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SPD.DE / GRUENE.DE / FDP.DE

ALLIANCE FOR

FREEDOM, JUSTICE

AND SUSTAINABILITY

COALITION AGREEMENT BETWEEN

SPD, BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN AND FDP

MORE

PROGRESS

DARE

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Dare to make more progress

Alliance for Freedom, Justice and Sustainability

Coalition agreement 2021-2025 between the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD),

BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN and the Free Democrats (FDP)

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table of contents

I. Preamble ............................................... .................................................. .............................................. 4

II. Modern state, digital awakening and innovations ......................................... .............................. 8th

Modern state and democracy .............................................. .................................................. ........ 8th

Digital innovations and digital infrastructure ............................................. .................................. 15

Innovation, science, university and research ........................................... .......................... 19

III. Climate protection in a socio-ecological market economy ........................................... ................... 24

Business ................................................. .................................................. ....................................... 25

Environmental and nature protection .............................................. .................................................. ................. 36

Agriculture and Food ............................................... .................................................. ......... 43

Mobility ................................................. .................................................. ......................................... 48

Climate, energy, transformation ............................................. .................................................. .......... 54

IV. Respect, opportunities and social security in the modern world of work ...................................... ... 65

Job ................................................. .................................................. .............................................. 66

Welfare state, old-age provision, basic security ............................................. ....................................... 72

Care and health ............................................... .................................................. ..................... 80

Building and living ............................................... .................................................. .......................... 88

V. Chances for children, strong families and the best education for a lifetime .................................... ....... 93

Education and opportunities for everyone ............................................. .................................................. ............. 94

Children, youth, families and seniors ........................................... .................................................. 98

VI. Freedom and Security, Equality and Diversity in Modern Democracy ....................... 103

Internal security, civil rights, justice, consumer protection, sport ........................................ ........ 103

Equality ................................................. .................................................. ............................... 114

Diversity ................................................. .................................................. .......................................... 116

Cultural and media policy .............................................. .................................................. ............... 121

Good living conditions in town and country ............................................ ........................................ 127

VII. Germany's responsibility for Europe and the world ......................................... ...................... 130

Europe ................................................. .................................................. .......................................... 131

Integration, migration, flight ............................................. .................................................. .......... 137

Foreign, security, defense, development, human rights ......................................... .......... 143

VIII. Future investments and sustainable finances ............................................ ............................ 158

IX. Working methods of the government and political groups ............................................. ..................................... 173

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I. Preamble

Our three parties see the result of the Bundestag election as a task, a joint one

Form government coalition.

We have different traditions and perspectives, but we are united by the willingness to

To take joint responsibility for the future of Germany, the goal, the necessary one

Advance modernization, the awareness that this progress also with one

A promise of security must go hand in hand with the confidence that this can be achieved together. we

commit us to serve the good of all citizens.

What challenges the country

We take responsibility at a time when the corona pandemic continues to make the country strong

burdened. For many it means great suffering, goes hand in hand with existential worries and demands everyone

significant restrictions. Defeating the pandemic is our priority these days

Task to which we dedicate ourselves with all our might. Implement the necessary protective measures and

Promoting comprehensive vaccination protection is a national and societal one

Task.

The world is in upheaval at the beginning of a decade, so we cannot stand still.

The climate crisis endangers our livelihoods and threatens freedom, prosperity and security.

In the face of intensified global competition, Germany and Europe must have their own

re-establish economic strength. In international system competition, it is our values that count

determined to defend with democratic partners. At the same time, digitization is changing

The way we do business, work and communicate with one another. Our society

is getting older and more diverse. It is also important to reduce social tensions in times of rapid change

reduce and increase confidence in our democracy.

These challenges are immense, interwoven and in their simultaneity

challenging. They will shape the country and society for a long time. But if we do this

Shaping upheavals also offers great opportunities. The task of this coalition is to support it

to push the necessary innovations politically and to provide orientation. With that we want a new one

Trigger dynamics that affect society as a whole.

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What we want to advance

Germany will only be able to keep up with the times if we modernize the state itself.

We want to make government action faster and more effective and better able to respond to future crises

prepare. We are advancing the comprehensive digitalization of administration. It's about that

To make life easier for the citizens. We will be the public infrastructure,

Modernize public spaces and networks and plan, approve and implement them

accelerate significantly. The economy should also have an ally in administration.

More than 30 years after the German unification, it remains our task to promote the inner social and unity

to be completed economically. The living conditions in our regions, in cities and the

rural areas are not created equal, but they should be equal. To good living conditions

include affordable housing, fast internet, and accessible health care

Sustainable mobility offers suitable for everyday use.

Achieving the Paris climate protection goals is our top priority. Climate protection ensures freedom,

Justice and Sustainable Prosperity. The social market economy is considered to be a social

to re-establish an ecological market economy. We create a set of rules that clears the way

for innovations and measures to put Germany on the 1.5-degree path. We bring

new pace in the energy transition by removing hurdles for the expansion of renewable energies

clear the way. Step by step we are ending the fossil fuel age, also by using the

Ideally, the coal phase-out should be brought forward to 2030 and the technology of the internal combustion engine behind

let us.

To secure our prosperity in the globalization is only possible if we economically and

Continue to play in the top league in terms of technology and develop the innovative strength of our economy.

The basis for this are fair competitive conditions; this also includes fair taxation -

nationally and internationally - as well as the consistent fight against tax evasion.

Extensive investments must be made in the modernization of the country - both privately and publicly. the

public investments, especially in climate protection, digitization, education and research

we guarantee incentives for private individuals within the framework of the existing debt rule of the Basic Law

Make investments and create space for entrepreneurial risk in order to generate growth

to generate.

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We want the necessary skilled workers through better educational opportunities, targeted further training, the

Increase in labor force participation and modernization of immigration law

to win.

Everyone should be able to shape their own life freely and independently. But the chances are

not distributed equally for everyone. That is why the foundations for social advancement opportunities must already be laid in daycare

and school to be laid. We focus on the areas where support is particularly important

is needed and want to work more closely with the countries. We want to strengthen families

and lift more children out of poverty. To this end, we are introducing a basic child benefit. have children

own rights, which we will anchor in the Basic Law.

Career biographies are often marked by breaks, especially in times of change. We want

Providing security even in transition and encouraging people to try new things. Achievement must be recognized

and work are paid fairly. That is why we will raise the minimum wage to 12 euros and ourselves

advocate equal pay for women and men. We keep the pension level stable,

expand the statutory pension insurance to include partial funding and will be

Fundamentally reform the private pension system. We redeem the basic security through

new citizens' money, so that the dignity of the individual is respected and social participation is better

is promoted.

The strength of our republic lies in the freedom of diversity and in the democratic and social

Cohesion. Security and freedom are mutually dependent. The security agencies and theirs

Employees deserve respect and support. We want their structures and cooperation

make it more efficient. We defend our rule of law and ensure the protection of our citizens

and citizens.

Our maxim is a free society in which equality between women and men

is realized and different life plans and biographies have their place. US

connects the understanding of Germany as a diverse immigration society. To the

Taking social reality into account, we enable equal participation and

modernize legal norms - from family law to citizenship law. Any

We counteract discrimination.

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A strong democracy lives from the people who carry it. It needs a diverse culture and

free media. Voluntary work and democratic engagement strengthen the social

Cohesion. It is our job to promote them reliably.

The great challenges of our time can only be met in international cooperation and

cope together in a strong European Union. We stand by global responsibility

Germany as a major industrial nation in the world. The commitment for peace, freedom,

For us, human rights, democracy, the rule of law and sustainability are an indispensable part

a successful and credible foreign policy. We are committed to our humanitarian

Responsibility to protect and want to regulate the procedures for flight and migration.

We act in accordance with the European self-image and in coordination with our international ones

Partners. We want to increase the strategic sovereignty of the European Union by increasing our

Foreign, security, development and trade policy based on values and as a common basis

align with European interests.

How we want to work

Germany is diverse and society is freer and richer in perspectives, but also

has become more complex and contradictory. Public spirit, solidarity and cohesion are new too

determine. This does not work by ignoring differences, but by

different voices in our country are equally heard.

In this sense, a coalition of our three very different parties also reflects a part

the complex social reality. If we can do things together

to push ahead, this can send an encouraging signal to society: that cohesion

and progress can also be made with different perspectives.

We want to promote a culture of respect - respect for other opinions, for counter-arguments

and strife, for other worlds and attitudes. The present coalition agreement shows that

we have found viable joint solutions. It forms the working basis for ours

Coalition.

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II. Modern state, digital awakening and innovations

Germany must be able to act and perform, especially in times of crisis. The state must

work with foresight for its citizens. To do this, we want to modernize it, like this

that it enables opportunities and gives security. A state that cooperates with business and

Civil society seeks, offers more transparency and participation in its decisions and with a

uncomplicated, fast and digital management makes people's lives easier.

For the tasks that lie ahead of us, we need a speed in infrastructure expansion. The proceedings,

Decisions and implementation have to be much faster. We are therefore planning

and modernize, reduce bureaucracy and digitize approval procedures as well as the

Improve personnel capacities. By involving citizens earlier, we do it

Planning faster and more effectively.

We want to make better use of the potential of digitization in the state and society. Our goal is that

Comprehensive supply of fiber optics and the latest cellular standard. We are going digital

Promote key technologies and improve the conditions for start-ups at the technology location.

We want something new and become technological, digital, social and sustainable

Promote innovation. Through better framework conditions for universities, science and

Research, we want to make the science location more creative and competitive.

Freedom of science and research are the key to creative ideas that contribute to the

to cope with the major challenges of our time.

Modern state and democracy

We want a fundamental change towards an enabling, learning and digital state,

who works for the citizens with foresight. It's about making life easier too

do. State action should become faster and more effective and economic like

promote and integrate social innovation processes. We want a new culture of

Establish cooperation that is also fed by the strength of civil society.

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Administrative modernization

The administration should become more agile and digital. You must be interdisciplinary and creative

Set problem solutions. We will consistently think about them from the usage perspective.

We want to overcome the silo mentality and become firm, cross-departmental and cross-agency agile

Equip project teams and innovation units with specific skills. We will

Proactive administrative action through application-free and automated procedures by law

anchor.

We expect the management of the ministries and the executives in the public service to do so

they promote a modern leadership and administrative culture and provide digital solutions.

The employees' initiative and courage must be valued and rewarded.

The state can only be modernized with a strong public service. We will

make it more attractive. The state must be flexible with diversity, equality and digital

Working conditions be a role model. We encourage and simplify staff exchanges and the

Rotation between different authorities, between federal and state governments and between administrations

and private sector. We are making the recruitment requirements more practical

Work experience and strengthen the instrument of old-age benefits. Digitization is becoming one

general and cross-agency core component of the training. To protect the integrity of the

To ensure civil service, we will ensure that enemies of the constitution faster than

previously could be removed from service.

Living democracy

Democracy lives from trust in all state institutions and constitutional organs. We will

therefore strengthen parliament as a place for debate and legislation.

We want to improve the quality of legislation. To do this, we will start new projects at an early stage and

Discuss across departments, also in new formats. We'll be practice and concerned

Better involve circles from society and representatives of Parliament and

the experiences and requirements of the federal states and municipalities in the concrete

Consider implementation of the law. In the run-up to the legislative process, the possibility of

digital execution (digital check). We will set up a center for legislation.

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We will create a digital legislative portal that will show the phase in which

Project. There we will try out public comment options.

In future, a synopsis will be attached to draft bills of the federal government, which will state the current legal situation

contrasts with the planned changes. We want to make laws easier to understand. the

We will expand accessibility in the offers of the Bundestag and the federal government.

We want to improve decision-making by introducing new forms of civil dialogue such as

Use citizens' councils without giving up the principle of representation. We'll be councilors too

insert and organize specific issues through the Bundestag. In doing so we will

respect equal participation. The results will be referred to the Bundestag

ensured. We will strengthen and digitize the petition process as a whole, and the

Create the opportunity to discuss public petitions in committees and in plenary sessions.

transparency

We want to strengthen our democracy through more transparency. We are guided by the open principles

Government Action - Transparency, Participation and Cooperation. We will

Sharpen up lobby register law, include contacts to ministries from speaker level and the

Group of interest groups that are subject to registration, protecting fundamental rights and differentiating them

expand. We become influences for bills from the federal government and from the Bundestag

Third parties in the context of the preparation of legislative projects and the creation of

Comprehensive disclosure of draft legislation (so-called footprint). The regulation finds its limits in the

Freedom of mandate. We want the National Action Plans as part of the Open Government

Implementation and further development of Germany’s partnership (OGP).

We are making the criminal offense of bribery and corruption of parliamentarians more effective

shape.

We will make party sponsoring subject to publication above a minimum limit. The duty

for the immediate publication of donations to parties is reduced to 35,000 euros.

Donations and membership fees that exceed EUR 7,500 per year in total will be paid in

Accountability report must be published. We protect the integrity of the political

Competition from being impaired by covert campaign financing by means of so

called parallel actions. The Bundestag administration is responsible for its supervisory and control function in

better equipped in terms of personnel and finances in the areas of transparency and party financing. we

want to bring the law on political parties up to date, and especially the parties more

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digital decision-making and, within the framework of the constitutional limits, digital elections

enable. This should be done with the involvement of as many democratic groups as possible.

Political education and the promotion of democracy are more required than ever, than in Germany too

pluralistic, free democracy is under pressure. Actors of the

sustainable democracy promotion based on respect, tolerance, dignity and human rights

work will continue to be funded with public funds in the future. The work and funding of the

We want to provide better legal protection for political foundations. This is supposed to come from the middle of Parliament

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We will develop freedom of information laws into a federal transparency law.

federalism

Federalism is a basic pillar of the Federal Republic. To increase performance,

there is a need for clarity in terms of tasks and financing. We strive for a closer, more targeted and

binding cooperation between the federal, state and local governments. We will do this together

a federalism dialogue with municipalities and states to make it more transparent and efficient

Distribution of tasks, in particular on the issues of disaster and civil protection,

Education and internal security as well as the use of the possibilities of digitization.

We stand by the Bonn-Berlin Act. For this purpose, the federal government with the Bonn region and the federal states

North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate conclude an additional contractual agreement.

Suffrage

We will revise the electoral law within the first year in order to sustain the growth

to prevent the Bundestag. The Bundestag must effectively move in the direction of the statutory control variable

can be reduced in size. A distortion of the distribution of seats due to unbalanced overhang seats

we refuse.

We become the “Commission for the Reform of Federal Suffrage and the Modernization of the

Parliamentary work ”again. The Commission will aim at a parity

Representation of women and men in parliament and deal with the legal

Discuss framework conditions. The Commission will also make proposals to pool

Election dates, to extend the legislative period to five years and to limit the

Check the term of office of the Federal Chancellor.

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We will reduce the active voting age for the European Parliament elections to 16 years.

We want to change the Basic Law to the active voting age for the election to the German Bundestag

to be reduced to 16 years. We want Germans living abroad to exercise their right to vote

facilitate.

Planning and approval acceleration

In order to modernize Germany quickly, administration, planning and

Approval procedure is a central requirement. Therefore, in the first year of government, everyone should

necessary decisions are made and enforced to private as well as state

To be able to implement investments quickly, efficiently and purposefully. Our goal is that

To reduce the duration of the procedure at least in half. For this, the state and society as well as the federal and state governments

and municipalities pull together. We want one on legal certainty and mutual

Realize a planning culture based on trust in Germany. All government agencies should

Simplify and improve administrative procedures so that legal disputes

should be avoided if possible. We will have more options under the constitutional and

Take advantage of Union law.

We will increase the personnel and technical capacities of authorities and courts. For

We are striving for a personnel and further training offensive as well as digitization at all levels

a reliable and sustainable pact for planning, approval and

Implementation acceleration with the federal states. The in-house advisory capacities of the public

Hand are being expanded into acceleration agencies, which states and municipalities can also easily access

can access. The possible uses for private project managers

are expanded. For matters of planning law, we create the conditions for

additional senates at the Federal Administrative Court. The federal government is increasing its competence to

Support of dialogical citizen participation procedures.

We will prioritize the digitization of planning and approval processes. we

will equip authorities with the necessary technology, IT interfaces between the federal government and the federal states

standardize and make the digital portal for environmental data a publicly usable central one

Expand the archive for mapping and species data. Data that have already been collected are, if necessary, by

Plausibility checks to make them usable for as long as possible. Planning processes are with

Building Information Modeling more efficient, cheaper and

designed more transparently. We will use the digital possibilities of the Planning Assurance Act

to continue seamlessly and develop further, particularly with regard to citizen participation.

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In order to speed up administrative procedures, we will do an as early as possible and intensive one

Introduce public participation. This is recognized with an obligation to cooperate

Nature conservation associations and for the public concerned combined. We want effective and

Introduce a form of material preclusion that is permissible under Union law. We'll be early

Introduce procedural conferences in the authorities.

We will provide the earliest possible deadlines for the applicable factual and legal situation. we

want to make it clear that repeated loops of interpretation, objection and response are avoided

by only newly affected people in the event of plan changes after public participation

participate and objections are only permitted against changes to the plan. We will

Extend administrative deadlines and fictitious approval when other authorities are involved.

In the case of particularly priority projects, the federal government will in future be based on the model of

Federal Immission Control Act stipulate short deadlines for issuing the plan approval decision.

