The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won by a narrow margin.
German media quoted party sources as saying that Schultz of the Social Democratic Party will become the new prime minister. Annalena Balbok A member of the Green Party will become the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and her partner as the party’s co-leader, Robert Harbeck will assume the role of the new “super minister”, combining the Ministry of Economy with environmental protection goals.
Christian Lindner, the leader of the pro-business Liberal Democratic Party (FDP), will become the new finance minister. According to reports, Hubertus Hull of the Social Democratic Party is the only one in the old government (the major coalition between the Social Democratic Party and Merkel’s conservative CDU/CDU) who will continue to serve as the Minister of Labor. minister.
This will be the first tripartite alliance at the national level in German history and the first alliance to solve problems. Climate emergency -This will be the priority of each ministry-at the top of its agenda.
According to reports, the two parties have agreed to commit to phasing out coal by 2030, and in principle to ban internal combustion engines and terminate natural gas power generation by 2040.
But its most immediate challenge will be control Germany’s worst Covid-19 wave since the pandemic began, Especially to increase the number of vaccinations.
In terms of the age of its members, it will also be one of the youngest governments in Germany.
But because of their huge differences, people have a lot of speculation about how the trio will work. The Green Party promoted a huge investment plan to combat climate change and improve Germany’s outdated infrastructure. During the campaign, it promised to raise taxes and relax debt rules to free up funds to pay for increased spending.
However, the FDP, which is known for its fiscal prudence, has ruled out the possibility of tax increases and relaxation of the debt brake. With Lindner of the Liberal Democratic Party gaining support from the Ministry of Finance, people suspect that the party’s preferences will influence the new government’s monetary policy more than the Green Party.
The negotiations involved 22 working groups and 300 negotiators. Unusually, they barely leaked any information, although some participants, recently Belbok, admitted that there were some irritating moments.
The new government is expected to be sworn in in the week of December 6. Prior to this, the alliance agreement must be approved at a party meeting between SPD and FDP, and the Green Party will hand it over to members to vote. This 10-day process will begin on Thursday.
