The German Liberals (FDP) have also approved the coalition agreement with the Social Democratic SPD and the Greens. More than 98 percent of those present voted in favor of an online party conference. Yesterday The SPD members are also already giving the green light to the coalition agreement.
The FDP leadership has vigorously promoted the coalition agreement and the coalition. FDP leader Christian Lindner, who will become finance minister in the new cabinet, said the Germans will benefit from this coalition. “A new start in Germany is possible. Let’s start. Germany is waiting for this.”
According to him, it is a coalition agreement for the middle. “We’re not jerking to the left, but we’re moving forward,” he said.
Traffic light coalition
Only the Greens now have to agree to the 177-page coalition agreement. The results of an online vote by their members are expected tomorrow.
If they also agree, the coalition agreement can be signed on Tuesday and SPD leader Scholz can be elected chancellor on Wednesday. In September he won the elections of outgoing Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic CDU/CSU, who has been in power for 16 years.
The parties from the ‘traffic light coalition’, named after the party colors of the three parties, want to make a strong commitment to greening. The minimum wage is also rising and money is being invested in digitization. In Germany, the (mobile) internet infrastructure is poor compared to neighboring countries. Efforts are also being made to tackle the housing shortage.
Correspondent Wouter Zwart explains why the German elections are also important for the Netherlands:
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