We want large and particularly significant infrastructure measures also by way of permissible and

EU law-compliant legal planning accelerated and with a high level of political

Implement priority. We understand such infrastructure measures to be system-relevant

Railway lines, power lines and engineering structures (e.g. critical bridges). For the design

we will coordinate closely with the European Commission on the necessary environmental assessment

perform and through access to the Federal Administrative Court the legal protection and the

Ensure the effectiveness of environmental law. In suitable cases, the

Spatial planning procedure by the federal government into consideration. We will start with rail projects

from the Germany cycle - the expansion / new construction of the Hamm-Hanover-Berlin railway lines, corridor

Middle Rhine, Hanau-Würzburg / Fulda-Erfurt, Munich-Kiefersfelden border D / A, Karlsruhe-Basel,

"Optimized Alpha E +", east corridor south, Nuremberg-Reichenbach / border D-CZ, the Hamburg node,

Frankfurt, Cologne, Mannheim and Munich - as well as with high-voltage systems that are central to the energy transition

Direct current transmission lines SüdLink, SüdOstLink and Ultranet. Further projects will be

to be added.

We will establish closer links between spatial planning and planning approval procedures

enable to avoid double exams. We want the instrument of planning approval,

especially for maintenance, renovation, renewal, replacement and supplementary measures in

immediate spatial connection with existing infrastructures within the

Making the European legal framework more usable. We aim to have special rules for individuals

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To transfer areas of specialist planning into general administrative procedural law, insofar as this

is possible and useful. We want to strengthen plan preservation by applying the plan maintenance norms and

Expand target deviation procedure.

We will speed up administrative court proceedings through an "early first appointment" as well

through more efficient interim legal protection proceedings, in which error corrections are decisive

are taken into account and the reversibility of measures is taken into account. Plaintiffs and

Plaintiffs whose remedies help correct the problem will proceed without prejudice to the proceedings

can finish.

We want legal certainty in the protection of species law through nationwide legal

Increase standardization (especially significance thresholds) without lowering the overall level of protection.

For our common mission, the planning of infrastructure projects, especially the expansion

to drastically accelerate renewable energies, we want the relationship between climate protection and

Clarify species protection. To achieve the climate goals lies the establishment of plants for the generation or

for the transport of electricity from renewable energies as well as the expansion of electrified rail lines in

public interest and serves public safety. We will establish this in law

and for such projects under certain conditions a rule presumption for the existence of the

Create the exceptional requirements of the Federal Nature Conservation Act. We'll look for one

stronger focus on population protection, a clarification of the relationship between species and

Use climate protection as well as more standardization and legal certainty, also in Union law.

Wherever possible, we want similar tests as part of an approval procedure in a

merge integrated testing without lowering the level of protection. We want,

if necessary through opening clauses, ensure that the interaction between

Municipalities and states succeed in securing the supply of renewable energies.

These measures are accompanied by project-related and overall accounting

Compensatory measures that ensure a high level of environmental and nature protection.

In order to implement our acceleration projects quickly and with high quality, we will

set up a cross-departmental steering group with the involvement of the federal states.

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Digital innovations and digital infrastructure

Germany needs a comprehensive digital awakening. We want the potential of

Digitization for people's development opportunities, for prosperity, freedom, social

Use participation and sustainability. For this we will set ourselves ambitious and verifiable goals

and take realistic and quickly noticeable measures. Competencies in the

Federal government are reorganized and bundled, a central additional digital budget

introduced and laws subjected to a digitization check. Management is becoming more digital and

consistently citizen-oriented. We promote digital innovations as well as entrepreneurial and

social initiative and rely on open standards and diversity. We strengthen them

Digital competence, fundamental rights, self-determination and social cohesion. we

ensure safety and respect even in times of change. We also make something out of technology

social progress. In doing so, we are aware: A digital awakening, our values, the

Securing digital sovereignty and a strong technology base can only succeed in one

advanced European framework.

Digital state and digital administration

People expect easy-to-use and contemporary digital services from the state,

user-oriented, media discontinuity and comprehensive. Solutions through automation - like that

Automated payment of basic child benefits - we implement it as a priority. The further development

of the Online Access Act (OZG) is accompanied by sufficient follow-up financing, with the one

clear standardization and unification of IT procedures according to the one-for-all principle (EfA)

is supported. As part of the IT consolidation, we create clear responsibilities and lead

centralized the federal IT budget. We make the Federal IT Cooperation (FITKO)

an agile, flexible unit with a multi-year global budget. Municipalities need from

Benefit from federal funds and adopt solutions developed within the framework of the EfA principle

can. We remove barriers to digitization (written form, etc.) by means of a general clause and

standardize terms (e.g. "income"). A trustworthy, generally applicable one

Identity management and the constitutional modernization of registers have priority. For

We set open standards for public IT projects. Development contracts are usually

commissioned as open source, the corresponding software is generally made public. on

Based on a multi-cloud strategy and open interfaces as well as strict security and

We are building a public administration cloud based on transparency requirements.

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Digital infrastructure 

Our goal is the nationwide supply of fiber optics (fiber-to-the-home, FTTH) and the

latest cellular standard. The commercial expansion has priority. Especially where the

When there is a lot of catching up to do, we invest in blank spaces. While maintaining the

In order to protect your investment, we enable Open Access under fair conditions, regulatory where necessary. we

ensure the pace of infrastructure expansion through lean digital application and

Approval procedures, standardization of alternative laying techniques and establishment of a nationwide

Gigabit land register. We strengthen consumer protection with guaranteed bandwidths, if necessary

through flat-rate claims for damages. On the basis of potential analyzes, we drive the

Advance fiber optic expansion even without a threshold. With full public funding that has

Operator model takes precedence. We focus on promoting entire clusters and do it

Market research process faster and more binding. We come across as a complement to FTTH and

In-house fiber optic cabling, where necessary, offer funding by means of a voucher. We bundle

Competencies and tasks for landline and mobile communications. We set up the frequency allocation

Requirements for land supply, negative auctions should also be used. we

accelerate the measures for better cell phone and WLAN reception on the railways. We examine

Paths to better digital participation for everyone, e.g. B. through accessibility. We secure them

Net neutrality.

Digital civil rights and IT security

We strengthen digital civil rights and IT security. It is a state duty to guarantee this. we

lead a right to encryption, an effective vulnerability management, with the aim

To close security gaps, and the specifications "security-by-design / default". The state too

must offer the possibility of real encrypted communication. Manufacturers are liable

for damage caused negligently by IT security gaps in your products. the

Cybersecurity strategy and IT security law will be further developed. Furthermore

we secure digital sovereignty, including through the right to interoperability and portability as well

relying on open standards, open source and European ecosystems, such as 5G or AI. we

initiate a structural reorganization of the IT security architecture, state the Federal Office for

Security in Information Technology (BSI) more independently and build it as a central point in the

IT security area. We oblige all government agencies to identify security vulnerabilities

to report to the BSI and regularly submit to an external review of their IT systems.

The identification, reporting and closing of security gaps in a responsible process,

z. B. in IT security research, should be legally feasible. We reject hackbacks as a means of

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Cyber defense in principle. Untrustworthy companies are expanding

critical infrastructures not involved.

Use of data and data rights

We are raising the potential of data for everyone by building data infrastructures

support and tools such as data trustees, data hubs and data donations

together with business, science and civil society. We strive for one

better access to data, especially to start-ups as well as SMEs new innovative

Enable business models and social innovations in digitization. A data institute should

Drive data availability and standardization, data trustee models and licenses

establish. For local authorities, we create fair and competition-compliant

Conditions of access to data from companies, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of their tasks

Services of general interest is required. Strengthen for everyone who contributed to the creation of data

we provide standardized and machine-readable access to self-generated data. With a

Data Act, we create the necessary legal basis for these measures. We promote

Anonymization techniques, create legal certainty through standards and lead to criminal liability

illegal de-anonymization. We are introducing a legal right to open data and

improve the data expertise of public bodies. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one

good international standard setting. For better enforcement and consistency of data protection

let's strengthen European cooperation, institutionalize the data protection conference in

Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and want you to legally, where possible, binding resolutions

enable. We create regulations for employee data protection in order to provide legal clarity for

Reaching employers and employees and effectively protecting personal rights. we

are committed to the rapid adoption of an ambitious e-privacy regulation.

Digital society

We will make digital volunteering more visible, support it and strengthen it legally. the

We are better integrating civil society into digital-political projects and supporting them, in particular

in the fields of diversity and civic tech. With the Digital Services Act, we advocate preservation

freedom of communication, strong user rights, clear reporting procedures, access to data very much

large platforms for research purposes, the verifiability of their algorithmic systems as well

clear rules against disinformation. On the basis of the European requirements, we will

the legal framework (including the Telemedia Act, TMG and Network Enforcement Act, NetzDG)

fundamentally revise. We will advance the establishment of platform councils. General

Monitoring obligations, measures to scan private communications and a

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We reject the obligation to identify you. We will maintain anonymous and pseudonymous online usage.

With a law against digital violence, we will remove legal hurdles for those affected, such as gaps in

Eliminate information rights and set up comprehensive advisory services. We can do it

Legal framework for electronic reporting procedures and for private ones

Procedures and enable court-ordered account bans. We're going to set up one

Check the Federal Agency for Digital Education.

Digital key technologies

We will be the drivers of a strong technology location based on European values, talents

attracts and ensures the future viability and prosperity of our country. Investing in Artificial

Intelligence (AI), quantum technologies, cybersecurity, distributed ledger technology (DLT), robotics

and other future technologies, we are measurably strengthening and setting priorities. We strengthen

strategic technology fields e.g. B. through Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs)

and push ahead with the announced EU Chips Act. With European partner countries, we promote the

And enable collaboration between strong European research locations, especially in the field of AI

institutional freedom. In the sense of a learning, technology-promoting state, we use digital

Innovations in administration create the necessary legal basis and transparency. we

support the European AI Act. We use a multi-level, risk-based approach,

true digital civil rights, in particular freedom from discrimination, define liability rules

and avoid ex-ante regulation that hampers innovation. Biometric recognition in public

Space and automated state scoring systems by AI are to be excluded under European law.

Sustainability in digitization

We want to use the potential of digitization for more sustainability. By promoting

digital twins (e.g. working on a virtual model of an analog product), we help them

Reduce consumption of resources. We will have data centers in Germany based on ecological

Align sustainability and climate protection, including through the use of waste heat. New data centers

are to be operated in a climate-neutral manner from 2027. Public data centers roll out by 2025

Environmental management system according to EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme). For IT

Procurements by the federal government are certifications such as B. the Blue Angel standard. Spare parts and

Software updates for IT devices must be available for their normal usage period.

This is to be made transparent to the users.

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Digital economy

We support a level playing field in competition and advocate ambitious regulations

of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which must not fall short of existing national rules.

This also includes uniform European interoperability obligations and regulations for

Merger control. We are strengthening the Bundeskartellamt in dealing with platforms. We promote digital

Startups in late-stage financing and strengthen the venture capital location. We want that

Increase the share of female founders in the digital sector. We are creating a female start-up grant for this purpose

and reserve part of the future fund. Public tenders and procurement processes

we design z. B. Easier for Gov and EduTech start-ups. We will the

Make employee equity participation more attractive for start-ups. We strengthen the games location

Germany and stabilize the promotion. We strengthen SMEs in digitization

uncomplicated promotion and build support for IT security, GDPR-compliant

Data processing and the use of digital technologies.

Innovation, Science, University and Research

Germany is a country of innovation. Strong science and research are the guarantors for

Prosperity, quality of life, social cohesion and a sustainable society. We feel like it

to the future and the courage to change, are open to new things and are new to technological,

Ignite digital, social and sustainable innovation. We set new impulses for ours

Science and research landscape. Our universities and colleges for applied science

We will strengthen, innovation and science as the heart of the science system

Promote and accelerate the transfer from basic research to application. To our

We want to make science more creative, more excellent and more competitive

Further networking at European and international level. Gender equality and diversity in all of theirs

Dimensions are quality features and competitive factors in the science system. We want

the share of general government spending on research and development to 3.5 percent of GDP

Increase in 2025.

Future strategy research

We need a strong one for the solutions to the great social challenges

Science and research policy. Developing a successful vaccine against

SarsCoV2 in Germany shows: We can increase our innovation potential if we use our

Bundle and use resources effectively. We want to build on this success by

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Further develop program lines, high-tech strategy and departmental research in a mission-oriented manner.

We will measure results against international target categories and the research projects

network across the board. Daring research ideas find their place in the future strategy.

Research needs must be addressed across departments, faster and more effectively.

Central future fields include: First: Modern technologies for one

competitive and climate-neutral industry (such as steel and raw materials industry) in Germany.

Ensuring clean energy generation and supply as well as the sustainable mobility of

Future. Second: climate, climate impacts, biodiversity, sustainability, earth system and the like

Adaptation strategies, as well as sustainable agriculture and food systems. Third: a

preventive, crisis-proof and modern health system, which the opportunities

uses biotechnological and medical processes, and age-related diseases as well

combats rare or poverty-related diseases. Fourth: technological sovereignty and the

Potentials of digitization, e.g. B. in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technology, for

data-based solutions across all sectors. Fifth, space and ocean exploration

and creating sustainable uses. Sixth: social resilience,

Gender equality, cohesion, democracy and peace.

We are doing research on future technologies more intensely than before in European alliances

merge. We specifically promote future-oriented large-scale research facilities. We want in all

Research application areas of biotechnological processes and use the results.

Innovations and Transfer

With a modern funding policy, we ensure a successful start in a

Decade of innovation. More innovations strengthen Germany as a business location as well as

the development of society as a whole. The strength of our innovative strength lies in the regions

because many new ideas arise on site, where innovative work is being carried out on the solutions of the future.

Our goal is to strengthen application-oriented research and transfer to create and

Strengthening regional and supra-regional innovation ecosystems. For this we will become the Germans

Establish Agency for Transfer and Innovation (DATI) to promote social and technological innovations

especially at the HAW and small and medium-sized universities in cooperation with start-

ups, SMEs as well as social and public organizations.

We are building the existing funding programs for HAW as central success factors for the agency

the end. In the future, we want relevant funding programs from the different under their roof

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Bundle departments. We will enable temporally and spatially limited experimental spaces in

those innovative technologies, services or business models under real conditions

can be tried out. We want selected locations as lighthouses among the top group

international research and transfer regions, each with a specific focus

bring. To do this, we want to create innovation regions based on the British model and for this

Use and expand the scope for action under national and European law.

Germany has the chance to become the leading international biotechnology location. By

the first mRNA vaccine from Mainz, our country has achieved worldwide visibility. That’s a

Guiding function for the scientific and economic development of biotechnology.

We want to further strengthen the existing skills and development potential by working with

a new research center of the Helmholtz Association for aging research

erect.

For a real innovation boost, we have to promote spin-offs. We will

Universities Federal funds to create a start-up infrastructure for technological such as

provide social entrepreneurship. We want the spin-off culture in universities and

Strengthen non-university research institutions across the board. The cultural change required for this

is accompanied by science entrepreneurship initiatives.

We are open to the establishment of a German Tech Transfer Fund. We promote platforms that don't

Make exploited patents known and accessible to the market. We'll do the legal and

Financial framework conditions for the agency for jump innovation immediately substantial

improve so that they can act and invest more freely. We will keep their work in progress

Evaluate electoral term.

Research data

We want the unused potential that lies in numerous research data to be more effective for innovative ones

Use ideas. We want access to research data for public and private research

comprehensively improve, simplify and manage a research data law

Research clauses. We want to establish Open Access as a common standard. We sit down

for a more science-friendly copyright. The National Research Data Infrastructure

we want to develop further and promote a European research data space.

Data sharing of completely anonymized and non-personal data for research in

We want to enable public interest.

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Framework conditions for universities, science and research

Universities and colleges for applied sciences are the backbone of Germany's

Science landscape. As such, we will strengthen it, because where there is progress, it must

to be lived. We advocate the way of cooperation between the federal and state governments

sustainable science system. A decoupling of the budget development between

We counteract universities and non-university research institutions.

We will strengthen the “future contract for study and teaching” from 2022 analogous to the pact for research

and dynamize innovation. We will be the foundation for innovation in higher education in particular

develop further in the field of digital teaching. With a federal program "Digital University"

we promote broad concepts for the expansion of innovative teaching, qualification measures,

digital infrastructures and cybersecurity.

We want to set in motion a federal-state process to further develop capacity law. For

the scientific further education in addition to the basic teaching we create a framework,

within which we examine the introduction of micro-degrees.

The excellence strategy has proven itself and is intended to be a unique competitive area with additional

Funds will be provided for further clusters. We strengthen associations, applications for cooperative or

To develop interdisciplinary clusters of excellence that are treated equally in competition

will.

Free, curiosity-driven basic research is the foundation of government research funding.

We want to keep the Pact for Research and Innovation (PFI) dynamic. We will up

Establish transparency about the status of the target agreement for the 2025 interim evaluation and

Develop mechanisms to make them more binding in the future. Our goal is: The decision for

the strategy development area is implemented immediately. The academies of science

are funded in line with the Pact for Research and Innovation. The agreed perspective

We will increase the program flat rate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in

reliable growth steps until the end of the contract period of the pact for research and

Implement innovation.

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We are simplified and accelerated for crisis situations and priority areas of action

Develop research funding procedures. We will become bureaucracy in research and administration

reduce through shared service platforms, synergy management and more efficient reporting requirements.

In future, we will also consistently identify innovation potential in the legal impact assessment

capture.

Working conditions in science

Good science needs reliable working conditions. That's why we want this

Reform the Science Contract Act on the basis of the evaluation. We want predictability

and commitment in the post-doctoral phase significantly increase and early perspectives for

create alternative careers. We want the contract periods of doctoral positions to the

Total expected project duration and work towards that in science

Permanent positions are created for permanent tasks. We carry for an improved

Quality assurance of the doctorate concern.

We want to make the family and disability policy component binding for everyone. That

We will consolidate, expand and make the tenure track program more attractive. We want that

Strengthening the program of female professors. We want gender equality and diversity in everyone in the future

Anchoring and enforcing funding programs and institutions. With a federal-state program

we want best practice projects for 1) alternative careers outside the professorship, 2) diversity

Management, 3) promote modern governance, personnel and organizational structures. Standards for

Leadership and compliance processes are to be taken even more into account in the science system.

