Scholz on his way to lead a “coalition of progress” in Germany

The social democrat (SPD) Olaf Scholz is on the way to becoming chancellor of a “coalition of progress”, as the leaders of The Greens and the Liberal Party (FDP), after the three parties agreed to start formal negotiations to form a government in Germany.

Scholz has appeared with the two co-chairs of his party, Saskia Eskien and Norbert Walter-Borjans; with Los Verdes co-chairs Annalena Barboeck and Robert Habeck, and with Liberal leader Christian Lindner to announce the decision of the teams that have participated in previous talks.

“The three parties are in a position to boost the most important industrial modernization project of the last 100 years“, has summed up Scholz in the appearance.

The document that will serve as the basis for the coalition negotiations underlines the importance of ecological transformation and decarbonization, rules out tax increases, thereby fulfilling one of the main wishes of the liberals, and raises an offensive of investments and targeted measures. to increase social cohesion.

Among the measures planned in this last aspect is the increase of the minimum salary from 9.60 euros to 12.0 euros per hour, which was in the SPD and Los Verdes programs.

Among the achievements of Los Verdes in previous talks is the project to abandon coal in 2030, eight years ahead of schedule.

The beginning of the negotiations must be approved by various bodies of the three parties During the weekend and on Monday it is expected that an agenda will be defined for the next few months.

“I think we have all said that we hope to have a coalition agreement before the end of the year“, said Scholz, whose party was the most voted in the general elections, with 25.7% of the votes, ahead of the conservatives of Armin Laschet, who obtained 24.1%.