« Germany returned » with a new coalition, tightening of migration and message to Trump
Christian Democrats (CDU) and Social Democrats (GSDP) will try with the new Friedrich Merz Government to revive the largest European economy in the middle of a trade war after weeks of negotiations that global instability and duties declared by the White House have only accelerated.
The agreement emphasizes the importance of Germany’s relations with the United States, its largest trading partner, and aims at a medium-term free trade agreement. But Mertz also stressed that the European Union needs a common response to the escalating global customs war, which put the United States and China in particular in conflict.
« At the same time, » said Mertz, « Economic uncertainty is increasing tremendously. In particular, this week, the US government’s decisions have caused another turmoil. »
What did partners engage with
Mertz, who previously called the US an unreliable ally of Trump, has already promised to increase defense costs as Europe is facing hostile Russia and to support the business, fighting with high costs and low demand.
Merz has completed the negotiations, will run Germany with the Socialists
Coalition partners have agreed to:
- Reducing taxes for medium and lower income people, reduction of corporate tax.
- Reduction of energy prices by at least 5 cents (through tax changes and reduction of network use fees), support of the electric vehicle industry.
- New expenses as such for restoring diesel subsidies for farmers.
- Incentives for people who work after the retirement and exemption from employment income outside working hours.
- A committee to work for an even greater reform of the constitutionally set restrictions on Germany’s costs known as the « debt brake », long regarded by critics as stopping economic growth.
Other Merz’s plans are for voluntary military service and the creation of a national security council, as well as steps to accelerate public defense procurement and support Ukraine’s candidacy to join NATO.
It will be explored for some factories to reformat themselves for the necessary to defensive industry.
« All this is going in the right direction, but it is not a real restart of economic policy, which would be necessary in view of the competitiveness it has been eroding for years, » Jig Kremer, Chief Economist at Commerzbank, told Reuters.
Traditionally frugal conservatives are upset by Merz’s plans for large costs
Posts are not yet announced, but the CDU will take over the management of the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs, as well as the chancellor, while the GSDP will manage the finances and defense, according to a document that Reuters is familiar with. This probably means that Lars Kingbale, the leader of the Social Democrats, will be a finance minister, and Boris Pistorius will remain Minister of Defense.
Expansion brake, measures against migration, nuclear synthesis
While the Alternative to Germany was breathing in the neck, the coalition signals a more firm position in terms of migration, planning to return asylum seekers to the borders of Germany and to cancel the rapid naturalization, among other measures.
Other agreed measures described by Bild affect Europe:
There is no EU enlargement without EU restructuring. This will cause particular dissatisfaction in the Balkans: the new government essentially stops the EU enlargement. Because it puts a fundamental reform of the EU and its decision -making mechanisms as a condition for the adoption of new Member States such as Kosovo, Serbia, Northern Macedonia and Albania, which are on the waiting list. « The expansion of the EU and its capacity to accept new members should go hand in hand. Therefore, with the next expansion, we need internal consolidation and EU reform to strengthen it institutionally, » the coalition agreement said.
End of civil allowances for Ukrainians: The newly arrived warfares from the war in Ukraine will no longer receive civil allowances, and will instead receive reduced benefits for asylum seekers. « Refugees with the right to residence under the Mass Flow Directive that have entered Germany after April 1, 2025 must re -receive benefits under the Asylum Seekers Act, provided they are in need. »
There is more about migrationS Work will be done to stop families for people for people with the so -called subsidiary protection status for two years and to terminate all federal refugee admission programs, not to create new programs in the future.
Asylum seekers will be rejected on the ground borders in coordination with European neighbors, and Germany will begin to deport people in Syria and Afghanistan, starting with criminals and potentially dangerous persons. The naturalization of migrants will be eliminated in just three years of stay, but other changes to the current government remain.
Nuclear synthesis instead of nuclear division: There is no one from the document desired by the Bavarian sister’s party of the Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union, according to which the three remaining NPP had to be opened. Instead, the new government is advocating for the promotion of « innovative climatic technologies ». The goal is « the first thermal reactor in the world must be located in Germany ».
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« We are expanding studies in the field of photovoltaics, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydrogen and storage technologies as batteries. We want to encourage the thermo-custic synthesis more research, » the text said.