International university cooperation

International cooperation has never been more important. We therefore give it a high priority. we

defend academic freedom at home and abroad, strengthen protection programs and become the

Further develop the internationalization strategy in dialogue. We strengthen Erasmus +. We will the

Expand European university networks with additional locations and digitally. Bologna-

We are intensifying our cooperation with neighboring countries. To be attractive to international talent,

we will remove administrative hurdles and use a platform to recruit

support top international scientists.

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We will provide institutional funding for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) in line with the Pact for Research and Innovation. Asia-

and we want to significantly expand our China competence.

Science communication and participation

Science is not a closed system, but lives from exchange and communication

with society. We want science communication systematically at all

anchoring scientific career levels and in the approval of funding. We sit

us for the promotion of science journalism through an independent foundation, further education

for decision-makers, analog and digital places - from

Research museums to dashboards - a.

With Citizen Science and Citizen Science we will look at perspectives from civil society

more involved in research. We want to strengthen open access and open science.

III. Climate protection in a socio-ecological market economy

Our economy lays with its companies, employees and consumers

Consumers the basis of our prosperity. As the largest industrial and export economy

In Europe, Germany is facing profound transformation processes in the 2020s

in global competition - from decarbonization to adhering to the 1.5-degree path via the

digital transformation up to demographic change. Then there is the long-lasting one

Corona pandemic that poses major challenges to parts of the economy. That's why we see them

Task to give the economic strength of our country a new dynamic. the

The economic strength and prosperity of our country will continue to be based on diversity - from the

Industry, medium-sized businesses, handicrafts, trade and services. We provide the

Give way to a socio-ecological market economy and lead a decade of

Investments in the future. This is how we lay the foundations to ensure sustainable prosperity and

create space for innovation, competitiveness and greater efficiency, for good work, social

Promotion and new strength.

We think economic development and ecological responsibility together. It is important to maintain

what sustains us and protecting our resources. The protection of the environment and nature is therefore

essential part of our political action, the 17 sustainability goals of the United

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Nations (SDG) are the guiding principles of our politics. In particular, the fight against species extinction,

requires a high level of attention and political action. Our goal is a sustainable, future-proof

Agriculture in which the farmers can operate in an economically viable manner and which

Environment, animals and climate. We strengthen regional value chains and contribute to

Maintaining rural structures.

We want sustainable, barrier-free, innovative and affordable for everyone

Enable mobility. Mobility is part of services of general interest and a prerequisite for equivalent

Living conditions in town and country.

business

After the corona pandemic, Germany's economy needs a fresh start. For that, the

Public authorities provide impetus and fair framework conditions nationally and in Europe

Create a single market. We want more innovation, more competitiveness, more efficiency, good

Work and climate-neutral prosperity. For that we need a decade of future investments and

more speed. Our goal is a socio-ecological market economy.

Industry

Industry is facing a central role in transforming the economy

Climate protection and digitization. We will be the innovation, investment and

Strengthen the competitiveness of the industry in order to remain a high-tech country. We promote

regional transformation clusters and will support structurally weak regions. we

develop an industrial strategy that, in conjunction with the European Green Deal, will be integrated into a

European solution is embedded and suitable measures prevent carbon leakage. Around

We will support our domestic industry, especially the basic industry, in that

Create adequate instruments to achieve the climate goals, for example

Carbon Contracts for Difference (climate contracts, CCfD), especially the

Closing the profitability gap. These instruments are designed in such a way that the

Repayment phases can be achieved with sufficient probability. We support them

Introduction of a Europe-wide effective CO 2 border adjustment mechanism or comparable

effective tools. It is crucial that this WTO conforms to the

Export industry not disadvantaged, greenwashing prevented and unbureaucratic within the

existing emissions trading system is implemented.

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We are committed to the establishment of a European Union for green hydrogen. Want to do this

we implement the IPCEI hydrogen quickly and invest in building a

Promote hydrogen network infrastructure financially. So we want to lead market for by 2030

Hydrogen technologies are becoming an ambitious update of the national

Develop hydrogen strategy.

We use the European Union and the international bodies together with European ones

Partners for an initiative to found an international climate club open to all countries

a uniform minimum CO 2 price and a joint CO 2 limit adjustment.

We create secure sales markets for climate-friendly products through minimum quotas in the

public procurement.

The federal government will ensure that electricity prices are competitive for the economy

Industrial companies based in Germany, making consistent use of their own potential

Renewable energies get what they need on the way to climate neutrality.

In addition to the expansion of the infrastructure, we will significantly increase the targets for electrolysis performance,

European and international climate and energy partnerships for climate-neutral hydrogen

and promote its derivatives on an equal footing and promote green hydrogen quotas in the

Introduce public procurement to create lead markets. We promote the in Germany

Green hydrogen production. In the interests of a rapid market ramp-up, we are promoting

Sustainable technologies even if the availability of green hydrogen is not yet available

is sufficiently ensured. We do not want the use of hydrogen to be limited

Limit fields of application. Green hydrogen should be used primarily in the economic sectors

in which it is not possible to use methods and processes through direct electrification

To convert to greenhouse gas neutrality.

Germany is to become a center for research, production and recycling of battery cells.

Together with social partners and local actors, we are building regional transformation and

Qualification cluster. We want Germany to become a global location for the semiconductor industry

do. The German semiconductor industry should also do this along the entire value chain

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be given sufficient financial support to secure this key technology in Europe

strengthen and expand in a future-proof manner.

Transformation of the automotive industry

We support the transformation of the automotive sector in order to achieve the climate goals in the transport sector

achieve to maintain jobs and added value in this country. We make Germany a

Lead market for electromobility, an innovation location for autonomous driving and accelerating

massive expansion of the charging station infrastructure. Our goal is at least 15 million

fully electric cars by 2030. For the added value of this German key industry, the

regional transformation of SMEs is also of central importance. We will therefore change

support electromobility in the automotive regions through targeted cluster funding. the

Continuation and further development of the European battery projects (IPCEI) as well as the settlement

further cell production sites including recycling in Germany are of central importance

Meaning. To this end, research into new, sustainable battery generations is to be strengthened

decisive. We want the cooperation and dialogue formats that exist at the federal level in

Automotive industry in a strategy platform "Transformation of the automotive industry"

Mobility industry, environmental and transport associations, social partners, science, the Bundestag,

Bundle the federal states and municipal umbrella organizations with the responsible federal ministries in order to achieve the

The aim of climate neutrality is to secure added value as well as jobs and training positions.

Aerospace

Space travel and the New Space area are key future technologies. We strengthen the national

Space Program and the European Space Agency (ESA) and preserve their

Self-reliance. We are developing a new space strategy taking into account the

Avoidance and recovery of space debris. We strengthen the aerospace production base

Germany. We support the research and market ramp-up of synthetic

Fuels that enable climate-neutral flying. The application process related to

the aviation research program for the development and use of digital tools,

Process development, materials research and lightweight construction are to be further accelerated as well

Prepayments are made possible. We are strengthening research on the use of sustainable fuels,

for quieter drives as well as a platform for simulating and optimizing the entire system

Aviation with regard to its climate impact.

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Maritime economy

Through innovation and technology leadership, we ensure a competitive maritime

Economy in Germany, especially with climate-friendly ship propulsion. We acknowledge

the goals of the Maritime Agenda. We strengthen shipbuilding across the entire value chain

including ship recycling as the industrial core in Germany. We are at the European level

for

fair

Competitive conditions

and

the

Establishment

one

European

A fleet modernization program. We will accelerate the procurement process under the

consistent classification of marine under- and surface shipbuilding as well as authority and

Research shipbuilding as key technologies including maintenance. We become one

Initiate redesign of maritime training in cooperation with the federal states. we

advocate coordination of sediment management between the federal and state governments. we

want more ships to sail under the German flag. We will handle customs clearance

accelerate.

Medium-sized businesses, skilled trades and liberal professions

Our economic policy relies on future-oriented framework conditions for one

competitive medium-sized companies, for a strong craft and for professions. For this we will

Strengthen the opportunities for small and medium-sized companies to participate in procurement procedures.

Funding programs and investment grants are intended primarily for small and medium-sized enterprises

and self-employed be much easier to apply for and document. That's why we become them

digitize, evaluate and design according to needs.

We will use the dual system of vocational training to secure skilled workers in the skilled trades

strengthen and improve the transition from school to vocational training and within the framework of a

Training pacts promote training ambassadors. We also want that

Improve the permeability of vocational and academic education. Training in the craft

we will provide targeted support. In addition, we want to promote talented students in vocational training

introduce.

We want to facilitate access to master training by reducing the cost of master classes

and letters for the participants significantly. We want people to participate in the training market

Strengthening migration history with a funding initiative. We will empower women in the trades. the

We want to strengthen collective bargaining coverage in the skilled trades and medium-sized businesses. We want volunteers

Strengthen participations and transparency in the chamber system in dialogue with the social partners.

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retail trade

Stationary retail in Germany needs attractive framework conditions in order to cope with structural change

survive purely online trading and benefit from digitization. we

continue to strive for fair competition between business models of large digital companies

and the locally rooted companies. We want digitally supported value creation in industry,

Support trade, craft and services and create a level playing field for them.

We use the “Sustainable Inner Cities and Centers” funding program and run the

The federal government's inner city strategy, in particular the “Living Centers” program within the framework

the federal-state urban development funding. They are supposed to work for an improvement in residence and

Quality of experience in the city centers.

We will check the specific repayment modalities of the Corona aid.

Health economy

An innovative health economy is the basis of further medical progress and harbors

at the same time a lot of potential for employment and prosperity. We want to continue research

invest in order to achieve top medical performance (such as the current application of mRNA

Vaccines). We are committed to high medical technology "made in Germany". Simultaneously

we want to use the potential of digitization to achieve better quality of care

achieve, but also raise efficiency potential. So that the health care workers

To be able to cope with the digital transformation, early training opportunities are essential.

At the same time, through our measures to secure skilled workers, we will counteract the shortage of personnel in the

Counteract healthcare.

tourism

Domestic tourism is an important economic factor with great future potential,

especially in rural areas. We are taking the process of the national tourism strategy again

on, improve the coordination of tourism policy to the tourism location Germany after

to make the corona crisis sustainable, climate-friendly, socially fair and innovative. With a

We support new and

Re-foundations. National Natural Landscapes, UNESCO World Heritage Sites and UNESCO Global

Geoparks are important components of German tourism. For a sustainable,

environmentally friendly tourism, we support an increased expansion of the appropriate infrastructure,

especially for hiking, cycling and water tourism. For a long-term dialogue with the

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Future topics of the industry, climate neutrality, digitization, skilled workers, we are establishing a

“National Platform for the Future of Tourism”. We create the analogous reporting requirement for tourist

Overnight stays, where possible, in the Federal Registration Act. The handling of registration forms will be in the future

be done completely digitally. We will be attracting foreign skilled workers for the German

Facilitate the tourism industry by removing bureaucratic hurdles.

Start-up, start-up and innovation funding

We are strengthening start-up and start-up funding. We will be foundations from all walks of life and

support a culture of the second chance and create a new funding instrument for it, too

is open to corporate succession. We are adopting a comprehensive start-up strategy.

Barriers for women and people with a migration background to access finance and

We are reducing subsidies; We ensure better access to venture capital for women founders. we

enable simplified, legally secure access for startups and young companies to

public contracts. We create the conditions for nationwide “one stop shops”, that is

Contact points for start-up advice, funding and registration. The aim is,

Enable business start-ups within 24 hours. The state development bank KfW

should act more strongly as an innovation and investment agency as well as a co-venture capitalist,

especially for AI, quantum technology, hydrogen, medicine, sustainable mobility, bioeconomy

and circular economy. We want to enable private capital for institutional investors, such as

Insurance companies and pension funds for which startup financing can be mobilized. We want

the participation of women in investment committees of state funds and

Significantly strengthen investment companies. We are making employee equity participation more attractive

make, among other things by a further increase in the tax allowance. To a modern one

Corporate culture also includes new forms such as social enterprises, or societies

tied assets. We are developing a national strategy for social enterprises to

to give greater support to companies geared to the common good and social innovations. we

improve the legal framework for economic activity oriented towards the common good, such as the

Example for cooperatives, social enterprises, integration companies. For companies with

We want to create a new, suitable legal basis for tied assets

Excludes tax saving constructions. Build barriers to access to finance and funding

we off. We'll create the legal framework to keep orphaned balances on

To use accounts to promote the common good.

We create new confidence in entrepreneurship, innovation and entrepreneurship. To strengthen and

We are reducing the bureaucracy to promoting and financing innovation. The funding programs like

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"Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM)", "Joint industrial research for

Enterprise (IGF) ”,“ INNO-KOM ”,“ go-digital ”and“ Digital Jetzt ”as well as the“ Innovation Program

for business models and pioneering solutions (IGP) ”we will continue to develop. the

The federal government's innovation funding should consistently open up to social and ecological innovations

will. The funding programs should be flexible and dynamic in line with requirements

to be updated. We will create a real laboratory and freedom zone law that

offers uniform and innovation-friendly framework conditions for real laboratories and new ones

Enables freedom to try out innovations. The law should include overarching standards

for real laboratories and experimentation clauses that companies,

Offer research institutes and municipalities attractive and regulatory conditions at the same time

Promote learning. We also want the

Support development steps from innovation to market entry.

Fair competition

We are improving the framework for fair competition. These must also have the

Take into account the requirements of medium-sized companies and consider the aspects of innovation, sustainability,

Integrate consumer protection and social justice. We're going against the law

Evaluate and develop restraints of competition (GWB). We'll check how that

Bundeskartellamt can be strengthened to deal with substantial, permanent and repeated

Violations of norms of commercial consumer law analogous to violations of the GWB

To identify violations and to remedy them. We'll do the ministerial approval process like this

reform that there are again adequate possibilities of legal action against a ministerial approval

and the German Bundestag is involved in the proceedings. We stand up for one

Abuse-independent unbundling option at the European level as a last resort

entrenched markets. We want a commitment to interoperability at European level

and anchor it through the GWB for dominant companies. In doing so - based on

international technical standards - the communication secrecy, a high level of data protection and

high IT security and consistent end-to-end encryption are ensured. the

Data portability is to be strengthened. At the EU level, we are also advocating a

Adoption of an ambitious Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its implementation by the

Competition authorities of the Member States. At European level we will be in favor of a

Adjustment of merger control to prevent strategic acquisitions that hinder innovation

use potential competitors (so-called killer acquisitions).

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Reducing bureaucracy

We want to simplify processes and rules and benefit the economy, especially the self-employed,

Give entrepreneurs more time for their actual tasks. We will

bring a new bureaucracy relief act on the way, which the economy, citizens and

Citizens as well as administration relieved of the previous bureaucratic effort without on

to waive the necessary protection standards. We will cut unnecessary bureaucracy. the

We are consistently continuing the cross-departmental “one-in-one-out” rule. The federal government

becomes a systematic process for reviewing the bureaucratic burden of laws and

Develop regulations that provide for regular stakeholder involvement (practical check).

When implementing EU law, we will ensure that it is effective, low in bureaucracy and

takes place in the sense of the uniform European internal market. We are going to use the “once-only” principle

introduce as soon as possible. The company basic data register, which has already been adopted, should be quick

implemented and its financing secured. We will check to what extent we can make the effort

for and through the purely electronic storage of receipts and business documents

can. Unnecessary requirements for A1 certificates for cross-border

Service delivery must be abolished quickly by a European electronic

Real-time register is introduced.

We want to amend the Postal Act and further develop socio-ecological standards as well

strengthen fair competition. We use the federal funding body to regularly

check whether the objectives pursued with the participation are actually being achieved and whether they are still for

public services of general interest are needed.

We want to integrate a wealth report into the annual economic report, alongside

economic as well as ecological, social and societal dimensions of prosperity are recorded.

We will model the scientific advisory bodies of the federal government

Strengthen the monopoly commission and guarantee its independence. The reports of the

After their publication in the Bundestag, we will become councils of experts as independent

Discuss the agenda item.

Skilled workers

The shortage of skilled workers in many industries can be one of the major obstacles

Economic growth, for securing prosperity, high quality in health, care,

Care and education as well as for the success of the transformation in Germany. the

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The federal government will therefore develop its skilled workers strategy and the national further training strategy

develop. The main building blocks are:

First, we aim to increase the participation of women in the labor force. Our aim is to achieve this

Labor market, gender equality and family policy.

Second, we want to make it possible for all older workers who can and want to do this

to work at least until the regular retirement age.

Thirdly, we need a new boost for vocational training, further education and training

Reorientation even in the middle of working life, especially when the technological

Change requires it.

Fourth, Germany needs more labor immigration. We become ours

Further develop immigration law and proven approaches of the Skilled Workers Immigration Act

how to expire the Western Balkans regulation. In addition to the existing immigration law, we will be using

the introduction of an opportunity card based on a point system to establish a second pillar in order to

To enable workers to have controlled access to the German job market when looking for a job. the

We will extend Blue Card in national law to non-academic professions; pre-condition

will be a concrete job offer at market conditions.

At the same time, we will remove the hurdles in the recognition of educational and professional qualifications from the

Reduce abroad, reduce bureaucracy and accelerate procedures.

Fifthly, working conditions must become more attractive in areas where already or

there is foreseeable a shortage of skilled workers.

Procurement law

We want to simplify, professionalize, digitize and

accelerate. The federal government will make public procurement and procurement economical,

Align socially, ecologically and innovatively and strengthen the commitment without compromising the

Endanger the legal security of award decisions or the access barriers for the

Increase middle class. We will meet the existing requirements according to the European

Specify procurement law in national procurement law. The public sector should work on building a

Participate in systems for calculating climate and environmental costs.

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We want to promote legally compliant digitization in this area and, in addition, a

Create a user-friendly central platform through which all public tenders are accessible

and which enables companies to prequalify. We want quick decisions at

Public procurement procedures promote and support the federal states and municipalities

of simplification, digitization and sustainability.

Raw materials, supply chains and free trade

We want to support our economy in securing a sustainable supply of raw materials,

Facilitate the domestic extraction of raw materials and orientate them ecologically.

We want to modernize federal mining law.

We want to make full use of the economic and ecological potential of recycling, the

Reduce resource consumption and thus create jobs (product design, recycled material, recycling).

We will speed up the approval processes for unbound financial loans without

Lower sustainability standards.

We support an effective EU supply chain law based on the UN Guiding Principles

Business and human rights that are not overwhelming for small and medium-sized companies. That

The law on corporate due diligence in supply chains will be implemented unchanged and

possibly improved. We support the proposal of the EU Commission on the law for

deforestation-free supply chains. We support the EU's proposed import ban on

Forced labor products.

We want rule-based free trade based on fair social, ecological and

Strengthen human rights standards and speak for a German and European

Trade policy against protectionism and unfair trade practices. We guarantee that

Prosperity and sustainable economic growth. We are committed to strengthening the

Multilateralism and for the further development of the World Trade Organization, WTO, is one of them

the renewal of the rules on market-distorting subsidies, the lifting of the blockade

Dispute settlement mechanism and alignment with the Paris climate treaty and the global ones

UN sustainability goals. We support the realignment of the EU trade strategy and

want the future EU trade agreements (including with Chile, New Zealand, Australia, ASEAN, India)

with effective sustainability standards using a dispute settlement mechanism

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equip. At European level, we are committed to ensuring that the contract development

The decision-making powers of the EU Parliament have been strengthened through regulatory cooperation

will.

We use European competition law and the strength of the European internal market

especially with a view to unfair competitive practices of authoritarian regimes. We support them

Creation and further development of the autonomous trade policy instruments against unfair

Trade Practices at European Level.

We are currently also supporting credit protection for exports in the form of Hermes guarantees

for SMEs with small ticket financing. At the same time, they shouldn't set climate policy goals

oppose.

Europe should seize the opportunity to enter into an intensive exchange with the new US administration

Promote trade and investment with high environmental and social standards to step in with

to be able to set global standards for the transatlantic economic area. Together with the USA

we want multilateral trade, the reform of the WTO, the establishment of ecological and

promote social standards, prosperity and the dynamism of sustainable world trade.

We are committed to an ambitious agreement with the USA that is legally secure and

Data protection-compliant data transfer at European level of protection enabled. The decision

We will meet again on the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Completion of the examination by the Federal Constitutional Court. We will then campaign for ratification

of the Mercosur Agreement, if this can be implemented beforehand by the partner countries and

verifiable, legally binding obligations to environmental, social and

Human rights protection are entered into and practically enforceable additional agreements to the

Protection and preservation of existing forest areas have been completed. A ratification of the EU

China investment agreement in the EU Council cannot take place at the moment for various reasons.

We will advocate reciprocity. We advocate investment agreements that

Investment protection for companies abroad against direct expropriations and discrimination

concentrate and want the improper use of the instrument - even with the still

pending agreement - prevent.

The Society for Foreign Trade and Location Marketing (German Trade and Investment, GTAI)

and we will strengthen the network of chambers of foreign trade. We want to check whether at clear

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defined security threats through the takeover of critical infrastructures, e.g. B. in

German electricity network or in the broadband network, through foreign investors the legal one

Sufficient instruments and, if necessary, create suitable instruments so that the Federal Government

can react appropriately and quickly.

Regional economic development

Within the framework of the all-German funding system, we will provide the funds for the joint task

Regional economic development for innovation promotion, digitization, operational

Increase productivity goals, sustainability and decarbonization. The existing 50

km regulation should be reviewed and, if necessary, abolished. The aim is to allow for additional

to provide regional growth impulses. We will use the experience with this instrument

around the entire funding system of the federal government in the future even more focused on the production of equivalent

To align living conditions and the transformation of the economic structure. All departments will

review their funding guidelines. All departments are regionally distributing their

Disclose funding programs and establish uniform data standards for this purpose. We strive for one

balanced regional distribution of non-university research institutions also within

of the major science and research organizations. The expansion and relocation of

We give priority to non-university institutions in the regions that are currently

are under-equipped, such as B. many parts of Eastern Germany.

Environment and nature protection

The 17 global sustainability goals of the United Nations (SDG) are the guiding principles of our policy.

In this way we protect the freedom and opportunities of current and future generations. We will the

Further develop the German sustainability strategy and the sustainability program of measures

and review the governance structures.

We increase the binding nature of sustainability strategies, goals and programs in concrete terms

Government action and in drafting laws and strengthening parliamentary

Participation rights. The public sector is setting a good example when it comes to procurement.

Conservation and biodiversity

Preserving biodiversity is a human task and an ethical obligation. We want

Protect and improve biological diversity, secure its sustainable use and the potential

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of natural climate protection. To achieve this, we are ambitious on an international level

, strengthen nature conservation and see cooperation with land users as a central component

at. We will take and finance the necessary measures. On the

At the Biodiversity Conference, we advocate an ambitious new global framework. we

will significantly increase our financial commitment to implementing the global framework.

We set ourselves within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the sense of European

Biodiversity Strategy to achieve 30 percent protected areas and to effectively make them

protection. For national implementation, we will adopt the National Biodiversity Strategy

(NBS) with action plans, concrete goals and measures to further develop and anchor them in a binding manner

and strengthen scientific monitoring.

We support the designation of the European Green Belt and also take it into account

the culture of remembrance and the injustices committed by the SED. We set up an action plan for protected areas,

with the aim of improving their management. Federally owned outdoor areas have for the

Climate protection both as potential locations for wind power and PV systems, as well as for the

Biodiversity - such as B. Biotope network, national natural heritage, wilderness areas, bodies of water and

Species protection - a significant importance and can develop in rural areas

support and be available for sustainable use. Suitable areas for this will be

exempted from privatization in the future and the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks

transferred if they are not yet in their property. The Federal Agency leases them

Areas and areas from your own portfolio permanently for the respective purpose. The BVVG

Areas prepared for transfer to the national natural heritage at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

and are listed, are quickly transferred and developed in such a way that they function as CO 2 sinks

raise.

We implement European nature conservation law one-to-one. For the implementation of

We strengthen nature conservation measures above statutory minimum standards

Contract nature conservation clearly and enable regional leeway as well as flexible solutions like the

dutch way. We strengthen nature conservation in the joint task of agricultural structure and

Coastal Protection (GAK) and increase the funds also for the contractual nature protection programs of the federal states.

We will accelerate the energy turnaround without dismantling ecological protection standards. we

will set up a national species aid program, in particular the protection of those species

improved, for which there are conflicts with the expansion of renewable energies, to the

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To design the energy transition in a way that is environmentally friendly and the financing with the participation of the operator

to ensure.

We are committed to consistent insect protection, the use of pesticides becomes clear

reduce and promote the development of nature and environmentally friendly alternatives.

We want to intensify the fight against poaching and the illegal trade in protected species

also prevent online trading and strengthen enforcement through a task force. We sit down

for a ban on imports of wild-caught animals for the pet market.

Our goal is to make the coexistence of grazing animals, humans and wolves so good that

In spite of the increasing wolf population, as few conflicts as possible occur. We'll be with everyone in

Organizations and associations engaged in an institutionalized dialogue with these questions

Establish “grazing animals and wolves”. We're going through a revision of the

Monitoring standards realistically map the number of wolves living in Germany and

the countries want a regionally differentiated inventory management in accordance with European law

enable.

Natural climate protection

We are developing an action program for natural climate protection, with which we can create synergies between natural

and climate protection create and strengthen our resilience with renaturation measures

Ecosystems, in particular moors, forests, floodplains, grassland and marine and coastal ecosystems,

against the climate crisis. We provide sufficient funding from the energy and climate fund

ready. In addition, we are setting up a federal nature conservation fund and pooling the existing ones

Federal programs for nature conservation. Moor protection is in the public interest. We become one

Adopt the national peatland protection strategy and implement it quickly. We will be implementing

Moor protection measures through a participatory process to develop sustainable

Accompany development concepts, develop perspectives for the regions and alternative ones

Strengthen management forms (including paludiculture). We become alternatives to peat use

develop and adopt an exit plan for peat extraction and use.

We protect the existing natural heritage on the Oder and Middle Elbe. The competencies of

Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) for climate protection and climate adaptation

we strengthen.

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We will improve the natural CO 2 storage capacity of the oceans through a targeted development program

improve (seagrass meadows, algae forests).

The consequences of the climate crisis are particularly evident in the forest. At the same time he is for the achievement of ours

Climate protection goals are essential. Specifically rich and

Climate-resilient forests with predominantly native tree species are created. the

Forest management plays an important role in this. We are amending this in line with these goals

Forest Act. We will evaluate the Forest Damage Compensation Act and adjust it if necessary

at. We will check the intervals and form of the national forest inventory and create a digital one

Introduce forest monitoring. The federal government, together with the states, will take a long-term approach

develop the specific requirements that go beyond the previous certification systems

addressed to additional climate protection and biodiversity services, rewarded them and the

This enables forest owners to develop their forests in a climate-resilient manner and, if so, to do so

necessary to remodel or support new and reforestation. We stop the impact in

old, near-natural beech forests in public ownership. The federally owned forests are supposed to

are managed in the medium term at least according to FSC or Naturland standards. We promote the

international forest protection and forest renaturation. We advocate a legally applicable EU level

Binding rule that the import of products and raw materials that deal with deforestation

connected, prevented. With a timber construction initiative we support the regional

Wood value chains. We want to anchor cascade use as a principle. We strengthen

forestry associations. We are nationwide prevention and

Elaborate control strategies and the possibilities to fight forest fires on the ground and from

the air, also within the framework of the rescEU mechanism. We promote soil-friendly

Forest cultivation, e.g. B. with back horses and seed drones.

Marine protection

Intact seas are essential for climate protection and biodiversity. Protection, security and sustainable

We want to harmonize the use of the oceans. We are launching a marine offensive

To protect marine nature, develop a coherent and binding marine strategy, direct

set up a marine coordination under the direction of a marine officer and establish a national one

Marine conference. We want to preserve the ecosystem services of the North and Baltic Seas. Be for it

We manage the protected areas in the German Foreign Economic Zone (EEZ) effectively, and those for it

make the necessary human and infrastructural resources available. 10 percent of the

In accordance with the EU biodiversity strategy, we will strictly protect the EEZ and keep zones free from

identify harmful use. We are committed to the speedy conclusion of a UN agreement on

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Protection of biodiversity on the high seas, for an internationally binding framework against the

Littering of the seas and for the establishment of international protected areas, especially the

Weddell Sea, a. We advocate a ban on abrasive threads (so-called dolly ropes)

European level. For the recovery and destruction of old ammunition in the North and

Baltic Sea, an immediate program is launched as well as a federal-state fund for the medium and long-term

Rescue set up and solidly financed. We advocate strict environmental standards internationally

and the binding review of the environmental impact of deep-sea mining and will be the

Pursue marine research to expand knowledge of the deep sea. We don't want new ones

Permits for oil and gas wells beyond the general operating permits issued for the

German North and Baltic Seas.

Climate adaptation

We develop a precautionary climate adaptation strategy, especially against the background

the flood disaster in 2021. With a Climate Adaptation Act we are creating a framework to

a national climate adaptation strategy with measurable goals, for example in

the fields of action of heat prevention, health and allergy prevention and water infrastructure

to implement and to be able to readjust in good time. We will also take the first urgent measures

get started very quickly with an immediate program. We strive to anchor the

joint funding by the federal and state governments for climate protection and climate adaptation to and

want to provide them with sufficient financial resources. We create more space for innovation,

Digitization and private sector initiatives for climate adaptation. The coastal and

We see flood protection as a task for society as a whole and will support the federal states and

Strengthen municipalities financially. We create nationwide standards for the assessment of

Flood and heavy rain risks and the creation and publication of hazard and

Risk cards. We check the exception catalog for the approval of construction projects in

designated floodplain and adjust it, if necessary, with the aim of reducing risks

minimize. We support private households with a KfW subsidy in the private flood

and heavy rain prevention. We support municipalities in investing in climate resilience,

especially in a climate-proof water infrastructure, extreme precipitation and low water

Takes into account. With unsealing projects, we are strengthening the infiltration of rainwater and

reduce the risk of flooding.

Water protection

Together with the federal states, we set the EU Water Framework Directive for the protection of water as

public goods consistently and quickly. We are swiftly setting a joint between the federal and state governments

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national water strategy with the aim of an integrated water management.

Together with the federal states, we are developing a guideline for water abstraction, the public one

Drinking water supply is given priority. We strive for the reuse of wastewater

the rapid implementation of the European requirements and a secure and legally compliant design

at. We will pass the wastewater tax law with the aim of improving water protection

amend. We set incentives to efficiently avoid water pollution. We want them

Use of water-polluting substances in products to protect against unacceptable risks

restrict essential use. We improve the level of knowledge about the water quality

in Germany with validated data, including the water supplier, and run a digital

Mapping a. We are anchoring an environmental quality standard for active pharmaceutical ingredients in water law to

To be able to assess substance inputs in a differentiated manner. We support a European ban on

deliberately added microplastics in cosmetics and detergents and of liquid polymers.

Substances in wastewater can also be raw materials that are used in the sense of the circular economy

should.

We take all measures necessary to meet obligations under European law to reduce

To safely achieve nitrogen inputs in water and air, and thus apply penalties to the

EU from.

Air pollution control

We want to further reduce air pollution, for human health and the environment

to protect sustainably. We support the project of the European Commission, the EU

To amend the air quality directive in order to gradually achieve the latest standards. We will for

Ensure transparency when discharging kerosene and develop ways of avoiding it.

We will support municipalities on their way to better air quality. BAT conclusions

we implement on time and sustainably. In order to meet the reduction targets from the directive on national

In the national air pollution control program, we aim to achieve maximum emission levels on time

take all necessary measures.

Soil protection

We will evaluate the federal soil protection law and adapt it to the challenges of

Adapt to climate protection, climate adaptation and the conservation of biodiversity and thereby the

consider different uses. At EU level we will be in favor of an improved one

Use soil protection and binding regulations. We become a national

Set up soil monitoring center. About land use for settlement and transport purposes

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To reduce it to the 30 ha target by 2030 at the latest, we will set incentives, false incentives

avoid and reduce sealing through effective initiatives.

Chemicals policy

The chemical industry faces global competition. We strengthen your competitiveness

and innovative strength, sustainability and climate protection as well as the production location Germany,

secure jobs and reduce the risks of using hazardous substances (e.g.

Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals). We are correspondingly constructive in the debate about the

EU chemicals strategy. With this in mind, we want REACH (EU regulation on registration,

Evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances); where substances and

Substance groups are assessed for their risks. After a risk assessment in the context of the

Application can be approved. We are developing a national plan to protect against

hormone-active substances. We protect our businesses as well as consumers and

Consumers better avoid imports that do not meet EU standards by us

Strengthen enforcement of controls together with the federal states and facilitate product recalls.

We will strengthen human biomonitoring and ensure continuous funding. For

Strengthen a comprehensive assessment of substances and the development of sustainable chemicals

we do research and production in Germany.

Circular economy

We promote the circular economy as an effective climate and resource protection, opportunity for sustainable

Economic development and jobs. We have the goal of lowering the primary

Raw material consumption and closed material cycles. For this we adapt the existing legal

Framework, define clear goals and review legal waste regulations. In a “National

Circular economy strategy "we bundle existing raw material policy strategies. On this

We are committed to uniform standards in the EU. Requirements for products must

ambitious and standardized throughout Europe in dialogue with manufacturers. Products

must be durable, reusable, recyclable and, if possible, repairable. We strengthen them

extended manufacturer responsibility at European level. We introduce digital product passports,

support companies in the implementation and uphold the principle of data economy. we

strengthen waste avoidance through legal targets and ecologically beneficial reusable,

Take-back and deposit systems as well as industry agreements. We support innovative,

sustainable ideas like shared use. We are establishing an incentive system for certain electrical devices

and to dispose of dangerous lithium-ion batteries in an environmentally friendly manner and to promote the circular economy

to feed. We will reduce the destruction of returns. With a legally anchored

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Fund model, we reward resource-saving and recycling-friendly packaging design

as well as the use of recyclate. We are introducing a recycling label. With an acceleration of the

The development of quality standards for recyclates will lead to new high-quality material cycles

created. Quality-assured waste products should be released from waste law and

achieve a product status. We write higher recycling rates and a product-specific one

Minimum quota for the use of recyclates and secondary raw materials fixed at European level.

We include chemical recycling in the Packaging Act as a recycling option. We stand up for

a Europe-wide end to the landfilling of municipal waste. We go with the countries

resolutely against illegal waste exports. According to European law, the export of waste should only be in

certified recycling facilities. We want a level playing field for recycled plastic.

Agriculture and Food

Sustainable agriculture also serves the interests of businesses, animal welfare and the

Nature and is the basis of a healthy diet.

Animal welfare

From 2022 we will be introducing mandatory animal husbandry labeling, which will also include transport and

Includes slaughter. Our aim is to have corresponding, binding EU-wide uniform standards.

We are also introducing comprehensive labeling of origin. We accompany the introduction

an information and awareness campaign. We want to support farmers in doing that

Modify livestock husbandry in Germany in a species-appropriate manner. For this we strive to be a through

To develop a financial system supported by market participants, with its revenues

earmarked to offset the running costs of farms and investments

be promoted without bureaucratic burdens on trade. The investment promotion will be in the future

Aligned according to the husbandry criteria and usually only granted according to the upper levels. That

Construction and permit law must be adapted accordingly. The development of the animal population is said to be increasing

based on the area and is in line with the goals of climate, water and

Emission protection (ammonia / methane) brought. We want emissions from ammonia and

Significantly reduce methane, taking animal welfare into account. Farmers are said to be on the way to

Support for climate neutrality as part of the conversion of livestock farming.

We strive to create planning and investment security. We carry out a test and

Approval procedures for stall systems and for series-produced stunning systems. we

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improve legislation on protection against fire and technical malfunctions in stables, under

Consideration of appropriate transition periods. We close existing gaps in the

Livestock Keeping Ordinance and improve the Animal Welfare Act (specify torture breeding, non-

Significantly reduce curative interventions, end tethering in ten years at the latest).

We develop an animal health strategy and establish a comprehensive database (incl.

Processing plants of animal by-products). We'll get the active ingredient and

Record and reduce application-related use of antibiotics on farms.

Live animal transports to third countries will in future only be permitted if they are on routes with

proven animal welfare-friendly supply facilities take place. We also rely on EU

Level for better regulations for animal transport and an expansion of the TRACES database system

a. We promote decentralized and mobile slaughter structures. They create the legal basis for

Introduction of a standardized camera-based surveillance system in particular

Areas relevant to animal welfare in slaughterhouses from a relevant size. We close legal and

Gaps in enforcement in the field of animal welfare, to the responsibility from the exclusive state of the state

to meet the right to intervene. We are transferring parts of animal welfare law into this

Criminal law and increase the maximum penalty. We put a reduction strategy on animal experiments

before. We are intensifying research on alternatives, putting them into practice and establishing one

Cross-departmental competence network.

We are introducing a mandatory identity check for online pet trade. the

Identification and registration of dogs will be mandatory. We are updating the guidelines

for animal fairs and are working on a positive list for wild animals that are still in

Circuses can be held.

We will support the educational work of zoological gardens. We become animal shelters through one

Support consumer foundation. We advocate an EU-wide ban on keeping and breeding

Fur animals a. In cross-border crises and epidemics, the federal government takes like the

African swine fever fulfilled and eliminated a coordinating and supportive function

legal defects. We create the office of an animal welfare officer.

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European agricultural policy

We immediately ensure that the regulations accompanying the national strategic plan of the

Common Agricultural Policy (GAP) with the aim of protecting the environment and the climate as well as the

Income protection can be adjusted.

The current architecture will be reviewed by the middle of the legislative period at the latest and in accordance with the

Target achievement adjusted. The federal government is helping to ensure reliable further development from 2027 onwards

This evaluation presents a concept of how direct payments are made by rewarding climate and

Environmental services can be adequately replaced. This also serves to increase income.

Joint task to improve the agricultural structure and coastal protection (GAK)

Oriented towards the reform of the GRW, we will redesign the joint task towards our goals

align and advocate long-term, flexible financing. New tasks like

Nature conservation and climate adaptation must be secured with additional financial resources.

Cooperation between nature protection and agriculture should for the agricultural promotion

get a legal basis.

nourishment

We will develop a nutrition strategy with the actors, especially with a view to children, by 2023

decide to create a healthy environment for diet and exercise.

We will update the standards of the German Nutrition Society in the

Establish communal catering as the standard, continue to operate networking points and

Carry out model region competition. Our goal is the proportion regional and ecological

To increase products according to our expansion goals. We will be together with everyone

Reduce food waste in a binding sector-specific way for those involved,

Clarify questions of liability law and facilitate tax relief for donations. we

strengthen herbal alternatives and advocate the approval of innovations such as alternative

Sources of protein and meat substitutes in the EU. Advertising aimed at children for

Food with a high sugar, fat and salt content will be allowed in shipments and formats in the future

no longer give to under 14-year-olds. We will be an EU-wide Nutriscore scientifically and

Further develop in a generally understandable way. We support the development of criteria for one

ecological footprint. We will strengthen and increase consumer health protection

hazardous to health

Fabrics

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endocrine

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Research contact materials. Lebensmittelwarnung.de is being further developed in a more practicable manner. we

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create scientifically sound and target group-tailored reduction targets for sugar and fat

and salt.

Farming

The extinction of species and the loss of biodiversity is another ecological crisis. We want that

Limit the use of pesticides to what is necessary. With the following measures

we want to reduce the use ambitiously:

 We will protect the whole of agriculture in all its diversity in terms of environmental and environmental goals

Align resource protection (organic farming). We want agriculture in harmony

of nature and the environment. We want 30 percent organic farming by 2030

reach. For this we want to increase the federal funds for the federal organic farming program and

according to the expansion target of agricultural research funds for research issues in organic farming

Provide. We are expanding the future strategy of organic farming to include the entire organic

Value chain.

 Integrated pest management is being supplemented, we are strengthening its research and funding and

develop the National Action Plan further.

 Plants should be protected in such a way that side effects for the environment, health and

Avoid biodiversity. The approval of plant protection products must be transparent and

legally secure according to scientific criteria, existing gaps on European

Level are closed. At the same time, a faster decision has to be made.

 We also ensure that the availability of pesticides is improved,

especially for applications of minor scope with diversely grown

Special crops, for the protection of stored products and for suitable resistance strategies.

 We also rely on digital applications and modern application technology for targeted

Application and avoidance of drift.

 We are strengthening alternatives to chemical-synthetic pesticides (biologicals, low risks,

Plant strengtheners, physical, biological, cultivation methods, robotics, drones,

Digitization, forecast models, etc.) and improve the associated processes.

 Analogous to the existing regulations on pesticides in nature reserves for women farmers

and farmers get a handicap, we want rules for that

Find drinking water protection areas.

 We will take glyphosate off the market by the end of 2023.

 A digital origin and identification system for nutrient and plant protection, with the aim of

To advance the reduction strategy is to be introduced.

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 We want to support the breeding of climate-resistant plant varieties. To do this, we are improving the

Framework conditions also for open-pollinated varieties, promote model projects such as crowd-breeding,

Digitization, create transparency about breeding methods and strengthen risk and

Evidence Research.

Digitization in agriculture

We are making the public data needed by agriculture and food easier and more in-depth

make it freely available to authorized users of suitable quality and up-to-dateness and to do this a

Set up a real platform with central access to all government data and services,

especially for corresponding administrative services. State data of everyone

Administrative levels are to be made available in uniform formats in the future. Of the

Agricultural data room in Gaia-X as the basis of a European data infrastructure with clear usage rights

for farmers to the farm-specific data, which they have helped to create, will be provided with

standardized interfaces further developed. Open source formats are explicitly used

supports.

Land policy

We are accompanying the EU Commission's debate on the “Carbon Removal Certification Guidelines”

active. We need an update of the soil protection law, a soil monitoring center and

we have to support the EU with a land directive. We are stepping up research and funding too

climate-resistant crop production. To this end, it is starting a federal program “Sustainable Agriculture”. the

We are further developing the protein crop strategy.

The BVVG areas are used for compensatory and replacement measures as well as climate and species protection

utilized. In doing so, agriculturally used areas are primarily sustainable or ecological

operating businesses leased and not sold.

fishing

We are committed to the preservation of fisheries on our coasts. We'll be on European and

a fair, science-based determination and allocation of catch quotas at international level

claim. To this end, we will initiate a “Future Commission on Fisheries” to make recommendations for

to develop sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, inland and deep-sea fisheries. We want them

Restrict bottom trawling and adapt fishing techniques to specific species, as well as one

Regulation of gillnets in line with nature conservation. We recognize the performance of the anglers and

Anglers for nature and species protection.

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Grocery store

We support fair competition with fair prices in the food market. We will the

Strengthen anti-trust abuse control and merger control in the Federal Cartel Office. We go

Against unfair trading practices and consider whether the sale of food is under

Production costs can be prevented. We will continue to observe the milk market and

evaluate the balance sheet of the supply relationships.

mobility

We want to use the 2020s for a new departure in mobility policy and a sustainable,

Enable efficient, barrier-free, intelligent, innovative and affordable mobility for everyone. For the

necessary change processes, we advertise for acceptance and become our goals

Implement it in a dialogue-oriented manner and regularly review the measures. The necessary

Decisions to achieve our climate protection goals for 2030 and 2045 with the aim of

We will meet the decarbonisation of the mobility sector and the practical implementation will become clear

accelerate. For us, mobility is a central component of services of general interest, a prerequisite for

equivalent living conditions and the competitiveness of the economic and

Logistics location Germany with future-proof jobs. For this we become infrastructure

expand and modernize as well as framework conditions for diverse mobility offers in the city

and develop the country further.

Infrastructure

Investments in the transport infrastructure must be increased further and secured in the long term

will. We want to invest considerably more in rail than in road, in order to give priority

To implement projects of a Germany clock. We want a stronger one for the federal trunk roads

Focus on preservation and renovation, with a particular focus on engineering structures. In addition

we will gradually increase the proportion of conservation funds until 2025 as the budget grows.

We are striving for a new infrastructure consensus on federal transport routes. We will do that

a dialogue process with traffic, environmental,

Business and consumer protection associations start with the aim of reaching an understanding on the

Priorities in the implementation of the applicable Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan. To

Review of the requirements plan, there is a joint vote on the ongoing projects.

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On the basis of new criteria, we will draw up a new Federal Transport Infrastructure and Mobility Plan for 2040

bring the way. We want Autobahn GmbH and German unity to coexist

Abolish trunk road planning and construction company (DEGES). Between the federal government and the Autobahn GmbH

we want to conclude a multi-year financing agreement.

In 2023 we will undertake a CO 2 differentiation of the truck toll, the commercial one

Include road haulage from 3.5 tonnes and introduce a CO 2 surcharge, provided that

to exclude a double burden from the CO 2 price. We will increase the revenue for

Use mobility.

We want to reduce noise pollution from traffic, we advocate a reduction of

willful noise and ensure more active and passive noise protection. To be reasonable

We will take the entire noise situation into account. the

We will finance noise abatement programs for federal highways and railways better.

We will use innovative technology for noise reduction, for example for new freight wagons, until the market launch

support.

Rail transport

We will continue to develop the rail transport master plan and implement it more quickly

Increase rail freight transport to 25 percent by 2030 and increase passenger transport performance

double. The target timetable for a Germany cycle and the infrastructure capacity will be on

align these goals. If economically feasible, the use of the rail should be cheaper

to strengthen the competitiveness of the railways.

We will connect more regional centers to long-distance traffic. We'll be implementing one

Germany clock

infrastructural,

financially,

organizational,

railway law

and

Secure in accordance with European law.

We want to strengthen cross-border traffic and work with the EU and its member states

Build up night train offers. We want to electrify 75 percent of the rail network by 2030 and

support innovative drive technologies. The digitization of vehicles and routes

we will drive ahead with priority. We will launch a "Rapid Capacity Expansion" program

hang up, improve accessibility and noise protection, bundle and strengthen station programs, that

Expand the route network, reactivate routes and avoid closures and one

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Set up the Rail Acceleration Commission. The introduction of the digital automatic clutch

we want to accelerate, strengthen single wagon traffic and provide investment incentives for sidings

set. In the case of new commercial and industrial areas, the rail connection should be checked

will. We want to further promote intermodal terminals, the cranability of standard semi-trailers

drive forward and exempt the inflow and outflow from the truck toll up to a maximum of 50 kilometers.

We will become the Deutsche Bahn AG as an integrated group including the group-internal one

Publicly owned labor market. We will make the internal structures more efficient and

make it more transparent. The infrastructure units (DB Netz, DB Station and Service) of the Germans

Bahn AG are becoming a new, public interest-oriented infrastructure division within the group

merged. This is 100 percent owned by Deutsche Bahn as a whole.

Profits from the operation of the infrastructure will remain in the new infrastructure unit in the future. the

Railway companies will continue to compete in a market and profit-oriented manner.

We want to increase the investment funds for DB Infrastructure.

Public transport and new mobility offers

We want to enable states and municipalities to increase the attractiveness and capacities of local public transport

to enhance. The aim is to significantly increase the number of passengers using public transport. 2022 will be

we will compensate for the pandemic-related loss of income as before. We want an expansion and

Modernization pact in which the federal, state and local governments agree, among other things, on the

Financing up to 2030 including the contributions of the federal states and municipalities and the allocation

of federal funds and discuss tariff structures. Regionalization funds are starting

Increased in 2022. Together we will establish quality criteria and standards for offers and

Define accessibility for urban and rural areas.

For seamless mobility, we oblige transport companies and mobility providers to do their

Provide real-time data under fair conditions. Cross-provider digital booking and

We want to enable payment. We are developing the mobility data room further.

We will strengthen intermodal connections and promote barrier-free mobility stations.

We will support digital mobility services, innovative mobility solutions and car sharing

in a long-term strategy for autonomous and networked driving of public transport.

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So that all new buses, including the infrastructure, are climate-neutral as soon as possible

the federal government will extend the existing funding and make it more SME-friendly.

We advocate fair working conditions in local public transport. To this end, we are strengthening tariff compliance

and create the legal basis for making collective agreements a condition for tenders

do. Medium-sized interests are to be taken into account when awarding the contract. At priority

We hold on to commercial transport.

We will upgrade mobility research on an interdisciplinary basis, the future of mobility center new

set up and expand, as well as strengthen the center for rail transport research.

Freight transport

We support regional freight transport concepts, promote emission-free city logistics such as

Loading zones and logistics hubs. The approval practice for heavy-duty and large-volume transports

we want to make it easier. We will strengthen the control authorities and have better social standards and

Enforce working conditions. We will have secure truck parking spaces on and around motorways

expand and optimize telematically. We will counteract the shortage of skilled workers,

Modernize qualifications and reduce bureaucracy.

Car traffic

We will examine the transformation process in the German automotive industry against the background of

Support digitization and decarbonization. Framework conditions and funding measures

we will aim to ensure that Germany has a lead market for electromobility with at least 15

Million electric cars in 2030.

According to the proposals of the European Commission, in the transport sector in Europe 2035

Only CO 2 -neutral vehicles are permitted - this will have an earlier effect in Germany.

Outside the existing system of fleet limit values, we are committed to ensuring that

verifiably only vehicles that can be refueled with e-fuels can be re-registered.

We advocate the adoption of an ambitious and implementable EURO pollutant standard

7 and will take into account value creation and jobs.

The expansion of the charging infrastructure must precede the demand. We are therefore the

advance expansion of the charging station infrastructure with the goal of one million public and

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Non-discriminatory charging points by 2030 with a focus on fast charging infrastructure

Accelerate across departments, check for efficiency and reduce bureaucracy. We focus on

the mobilization of private investment. Where competitive solutions do not work, we will

Supply requirements, where structurally possible, establish the reliable accessibility of charging points.

We will be promoting the expansion of the charging infrastructure more effectively and efficiently

shape. We become obstacles in approval processes, in the network infrastructure and in the

Reduce grid connection conditions and allow the municipalities to plan ahead

Support charging infrastructure. We'll enable bidirectional charging, we'll take care of it

transparent electricity prices and a publicly visible occupancy status. We'll be building

of a nationwide network of fast charging hubs and the number of

increase advertised hubs. We will quickly revise the charging infrastructure master plan

and bundle the necessary measures from the fields of construction, energy and transport as well as one

Put emphasis on communal networking of the solutions. We stand up for the ambitious

Expansion targets at European level.

We advocate further development of the CO 2 fleet limit values for commercial vehicles and

support the proposals of the European Commission for the construction of tank and

Charging infrastructure for trucks.

We are creating a mobility data law and ensuring free access to traffic data. To the

We strive for a fiduciary model that enables the use of vehicle data in a non-competitive manner

Access needs of users, private providers and government bodies as well as interests

affected companies and developers are adequately taken into account. In the law to the autonomous

We will improve the regulations, clarify liability issues and the data sovereignty of the users

to ensure.

Traffic regulations

We will adapt the Road Traffic Act and Road Traffic Regulations so that in addition to the

Fluid and traffic safety the goals of climate and environmental protection, health and

the urban development should be taken into account by federal states and municipalities

To open up scope for decision-making. We want an opening for digital applications such as digital

Parking control. In implementing Vision Zero, we will be the road safety program

develop. There will be no general speed limit.

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In order to train young people at an early stage for the dangers of road traffic, we will

Enable accompanied driving from the age of 16. We want more digital elements of the

Enable driving license lessons, advance the digitization of vehicle documents and

Abolish the monopoly on driving license tests while maintaining the applicable quality standards.

We want emergency braking and distance assistants not to be switched off in commercial vehicles

to be allowed to. We will be retrofitting truck turning assistance systems until it is mandatory

Continue to promote installation.

Bicycle traffic

We will implement and update the National Cycling Plan, the expansion and the

Modernization of the cycle path network and the promotion of municipal cycle traffic infrastructure

drive forward. To strengthen cycling, we will secure the funds until 2030 and the

Promote the combination of cycling and public transport. We will structure foot traffic

support and underpin it with a national strategy.

Shipping

We will develop a national port strategy and the close cooperation between our ports

support financially. The federal government has shared responsibility for the necessary port infrastructures.

We want to increase the shipping share in freight traffic and also hinterland connections

strengthen. We will promote shore power and alternative drives and fuels. We will

Adapt the fleet renewal program for climate-friendly inland shipping. We want to

Design of Fit for 55 keep an eye on the overall burden on shipping.

We will strengthen the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency in order to create a uniform

To introduce flag state administration and to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind energy.

We will accelerate the renovation and expansion of locks. We will be one

Initiate a society-wide dialogue on climate resilience and nature conservation in waterways. we

will strengthen the waterways and shipping administration and make it more efficient.

air traffic

We want the German aviation economy and industry to be sustainable and key sectors

Develop an efficient aviation concept in a comprehensive participation process

2030+ on the future of airports in Germany, the rail connection of hubs

and reduce the number of short-haul flights through better rail connections.

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Germany is to become a pioneer in CO 2 -neutral flying while maintaining fair flying

Framework conditions in international competition. Our goal is to create fair

Framework conditions in international competition for effective climate protection in

Air traffic that effectively reduces emissions and avoids carbon leakage. Until the European

We will decide on the introduction of a kerosene tax based on the energy content

We are committed to introducing an air traffic tax throughout Europe, like the one in Germany

will be charged. We will work with the European Union to ensure that flight tickets are not too

a price below which taxes, surcharges, fees and charges may be sold. With

Looking at the current pandemic crisis in the aviation industry, we will see an increase in the

Check air traffic tax only after 2023. We will use the revenue from the aviation tax for the

Promotion of the production and use of CO 2 -neutral electricity-based aviation fuels as well as for

Use research, development and fleet modernization in aviation. We support

ambitious quotas for power-to-liquid (PtL quotas) in aviation and shipping to one

To stimulate market ramp-up. We want to reduce aircraft noise and the proportion that is noise-dependent

Increase airport charges. We promote climate-neutral airport operations.

The task of the German air traffic control is around the topic of an effective noise protection

expanded. We will change the Aircraft Noise Protection Act on the basis of the evaluation report

consider the federal government. We will support the implementation of the “Single

European Sky ”and a lower sulfur content of kerosene.

Detecting and defending against drones is a sovereign task.

Climate, energy, transformation

Man-made climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. we

must tackle the climate crisis together. This also offers great opportunities for them

Modernizing our country and Germany as an industrial location: New business models and

Technologies can create climate-neutral prosperity and good work. The new federal government

the expansion of renewable energies becomes a central project of their government work

do. We will nationally, in Europe and internationally our climate, energy and

Align economic policy with the 1.5 degree path and the potential at all government levels

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activate. In order to achieve this, we become ambitious our goals from the common contribution

to which the European Union has committed itself under the Paris Agreement.

In doing so, we secure the freedom of future generations in line with the decision of the

Federal Constitutional Court by providing a reliable and cost-effective way to

Make climate neutrality technology-neutral by 2045 at the latest. Hold on to the German nuclear phase-out

we stuck. We rely on a socio-ecological market economy and on concrete measures that are implemented in

to be implemented over the next few years and to take people away.

In the negotiations on the EU program "Fit for 55" we support the proposals of the EU

Commission and want the instruments in the individual sectors to be as technology-neutral as possible

shape.

Climate Protection Act

We will continue to develop and implement the Climate Protection Act consistently in 2022

Immediate climate protection program with all the necessary laws, ordinances and measures

bring the way. We will make climate protection a cross-cutting task by doing that in each case

The lead department examines its draft bills on their climate impact and compatibility with the

checks national climate protection targets and provides a corresponding justification

(Climate check).

All sectors will have to contribute: transport, construction and housing, power generation,

Industry and agriculture. We will comply with the climate targets on the basis of a

cross-sectoral and, analogous to the Paris Climate Agreement, multi-annual accounts

check. The basis for this is the annual monitoring.

On the way to climate neutrality, all sectors must do their part to achieve the climate goals

Afford. We want to do everything we can to avoid Germany's failure to achieve its

Climate targets EU emissions trading certificates as part of the EU burden sharing that the

Burden the federal budget.

We will have an immediate climate protection program with all the necessary laws and projects by the end

Launch and complete in 2022.

Renewable energy

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We make it our common mission to drastically expand the use of renewable energies

accelerate and remove all hurdles and barriers.

We are aligning our renewables target with a higher gross electricity demand of 680-750 TWh per year

2030. 80 percent of this should come from renewable energies. Accelerate accordingly

we expand the network. We dynamically adjust the annual tender volumes.

We need a mix of instruments to achieve massive expansion: In addition to the EEG

we will use instruments for subsidy-free expansion, such as B. Long-term electricity supply agreements (PPAs)

and strengthen the Europe-wide trade in guarantees of origin in terms of climate protection.

We want to strengthen the decentralized expansion of renewable energies. Renewable electricity,

in particular from systems that have been promoted and systems outside the EEG funding should be more in

of the producing region can be used. For this we will make all the necessary arrangements

check. Green electricity must also be used as green electricity in the generating region

to be allowed to.

We will significantly accelerate the planning and approval process. The renewables

Energy is in the public interest and serves to ensure security of supply. In the

We are committed to ensuring that there is a time until the

Gives climate neutrality temporary priority to renewable energies. We create legal certainty in

Species protection law, including through the application of a nationwide evaluation method for the

Species protection assessment of wind energy projects. Furthermore, we will work for a stronger one

Use focus on population protection at European level and the

Formulate exceptions in a legally secure manner.

We are committed to ensuring that the approval authorities through the use of external project teams

be effectively relieved. The start of the legal approval periods should be clear

Requirements for the application documents are secured. A clarification of the

Implementation deadlines for permits are made.

All suitable roof areas are to be used for solar energy in the future. For commercial

This should be mandatory for new buildings, and the rule for private new buildings. Bureaucratic

We will remove hurdles and open up ways for private builders financially and administratively

not too overwhelming. We also see this as an economic stimulus program for medium-sized businesses and the skilled trades.

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Our goal for the expansion of photovoltaics (PV) is approx. 200 GW by 2030. To do this, we will eliminate all of them

Obstacles, among other things, we will accelerate network connections and certification, tariff rates

adapt, check the obligation to tender for large roof systems and the covers. Innovative too

We will strengthen solar energy such as Agri and Floating PV and enable co-use.

Two percent of the land area is to be designated for onshore wind energy. The closer one

The design of the area target takes place in the building code. We strengthen the federal and state

Cooperation Committee.

We will all be together with the federal, state and local governments in the first half of 2022

initiate the necessary measures to achieve the common goal of accelerated renewables

Organize expansion and the provision of the necessary space.

We will ensure that the wind energy expansion also in less windy regions

is making significant progress so that onshore wind energy can also be used close to consumption throughout Germany

Is available (and network bottlenecks are avoided).

Where there are already wind farms, it must be possible to do so without major approval costs, old ones

To replace wind turbines with new ones. The conflict between wind power expansion and species protection

we want to defuse it through innovative technical preventive measures, including

Anti-collision systems. We want the distances to radio beacons and weather radars at short notice

to reduce. When designating low-level flight corridors, the expansion of wind energy is to be intensified

must be taken into account.

We will increase the capacities for offshore wind energy to at least 30 GW 2030, 40 GW 2035 and 70

Increase GW 2045 significantly. To do this, we will use appropriate areas in the foreign trade zone

to back up. Offshore plants should enjoy priority over other forms of use. Also in the

We see co-use as a possibility for a better balance of interests. We drift

European offshore cooperation and strengthening cross-border projects in

North and east Sea.

The additionally generated offshore wind power will be accelerated, minimized and

connect bundled. The necessary technology decisions, for example on the role

hybrid interconnectors, meshed offshore networks or multi-terminal connections

we meet immediately and also keep an eye on the onshore grid integration.

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Bioenergy in Germany should have a new future. To do this, we will become a sustainable

Develop a biomass strategy.

We want the potential of geothermal energy for the energy supply, among other things by improving the

Make greater use of data and the examination of an exploration risk insurance.

We want to ensure that municipalities of wind turbines and larger open spaces

Solar systems can profit appropriately financially in their field.

We are strengthening citizen energy as an important element for greater acceptance. As part of the

As far as possible under European law, we will improve the framework conditions for citizens' energy

(Energy sharing, review of a fund that hedges the risks) and overall the de-minimis-

Exploit regulations as a contribution to reducing bureaucracy.

As part of the amendment to the tax, levy and levy system, we will be promoting

simplify and strengthen tenant electricity and neighborhood concepts.

We will support a comprehensive municipal heating planning and the expansion of

Use heating networks. We strive for a very high proportion of renewable energies for heating

and want to generate 50 percent of the heat in a climate-neutral way by 2030.

We will invite the federal states to talks about how the federal government supports them in implementing the in

can best support climate education anchored in the Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Coal exit

In order to meet the climate protection goals, an accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power generation is also necessary

necessary. Ideally, this will be achieved by 2030. The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, that

tightened 2030 climate target as well as the upcoming tightening of the EU

Emissions trading is increasingly restricting the leeway. That demands what we strive for

massive expansion of renewable energies and the construction of modern gas-fired power plants to meet the im

Over the next few years, the demand for electricity and energy will increase at competitive prices

cover. To do this, we will take the review step envisaged in the Coal Phase-Out Act for 2026

to be carried out analogously to the law by the end of 2022 at the latest.

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The gas power plants necessary until the supply security through renewable energies is to be used

Use of the existing (network) infrastructures and to secure future prospects

existing power plant locations are to be built. They have to be built so that they are on

climate-neutral gases (H2-ready) can be converted. Security of supply and the

We will regularly review the rapid expansion of renewables. For that we will

Monitoring the security of supply with electricity and heat to a real stress test

develop.

The regions affected and those affected by coal mining can continue to rely on solidarity

Support count. Measures of the Structural Strengthening Act such as the project

University Medicine Cottbus will be brought forward or accelerated. The flanking

Labor policy measures such as the adjustment allowance are adjusted accordingly and a

Qualification component for younger employees added. Nobody will fall into the mountain free. Our

The aim is to supplement the benefits previously promised in the law as part of the coal phase-out

not to pay any additional compensation to companies in municipalities. The one in the third

We want to preserve the resettlement section of the affected villages in the Rheinische Revier. About Lützerath

the courts will decide.

The establishment of a foundation or company is examined, the dismantling of the coal-fired power generation

and organized the renaturation.

Gas and hydrogen

An energy infrastructure for renewable electricity and hydrogen is a prerequisite for that

European capacity to act and competitiveness in the 21st century. We want them

Diversify energy supply for Germany and Europe. For energy policy projects also in

Germany is subject to European energy law.

We are accelerating the massive expansion of renewable energies and the establishment of modern ones

Gas-fired power plants to meet the increasing demand for electricity and energy over the next few years

cover competitive prices. The up to security of supply through renewable energies

necessary gas power plants must be built in such a way that they use climate-neutral gases (H2-ready)

can be switched. Natural gas is indispensable for a transition period.

The hydrogen strategy will be updated in 2022. The goal is a quick market ramp-up. First priority

has the local generation based on renewable energies. For a quick run-up and up

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For a cheap supply of green hydrogen, we rely on a technology-open one

Design of the hydrogen regulation.

We want to build an efficient hydrogen economy and the necessary import

and advance the transport infrastructure as quickly as possible. We want an electrolysis capacity of

reach around 10 gigawatts in 2030. We will do this, among other things, by building additional offshore

Ensure wind energy as well as European and international energy partnerships. To do this is a

committed development of the necessary infrastructure is required. For this we will become the necessary

Create framework conditions including efficiently designed funding programs and in particular

also strengthen European cooperation in this area.

We will implement the revised Renewable Energy Directive as soon as possible after it has been passed

implement technology-open and ambitious; we continue to exclude nuclear power.

When importing hydrogen, we will pay attention to the climate policy effects and make them fair

Ensure competitive conditions for our economy.

We advocate uniform certification of hydrogen and its

Derived products and strengthen European import partnerships. We become the IPCEI

Implement hydrogen quickly together with the federal states and invest in the development

promote a hydrogen infrastructure. We want programs like B. H2Global European

develop them further and provide them financially accordingly.

Networks

Electricity and hydrogen networks are the backbone of the energy system of the future. For the massive

Expansion of renewable energies, we need more speed and commitment when expanding the grid

at all levels. We want network infrastructures to be stronger at all political levels in the future

plan together and with foresight. To this end, we will become the Federal Network Agency and network operator

Immediately commission a plan that goes beyond the current network development plans

for a climate neutrality network and update the federal requirement plan accordingly.

In all measures, special attention must be paid to the electricity highways.

As part of the immediate climate protection program, we will initiate further measures.

We'll review the planning and approval process for faster planning and implementation

accelerate electricity and hydrogen networks. We guarantee a clear assignment of the

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political responsibility for good early public participation in network expansion. We lay up

A “System Stability Roadmap” will be presented in mid-2023. We will modernize the distribution networks and

digitize, including through forward-looking planning and greater controllability. The rollout

We will use intelligent measurement systems as a prerequisite for smart grids while guaranteeing the

Significantly accelerate data protection and IT security. We will store as a standalone

Legally define the pillar of the energy system. The provision of capital for the network infrastructure

also needs attractive investment conditions in the future compared to other European countries. We will be in

Ensure state influence on critical infrastructure in accordance with European law,

when security interests are affected.

Electricity market design

In the course of expanding renewable energies, we will develop a new electricity market design.

To this end, we are jointly setting up a platform as the federal government and coalition groups

A “climate-neutral electricity system”, which will make concrete proposals in 2022 and identify stakeholders

Involves science, business and civil society. We are committed to one more

Integration of the European internal energy market.

In order to stimulate the rapid expansion of secured capacity and secure the nuclear and coal phase-out,

In this context, we will evaluate existing instruments as well as competitive and

Examine technology-open capacity mechanisms and flexibilities. These include secured

Renewable services, highly efficient gas-fired power plants with combined heat and power as part of the

Further development of the relevant law, an innovation program to make H2-ready

To be able to incentivize gas-fired power plants at coal-fired power plant locations, storage,

Energy efficiency measures and load management.

We will take appropriate account of market prices in future CHP subsidies.

There is also a need for rapid and comprehensive reform of the financing architecture of the

Energy system. The way forward must be to provide incentives for the cross-sectoral use of

Renewable energies, decentralized generation models and the avoidance of

Strengthening greenhouse gas emissions consistently. We ensure that electricity is renewable

is used economically for sector coupling instead of the systems due to network congestion

switch off.

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We will fundamentally reform the state-induced price components in the energy sector and

systematic, consistent, transparent and as distortion-free as possible

Aiming at competitive conditions, enabling sector coupling and thus creating a level playing field for

create all energy sources and sectors. The CO 2 price plays a central role here.

We are driving forward a reform of network charges that strengthens transparency, transforms into

Promotes climate neutrality and distributes the costs of integrating renewable energies fairly.

Socially fair energy prices

To - also in view of the higher CO 2 price components - for socially just and for the economy

To ensure competitive energy prices, we will use the funding for the EEG surcharge

End electricity price. We will therefore take them over to the budget on January 1, 2023. the

Financing is provided by the EKF, which comes from the income from the emissions trading systems (BEHG and

ETS) and a grant from the federal budget. The EKF will be able to provide that

To finance the necessary climate protection measures and the EEG surcharge. With the

Completion of the coal phase-out, we will phase out the promotion of renewable energies

permit. As part of these changes, all exemptions from the EEG surcharge and energy taxes

as well as the compensation regulations checked and adjusted. The aim is tax breaks

reduce, which relate to the economic use of electricity and thereby the relief

due to the elimination of the EEG surcharge. As a result, the companies as a whole should

are no longer burdened.

We want European emissions trading and the Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG) in

Revise for the purposes of the EU program “Fit for 55”. We are counting on a rising CO 2 price as

important instrument, combined with a strong social balance and will be there

especially support people with lower incomes. What is good for the climate will be

cheaper - what is bad, more expensive.

We therefore support the European Commission's plans to strengthen the existing one

Emissions trading and are committed to an ambitious reform. We especially sit up

European level for an ETS minimum price as well as for the creation of a second

Emissions trading for the areas of heat and mobility (ETS 2). It is to be provided that in the

social equilibrium takes place in the respective EU member states. In the 2030s it is supposed to be a

Giving a uniform EU emissions trading system across all sectors, the burdens not one-sided

at the expense of consumers.

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The price in the ETS is currently around 60 euros / ton. According to all forecasts, it will not be structurally

fall below this level, but rather rise. Should the development in the next few years be different

and the European Union have not agreed on an ETS minimum price

we decide on the corresponding national measures (such as certificate deletion or

Minimum price etc.) so that the CO 2 price does not fall below 60 euros / ton in the long term.

The Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG), including the fuel emissions recorded in

the industry (industrial process heat), we want to ensure its compatibility with a possible

Check ETS 2 and, if necessary, adjust it so that the transition is as smooth as possible

is guaranteed. We consider energy prices and CO 2 prices together. Given the current

For social reasons, we are maintaining price levels due to factors that are not driven by CO 2 prices

SESTA price path fixed. We will make a proposal for the design of the market phase after 2026

do. To compensate for a future price increase and to increase the acceptance of the market system

we will ensure a social compensation mechanism through the abolition of the EEG

Develop additional contributions (climate money).

Climate and energy foreign policy

We are strengthening multilateral cooperation within the framework of the 2030 Agenda and the Parisian

Agreement and will expand German environmental, climate and energy cooperation. we

use the German G7 presidency in 2022 for an initiative to found

Climate partnerships and an international climate club open to all countries. Goals include

Climate neutrality, the massive expansion of renewable energies and their infrastructure, production

of hydrogen. We are striving for a global emissions trading system that, in the medium term, will become a

uniform CO 2 price.

We will make our commitments for the German portion of the 100 billion US dollar

international climate finance within the framework of a coherent climate foreign policy and

increase perspective.

We want to make our climate foreign policy more coherent and stronger, among other things with the climate cabinet.

We are committed to reforming the Energy Charter Treaty.

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Transformation of the economy

We want the competitiveness of Germany as a business location as a basis for

sustainable growth, prosperity and high employment in a socio-ecological

Increase market economy. We will support companies and employees as best we can,

Promote innovation and create new confidence in entrepreneurship, innovation and entrepreneurship.

We have to tackle the climate crisis together. This also offers great opportunities for our country

and the industrial location Germany: New business models and technologies can

Create climate-neutral prosperity and good work.

We see the path to a CO 2 -neutral world as a great opportunity for Germany as an industrial location.

New business models and technologies can create climate-neutral prosperity and good work

if we create the right framework conditions for industry and medium-sized companies like one

massive expansion of renewable energies, competitive energy prices, security of supply

with electricity and heat as well as fast and unbureaucratic approval procedures.

We want to activate more private capital for transformation projects. We also check which ones

Public development banks can make contributions to hedging risks.

In dialogue with business, trade unions and associations, we want an "Alliance for Transformation"

forge and stable and reliable in the first six months of 2022

Discuss the framework conditions for the transformation.

In order to support companies in their investments on the way to climate neutrality, bet

we rely on targeted instruments. To this end, we are setting up a transformation fund at KfW,

use climate protection differential agreements, promote lighthouse projects and create incentives for lead markets

and for climate-neutral products. We will also take care of the small and medium-sized businesses at theirs

Accompany and promote the path to climate technology transformation.

We are committed to effective carbon leakage protection (Boarder Adjustment Mechanism,

free allocation).

When amending the European climate, environmental and energy aid guidelines and others

Regulations, we will ensure that the competitiveness of the company is preserved

remain.

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Energy and resource efficiency plays an important role in the transformation, ie how about

Link industry benefits to the implementation of economic energy efficiency measures

or to further develop product standards. This also applies to the energy transition.

We acknowledge the necessity of technical negative emissions and become one

Develop a long-term strategy for dealing with the approximately 5 percent unavoidable residual emissions.

In dialogue with the companies, we will look for solutions on how we can obtain operating permits for

Grant energy infrastructure (power plants or gas lines) with fossil fuels in a legally secure manner

operations can continue beyond 2045 using only non-fossil fuels

without an investment freeze, bad investments and compensation claims

trigger.

atom

Germany is committed to international efforts to achieve climate neutrality

clearly on the expansion and use of renewable energies. We focus on international

and at the European level that atomic energy for the costs it causes itself

comes up. We take responsibility for radioactive waste. The location search for a

Repository for high-level radioactive waste should correspond to the principles laid down by law

science-based, participatory, transparent, self-questioning and learning continued

will.

Authorized repositories must be completed and put into operation quickly. These include

also the selection of the location and the construction of the necessary logistics center.

We will work to shut down risk reactors near the border. We speak to each other

to bundle competencies in this area.

IV. Respect, opportunities and social security in the modern world of work

A high level of employment and fair wages are the basis for our prosperity and

the financing of our social security. We want everyone to be as safe as possible

Employment biography enable and employability through qualification and

get healthy work. Every work deserves respect and recognition. We increase that

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Minimum wage and create a modern labor law that is safe and fairly negotiated

Flexibility enables.

We advocate a welfare state that protects the citizens, but also does so

supports to seize new opportunities in life. The pension must be reliable and adequate,

That is why we secure the pension level and supplement it with funded elements. We innovate with

the system of basic security for citizens' benefits.

All people in Germany should be well looked after and cared for - in the city and on the

Country. Our goal is a modern, cross-sectoral health and care policy. the

The pandemic has shown us the vulnerability of our health care system. We draw

Teach and ensure needs-based health care as well as human and

high quality medicine and care.

Housing is a basic need. We will help ensure that sufficient living space is created

and building and living in the future will be affordable, climate-neutral and barrier-free. Important

for the living environment are lively public spaces.

job

We want to shape the modern world of work while enabling professional opportunities and security

and reconciling flexibility.

education

To strengthen and modernize vocational schools, we work with states, municipalities and

relevant actors on a pact. With the countries we build the professional orientation and

Youth employment agencies nationwide. We want a training guarantee, everyone

Provides young people with access to fully qualified vocational training, always with priority

operational. We are continuing the alliance for training. The entry qualification that assisted

We are expanding training, support during training and joint training. We open them

Help for refugees. We welcome collectively agreed compensation funds. In regions with significant

We initiate insufficient supply of apprenticeships outside the company as required

Training offers in close consultation with the social partners. We increase that

Training mobility. We support people in unemployment and basic social security

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fully qualifying training in continuing vocational training regardless of its duration.

Full-time school education must be remunerated and free of school fees. We bring one

Excellence initiative Vocational training on the way, among other things we are expanding InnoVet and opening the

Federal agencies for the promotion of talented students for vocational training. Equivalent professional

We recognize qualifications for higher career paths in the public service. The results of the

We will quickly discuss the evaluation assignment for the dual study with all relevant stakeholders.

further education

In times of digital and demographic change is a targeted national

Further training strategy is an essential prerequisite for our economic and

to achieve social goals. We improve opportunities for professional reorientation,

Education and training - also part-time. The instruments of educational policy and active

We coordinate labor market policies.

To support personally motivated lifelong learning, we are building the advancement

BAföG, open the maintenance contribution for part-time training, also promote further training

the same level of the German qualification framework and also for a second fully qualified

Training, increase the funding rates and allowances significantly and close funding gaps to BAföG.

The aim is that advancement courses and exams with reasonable prices are free of charge.

With the life chances BAföG we are creating a new instrument for the self-determined

Continuing education beyond professional and degree-related qualifications for everyone. We can do this

a simple way to save on education in a free space account. People with low

Income receive annual subsidies for this.

With an educational (part) time based on the Austrian model, we offer employees financial opportunities

Support for further training related to the labor market. This enables z. B. catching up on one

Professional qualification or a professional reorientation. An agreement is required

between employer and employee. The BA checks the funding requirements.

The Federal Employment Agency (BA) has a stronger role in qualification and associated

Advice to. In order to support all those interested in further training and companies, we are creating one

Networking of the BA with the regional actors and uniform contact points. That's why we build them

Training associations and support the establishment of training agencies. the

National online training platform and the training platform will be further developed,

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interlocked and stabilized. In this way we create a clear access to educational and

Advisory services and funding instruments.

With a qualification allowance based on short-time work allowance, the BA can offer companies in

Structural change enables them to keep their employees in the company through qualification and

Secure skilled workers. Works agreements are a prerequisite for this. At the same time we bet

Incentives for transformation collective agreements. We are also expanding the transfer short-time work allowance

further develop the instruments of SGB III in transfer companies.

We are expanding independent funding for people who are unemployed and have basic social security benefits

of basic skills and make it clear that placement in work does not take precedence over a

Vocational education and training that strengthens employment opportunities. With professional

SGB II and III beneficiaries receive an additional monthly qualification

Further training allowance of 150 euros, so that there is an effective incentive for further training. After a

Further training should be entitled to at least three months of unemployment benefit.

Working time and place of work

In order to react to the changes in the world of work and the wishes of employees,

Employees and companies want to organize their working hours more flexibly

we support unions and employers in enabling flexible working time models.

We adhere to the principle of the 8-hour day in the Working Hours Act. As part of one a year

Temporary regulation with an evaluation clause to be adopted in 2022, we will enable that in

Within the framework of collective agreements, employees under certain

Being able to organize their working hours more flexibly in terms of the requirements and deadlines to be observed. aside from that

we want a limited possibility of deviating from the currently existing regulations of the

Working Hours Act with regard to the maximum daily working hours, if collective agreements or

Works agreements, based on collective agreements, provide for this (experimental rooms). in the

Dialogue with the social partners, we examine what needs to be adjusted in view of the

See the case law of the European Court of Justice on working time law. You have to be flexible

Working time models (e.g. trust-based working time) will still be possible.

We legally limit home office as a possibility of mobile work from teleworking and the

Scope of the workplace ordinance. Occupational safety, good working conditions and that

A company job is an important requirement for mobile work.

This requires information and advice for employees as well as their appropriate support

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through their employers. We work in dialogue with everyone to ensure a healthy home office design

Appropriate and flexible solutions for those involved. Coworking spaces are a great option for

mobile work and strengthening rural regions. Keep employees in suitable jobs

a right to a discussion about mobile working and home office. Employers can request

of the employees only object if operational issues conflict. This means,

that a rejection must not be irrelevant or arbitrary. For different collective agreements and

there must be room for operational regulations. Mobile work should be possible across the EU without any problems.

Self-employed

The self-employed are an essential part of our society and economy. After the current reform

During the status determination procedure, we conduct a dialogue with the self-employed in the light of our experience

and their associations to accelerate and improve this. The aim is in the digital and

to create legal certainty unbureaucratically in an agile working environment.

We also provide support through easier access to voluntary unemployment insurance

Self-employed people and founders. We check whether and how an access without

Previous insurance period is possible. Anyone working as a managing director in a GmbH (etc.)

worked and paid contributions for it should be entitled to unemployment benefit. the

Special regulation for non-employed persons in the unemployment insurance, in particular for

Cultural creators, we deferral and examine simplification and further development.

To support self-employed people in the ongoing corona pandemic, we run the

Restart assistance as part of bridging assistance III Plus continues for as long as required. To also at

future severe crises that lead to loss of earnings for which you are not responsible,

The self-employed also help them finance their living expenses faster and better too

we make provision for tax-financed economic aid. We evaluate the experience

with the restart help. We are not creating a new system of rules. During the corona pandemic

the special importance of the artists' social security fund for the social security of creative people and

Proven culture professionals. We want to ensure this in the future as well.

minimum wage

We will adjust the legal minimum wage to twelve euros per hour in a one-off adjustment

raise. Following this, the independent minimum wage commission will discuss any

further increase steps are located. We support the EU Commission's proposal for a

Directive on adequate poverty-proof minimum wages to strengthen the collective bargaining system. Put it

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we ourselves - while respecting the European order of competencies as well as different systems and

Traditions of industrial relations in the Member States - when negotiating for binding

Minimum standards as they apply in Germany with the new minimum wage law according to the resolution

will.

Mini and midi jobs

We will make improvements to the mini and midi jobs: hurdles that a recording

We want to reduce the number of jobs that are subject to compulsory insurance. We increase the midi job

Limit to 1,600 euros. In future, the mini-job limit will be based on a weekly working time of 10

Hours at minimum wage conditions. It will be increased accordingly with the increase in the minimum wage

520 euros increased. At the same time, we will prevent mini-jobs as a substitute for regular ones

Employment relationships are abused or become part-time cases, especially for women. Compliance

We will control the applicable labor law for mini jobs more closely.

Household services

By promoting household-related services, we support family arrangements

and occupation, the participation of spouses and life partners in the labor market and create more at the same time

socially insured jobs. The use of family and everyday support

We facilitate services through a bonus and voucher system and the possibility for

accompanying tax-free employer subsidies. The allowances and the existing tax incentives

will be charged. It serves to promote employment in the household subject to social insurance contributions.

First of all, single parents, families with children and relatives who need to be cared for should benefit.

gradually all households.

Time limits

So that the public service can set a good example as an employer, we can only do it there

existing possibility of budget limitation. At the federal government as an employer, we are reducing these

time limit for no reason, step by step. In order to avoid chain restrictions, we also limit

Fixed-term employment contracts with the same employer for six years. Only in a very limited way

In exceptions, this maximum duration may be exceeded.

Temporary employment and labor mobility

In the case of European legislation, we check whether or not

and which legal changes to make, taking into account the legal evaluation

are. We improve the protection of employees in cross-border postings and

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remove bureaucratic hurdles. For seasonal employees, we provide full

Health insurance coverage from day one. We are strengthening “fair mobility” and clarifying employees

so better about their rights. We ratify Convention No. 184 of the International

Labor Organization (ILO) on occupational health and safety in agriculture.

Work contracts and temporary employment are necessary instruments. Structural and

We prevent systematic violations of labor law and occupational safety by making them more effective

Law enforcement. In this way, we also ensure more safety when working on demand. The crisis regulations

We will evaluate short-time work benefits after the corona pandemic, especially with a view to

Low income people.

Collective bargaining

We want to strengthen collective bargaining autonomy, the collective bargaining partners and collective bargaining coverage, so that fair wages in

Germany are paid - this also promotes the necessary wage adjustment between East and West.

In order to strengthen the collective bargaining agreement, public procurement by the federal government is conditional on compliance with a

representative collective agreement of the respective industry, whereby the award is based on a

simple, unbureaucratic declaration. Outsourcing if the previous one is identical

We will prevent the owner for the purpose of tariff evasion by preventing the continued validity of the

ensure applicable collective agreement. Section 613a BGB (rights and obligations with

Operations Transfer). In dialogue with the social partners, we will take further steps to strengthen the

Work out collective bargaining agreements and, in particular, opportunities for further experimentation rooms

discuss.

Co-determination

We will continue to develop codetermination. Works councils should decide independently whether

they work analog or digital. Within the framework of the constitutionally required standards, we will

Test online works council elections in a pilot project. We create a contemporary law for

Unions on digital access to the factories that corresponds to their analogue rights. The social

ecological transformation and digitization can only be achieved with employees

Effective for employees. With regard to these questions, we will

Evaluate works council modernization law. The obstruction of democratic participation

we will classify as an official offense in the future. Together with the churches we examine to what extent the church

Labor law can be aligned with state labor law. Activities close to the preaching

remain excluded.

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Germany occupies an important position worldwide when it comes to corporate co-determination. the

We will keep existing national regulations. Abusive Avoidance Applicable

We want to prevent co-determination. The Federal Government will work to ensure that the

Corporate participation is being developed so that it is no longer complete

Co-determination avoidance can come with the growth of SE companies (freezing effect). we

the group attribution from the Codetermination Act to the One-Third Participation Act

transferred, provided that there is de facto real control.

Digital platforms

Digital platforms are an asset to the world of work, which is why they are good and fair

Working conditions important. With this in mind, we are reviewing existing law and improving it

Basis of data. To this end, we conduct a dialogue with platform providers, platform workers and the self-employed

as well as social partners. The initiative of the EU commission to improve working conditions

We support platforms constructively. When designing AI in the world of work, we rely on one

human-centered approach, social and economic innovation as well

how

Common good orientation. We support the risk-based EU approach.

Work-and Healthprotection

We and will maintain the high level of occupational health and safety in the changing world of work

adapt it to new challenges. We are particularly dedicated to mental health

intensively and prepare a bullying report. Especially small and medium-sized businesses

we support the prevention and implementation of occupational safety. The operational

We strengthen integration management.

Welfare state, old-age provision, basic security

We will make the welfare state more citizen-friendly, more transparent and less bureaucratic, and it will

align with the realities of life of our time. This is a step closer to the citizen

comprehensive digitization of services. Information, advice, application as well

Communication and queries among the responsible bodies must be in compliance with the

Data protection become digital and easily possible. The quality of analog advice should also be provided by

digital support will be improved. Wherever possible, services should benefit the citizens

Citizens are entitled to be paid automatically. Citizens should give them

due services as if received from a single source, within the framework of the lowest possible threshold,

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uniform contact points on site. To this end, we will set up a federal-state working group and

involve the social security agencies.

retirement provision

A good and reliable pension after many years of work is important for the employees. It's going ok

It is about creating a good, independent protection in old age with your own work. We will

therefore strengthen the statutory pension and the minimum pension level of 48 percent (definition before the

recently carried out statistical revision) permanently. During this legislative period the will increase

Contribution rate does not exceed 20 percent.

There will be no cuts in pensions and no increase in the statutory retirement age. Around

Securing this commitment in a generation-appropriate manner will help us to stabilize in the long term

Pension level and pension contribution rate in a partial funding of the statutory

Get pension insurance. This partial funding is intended as a permanent fund of a

professionally managed by an independent public body and invested globally. In addition

As a first step, we will retire the German pension insurance in 2022

Provide budget funds with a capital stock of 10 billion euros. The funded part of the

Statutory pension must be permanently property-protected for the collective of contributors. we

will also enable the German pension insurance to use its reserves on the capital market

to be applied in a regulated manner. We want the pay-as-you-go pension through the participation of women

and older employees as well as employment-related and qualified employees

Strengthen immigration.

We will include the so-called catch-up factor in the pension calculation in good time before the

Activate pension adjustments again from 2022 and take effect within the framework of the applicable hold lines

permit. In this way, we ensure that pensions and wages in the course of the corona crisis are in total

Develop and strengthen harmony between the generations as well as the stability of the

Contributions in this legislative period. We want improvements for disability pensioners

and retirees in the portfolio.

In addition to the statutory pension, company and private pension schemes remain important for a good one

Life in old age. We want to strengthen the company pension scheme, among other things through the

Permit investment opportunities with higher returns. In addition, the

Company Pension Strengthening Act, which was launched in the penultimate legislative period

Social partner model will now be implemented.

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We will fundamentally reform the previous system of private pension provision. We will

in addition the offer of a publicly responsible fund with an effective and inexpensive one

Check the offer with the option to opt out. Alongside this, we are gaining legal recognition more privately

Check investment products with higher returns than Riester. A promotion is intended to provide incentives for lower levels

Income groups offer to avail these products. There is a grandfathering for

ongoing Riester contracts. We want to increase the saver lump sum to 1,000 euros.

We want to make the pension splitting better known, among other things by the German

Pension insurance points out this possibility as part of the annual pension information.

In addition, unmarried couples should also be able to use this.

In the course of the electoral term we will evaluate the impact of the basic pension,

Develop suggestions for improvement, in particular also with regard to the examination effort for investment income.

We set the planned fund from the 19th electoral period to alleviate hardship cases from the

East-West pension transfer also for Jewish quota refugees and late repatriates. we

want regular membership of prisoners working in correctional facilities and

Allow persons in safe custody in the statutory pension insurance and will for this purpose the

Seek dialogue with the responsible countries.

Prevention and rehabilitation

We are making longer, healthier work a focus of our pension policy.

To this end, we will launch a “healthy work” action plan and the principle

Strengthen “Prevention before rehab before retirement”. We will rehabilitation more on the job

align and the different social security agencies to cooperation agreements

commit. We will simplify access to prevention and rehabilitation measures

and make the rehab budget more needs-based. To early on a reduced earning capacity

to counteract, we want to take into account the evaluation results the Ü45-

Establish health check in law and roll it out across the board.

Retirement

We want to broaden the awareness of the Flexi-Rente through better advice and the regulation

Time limit for additional earnings in the event of early retirement. Together with the social partners

we will enter into a social dialogue process about how wishes for one

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Staying longer in working life can be achieved more easily, and in particular

a flexible retirement based on the Scandinavian model and the situation is particularly difficult

Include professional groups in the discussion.

Insurance for the self-employed

We relieve the self-employed by making contributions to statutory health insurance above

the mini job limit can only be collected strictly income-related. We'll be new to everyone

Self-employed people who are not subject to a compulsory old-age pension system are required to

Introduce retirement provision with freedom of choice. The self-employed are in the statutory pension insurance

insured, unless they are a private one as part of a simple and unbureaucratic opt-out

Choose a pension product. This must be insolvency and seizure-proof and secure

lead above the basic security level. A waiting period of two applies to each establishment

Years. The subsidized additional private old-age provision is open to all employed persons.

Bürgergeld

Instead of the previous basic security (Hartz IV), we will introduce a citizen's benefit. That

Citizens' money should respect the dignity of the individual and enable them to participate in society

as well as being digitally and easily accessible.

In the first two years of receiving citizen benefits, we grant the benefit without taking into account the

Assets and recognize the adequacy of the apartment. We become the gentleman

increase and reduce bureaucracy, digitize and pragmatically simplify its review.

In order to make the reimbursement of accommodation costs more transparent and legally secure,

we create an improved legal framework for the application of the communal

Adequacy limits and ensure that these are reviewed annually and adjusted if necessary.

This makes it easier for local authorities to reduce the cost of accommodation and heating as regionally specific

To pay lump sums.

The citizens' money represents the potential of the people and aids for sustainable integration in the

The focus is on the labor market and enables participation in society. The legal

We are changing the framework conditions in such a way that, in the future, advice on an equal footing will be possible and a

A relationship of trust can arise. There are strengths and development needs through a

Competency assessment procedure determined with which "soft skills" can also be certified. the

Offers and measures are made within the framework of a participation agreement with the

Commonly agreed with citizens receiving citizens' benefits, formulated in simple language and adjusted if necessary.

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This replaces the previous integration agreement. There is a six-month trust period. For

In the event of a conflict, we create an independent arbitration mechanism.

We adhere to the obligations to cooperate, which are set out in the participation agreement. she

will be legally reorganized by the end of 2022 at the latest. The new regulation is subject to an evaluation

in advance. In doing so, we also implement the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court, such as the costs of

Exempt accommodation from sanctions and treat under-25s equally. Make you

In the event of a sanction, we offer a coaching offer in coordination with the local youth welfare service (according to § 16h

SGB II). We will create a one-year moratorium for the previous ones until the new legal regulation has been implemented

Sanctions below the subsistence level, which must also apply to municipal job centers. We will

the sustainability of integration in the labor market at the center of the target management system of the SGB

II as well as the necessary steps of social stabilization and participation

consider. The Bürgergeld is intended to provide individual, holistic support. This should also

Instruments of other social security codes are used. So we increase the permeability and

reduce interfaces. We want to encourage cooperation between job centers and municipalities

Intensify cooperation agreements. We will give the job centers more room to maneuver

and transfer regional responsibility and upgrade free funding (§ 16f SGB II).

The placement priority in SGB II will be abolished. The promotion of continuing education and

We will strengthen qualifications. The premium regulation for qualification-related training

we will deflate. We promote fully qualifying training as part of the professional

Continuing education regardless of duration and basic skills, also in dealing with digital

Information-and communicationtechnologies. Citizens entitled to benefits can under the

Participation agreement for the participation in the integration serving funding or

Support measures a limited bonus will be paid.

We want to expire and further develop the Participation Opportunities Act (§ 16i and § 16e SGB II).

Accompanying coaching and outreach social work are standard instruments in SGB II and SGB XII.

Children and young people need special support for a successful educational and

Course of training. We will expand § 16h SGB II in order to cooperate with youth welfare

strengthen and create common contact points. We can apply to older citizens entitled to citizen benefits

not forego the job market. We will specifically support women with suitable offers

and pay particular attention to the fact that mothers of young children are given earlier, also through offers

can be better achieved in part-time (e.g. part-time training). Based on the experience of

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As part of “RehaPro”, we will be promoting preventive health promotion in the

Strengthen job centers. We particularly want to support women with a migration or refugee background.

In general, we are increasing offers with language training in everyday practical context

link.

We will improve the opportunities for additional income with the aim of creating incentives for

to increase employment subject to social insurance contributions. The crediting of student and

Student jobs by adolescents and young adults in benefit communities according to SGB II

as well as foster or home children should be omitted. We are increasing the allowance for apprentices.

We will bring a reform on the way, the Bürgergeld (formerly unemployment benefit II), housing benefit

and, if necessary, coordinate other tax-financed social benefits in such a way that

or where possible summarized so that the transfer withdrawal rates are the cheapest

Effects

regarding

Employment effects

and

Labor market participation

achieve employment subject to social insurance contributions, improve opportunities for additional income and

Limiting loads of 100 and more percent are excluded. To develop the

The reform model will be an independent commission made up of several qualified independent ones

Institutes commissioned.

Also the possibility for disabled people as well as for pensioners in the

We want to expand the basic security that allows you to improve your income with a job. the

Crediting of expense allowances for voluntary work should be based on the

Tax law with an annual tax exemption.

A tailor-made and holistic support requires a sufficiently dimensioned one

Support key and well-qualified staff at the job centers. We will therefore

Equip integration and administrative titles accordingly. The transferability of residual funds

we will continue.

We want to check whether employees who are subject to social security contributions receive citizen benefits in the

Supervision by the employment agencies can change, also in order to increase capacities for a better one

To create support keys in the job centers and give them access to the qualification and

To grant further training offers in SGB III.

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By introducing a minimum limit of up to 50 euros, we will become the job center of

Relieve bureaucracy. In order to strengthen the individual character of the Bürgergeld, we will also use the

Convert SGB II from horizontal to vertical income deduction. Finding the

The ability to work will be standardized and, in the future, exclusively from the statutory one

Pension insurance carried out.

We are setting up a federal-state working group to deal with the problem of homelessness among EU citizens.

We see the non-profit welfare associations and their wide range of offers as important partners

in promoting social engagement and solidarity. When creating the 7th

We also direct a focus on hidden poverty and relate to poverty and wealth reports

More people with experience of poverty.

inclusion

We want Germany in all areas of public and private life, but above all

in mobility (including at Deutsche Bahn), in living, in health and in digital

Area that becomes barrier-free. We use the federal accessibility program for this purpose. In addition

revise

weather

under

other

the

Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Act

and

the

Accessibility Strengthening Act and the General Equal Treatment Act. We set that up

The aim is to make all public buildings of the federal government fully accessible.

In this electoral term we are obliging private providers of goods and services within

a reasonable transition period to dismantle barriers or, if this is not possible or

is reasonable to take reasonable precautions. We put appropriate

Establish funding programs and expand the advisory work of the Federal Office for Accessibility.

We will fully apply the exemptions from the Passenger Transport Act (ÖPNV) by 2026

abolish. In addition, we will ensure that press conferences and public

Events by federal ministries and subordinate authorities as well as information on

Laws and administrative acts are translated into sign language and subtitled as well as the

Offers in easy or simple language are expanded. We set up one for this

Language service in its own federal competence center for easy / sign language.

We focus on the labor market integration of people with disabilities. we

will further develop the newly created uniform contact points for employers and

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introduce a fourth level of the equalization charge for those who, despite being obliged to work, do not

Employ people with disabilities. Applications submitted in full to the Integration Office

are considered approved after six weeks without a notice (approval fiction). We will

Further strengthen and expand the budget for work and the budget for training. The funds from the

We want the equalization levy fully to support and promote employment on the

employ general labor market. We want to align all of our funding structures so that

Participate in working life as long and as inclusive as possible. The operational

We want integration management to be a stronger tool for employers and employees

establish it with the aim of making it binding across the board according to uniform quality standards

make (example "Hamburg model"). We also rely on the expertise of

Handicapped persons of trust.

The offers of workshops for handicapped people (WfbM) we will focus more on

Integration as well as the accompaniment of employment relationships in the general labor market

relay a message. We are the participation project to develop a transparent, sustainable

and sustainable remuneration system in the WfbM and their perspectives on the general

Continue the labor market and implement the findings. In addition, we develop the

Participation offers also continue for those whose goal is not or not only to participate in

Working life is. We will strengthen inclusion companies, also through formal privileges in the

Sales Tax Act.

As part of the regular exchange of the classic severely handicapped ID, this

switched to the digital participation card. We take the evaluation of the Federal Participation Act

seriously and want it to be consistent at all government levels and by all service providers

and is implemented quickly. Temporary solutions should end and bureaucratic obstacles

be dismantled. We become hurdles to establishing and using the personal budget

oppose or z. B. inadmissibly restrict the right to desire and vote, dismantle. Building

On the basis of the evaluation, we want to take further steps in the exemption of income and assets

walk. We will push for more binding measures to prevent violence.

We will clarify the relationship between integration assistance and care with the aim that for the

affected people, there are no gaps in optimal care. We will be a

Put together a package of measures in order to achieve faster,

A more unbureaucratic and barrier-free application process to come. We will be a

Create assistance dog law. We are expanding the study adopted in the Participation Strengthening Act

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the aspect of cost savings. We insert them to carry out and expand them

Funding program. We check the standard requirement level 1 in special types of living.

We are going for more empowerment and political participation for people with disabilities

take care of important projects at the federal level. We want to increase the resources of the participation fund

and stabilize. We are strengthening inclusion in sport, including the "InduS" project and inclusive

Leagues. We support the preparation and implementation of the Special Olympics World Games 2023

in Berlin. We are examining a reform of the structures of the Contergan Foundation, which would benefit more

Participation enabled.

Care and health

All people in Germany should be well looked after and cared for - in the city and on the

Country. We want a departure into a modern, cross-sector health and

Care policies and lessons learned from the pandemic that make our vulnerability ours

Has demonstrated health care. We ensure a needs-based

Health care and human and high quality medicine and care. we

improve working conditions for health professionals and nurses. We enable

Innovations and drive digitization. The basis for all of this is stable over the long term

Financing of health care and nursing care.

care

The nursing staff in Germany performed extremely well during the pandemic. In the

We want the current very challenging situation in hospitals and care facilities

recognize this commitment. The federal government will provide one billion euros for this. In addition

we will increase the tax exemption of the care bonus to 3,000 euros.

In inpatient care, we will limit the co-payments and make them plannable. The 1st

January 2022, we will be the regulation on percentage subsidies for the own shares, which will come into force

observe and check how the co-payment can be further reduced. the

We will remove the apportionment of training costs from the own contributions and those that are not covered by the insurance

Benefits such as pension contributions for family carers and pandemic-related benefits

Financing additional costs from tax revenues, as well as the treatment care in the inpatient

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Transferring care to the statutory health insurance and compensating for it at a flat rate. The contribution

for social long-term care insurance (SPV) we raise moderately.

We are supplementing the Social Security Code XI (SGB XI) with innovative neighborhood-related forms of living and

enable them to be promoted together with the federal, state and local governments. In the nursing

On-site supply is binding for the municipalities within the framework of supply contracts

Opportunities to participate. We support the needs-based expansion of the daily and

Night care and especially solitary short-term care.

We summarize services such as short-term care and preventive care in an unbureaucratic,

transparent and flexible relief budget with the obligation to provide evidence to the domestic

Strengthening care and including families of children with disabilities.

We will regularly dynamize the care allowance from 2022. We develop the nursing leave and

Family care leave laws continue and enable caregiving relatives and loved ones more

Time sovereignty, also through a wage replacement benefit in the case of care-related leave.

We are examining the social long-term care insurance with a voluntary, equally financed full insurance

to be supplemented, which comprehensively secures the assumption of the full care costs. One

The commission of experts is to present specific proposals by 2023 that are appropriate for the generations. Of the

We would give private long-term care insurance comparable opportunities.

In the case of intensive care care, the free choice of place of residence must be retained. That

Intensive Care and Rehabilitation Strengthening Act (IPReG) should be evaluated and if necessary

can be readjusted. We create a legally secure basis for 24-hour support in

family area.

We counter the drama of the nursing situation with measures that are quick and noticeable

Improve working conditions. In the short term, we will carry out binding personnel assessment in

Hospital nursing staff regulation 2.0. (PPR 2.0) as a transitional instrument with the aim of a

a needs-based mix of qualifications. In inpatient long-term care, we are accelerating this

Expansion of personnel assessment procedures. Especially there we improve wages and

Working conditions of the nursing staff with the aim of closing the pay gap between sick and

Close elderly care. We want to make the nursing profession more attractive, for example with tax exemptions

of surcharges, through the abolition of shared services, the introduction of sponsored jumpers' pools

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and a right to family-friendly working hours for people with dependent persons

Children.

We harmonize the training, among other things, through nationwide professional laws for care assistance,

Midwifery assistants and paramedics and ensure joint funding from the federal government

and countries. We are strengthening academic nursing training together with the federal states. There where

Nurses in training or studies have not yet received any training allowance, close

we loopholes. We supplement professional care with medicinal activities and create

including the new job description of the “Community Health Nurse”.

We are launching a general health professions law and developing the electronic one

Health Professions Register. We make pain killers in the Narcotics Act for

Health professions capable of delegation. We are bringing a model project to direct access for

therapeutic professions on the way.

We simplify and accelerate the necessary recruitment of foreign skilled workers and

the recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad.

We want to find out more about this with a nationwide survey of all professional caregivers

learn how the self-administration of care can be organized in the future. We strengthen the

German Care Council as the voice of care in the Federal Joint Committee and other bodies

and support him financially in the performance of his duties.

Education and training in health and care

As part of the hospital reimbursement reform, funds for further training in the

In future, flat-rate case fees will only be paid proportionally to the clinics that provide further training. We're updating that

Concept for the further development of the qualification of doctors to also include medicinal products

Making abortions more readily available. We implement the mediation

digital skills in the training of health and care professions as well as in advanced and

Further development. Nursing training should take place in institutions providing integration assistance and

Rehabilitation are made possible as long as they meet the requirements. the

Licensing regulations will focus more on digitization, outpatientization, specialization,

Tailored to individualization and cross-professional cooperation.

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Public health service

A lesson from the pandemic is a strengthened public health service (ÖGD) that

is ensured in the interaction between the federal government, the federal states and the municipalities. We extend the

Pact for the ÖGD the recruitment deadlines and appeal to the social partners, an independent

To create collective agreement. We provide the necessary funds on the basis of the interim report

ready for a permanently functional ÖGD. Provide with a health guarantee law

we especially the efficient and decentralized stocking of pharmaceutical and medical products

as well as regular emergency exercises for staff in case of health crises. To further

Researching and ensuring a needs-based supply around the long-term consequences of

For Covid19 and for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS) we are creating a nationwide one

Network of competence centers and interdisciplinary outpatient clinics.

The federal center for health education goes into a federal institute for public

Health at the Federal Ministry of Health, in which the activities in public health

Area, the networking of the ÖGD and the health communication of the federal government are located.

The RKI should not be bound by instructions in its scientific work.

Digitization in healthcare

In a regularly updated digitization strategy in health care and in the

We place a special focus on solving supply problems and providing care

User perspective. In nursing, we will use digitization, among other things

Relief in documentation, to promote social participation and for therapeutic

Use applications. We regularly enable telemedical services including medicinal, therapeutic

and aids ordinances as well as video consultation hours, teleconsults, telemonitoring and the

Tele-emergency medical care.

We are accelerating the introduction of the electronic patient record (ePA) and the e-prescription as well

their beneficial application and bind all actors to the faster

Telematics infrastructure. All insured persons receive an ePA in accordance with the GDPR

posed; their use is voluntary (opt-out). We are building the gematik into a digital one

Health agency

the end.

In addition

bring

weather

and

Health Data Usage Act for better scientific use in accordance with the GDPR

on the way and build a decentralized research data infrastructure.

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We are reviewing SGB V and other standards with regard to those that have been overtaken by technical progress

Documentation obligations. With a bureaucracy reduction package, we are building hurdles for a good one

Care of the patients. The burdens of bureaucracy and

Obligations to report beyond statutory regulations are made clear. We make them permanent

Procedural simplifications that have proven themselves in the pandemic. Language mediation also with help

digital applications becomes part of the

SGB V.

Health promotion

We are further developing the Prevention Act and strengthening primary and secondary prevention. To the

Following the guiding principles of precaution and prevention, we face society as a whole

Task target group-specific and comprehensive. We support health insurance companies and others

Actors in the process of working together actively to keep everyone healthy. We create one

National prevention plan as well as specific packages of measures, e.g. on the topics of old age dental

health, diabetes, loneliness, suicide, resuscitation and climate and prevention

environmental damage to health. In favor of increased prevention and health promotion

we reduce the possibilities of the health insurances, contribution funds for advertising measures and

Use freebies.

Outpatient and inpatient health care

In order to promote the outpatient treatment of previously unnecessarily inpatient services, we are swiftly implementing

For suitable services, a sector-specific remuneration through so-called hybrid DRG. By

We provide the expansion of multi-professional, integrated health and emergency centers

Local, needs-based, outpatient and short-term inpatient care secure and promote this

through specific remuneration structures. We also increase the attractiveness of

population-related supply contracts (health regions) and expand the statutory

Scope for contracts between health insurers and service providers to be innovative

To strengthen forms of care. In particularly disadvantaged municipalities and districts (5 percent)

we set up low-threshold counseling services (e.g. health kiosks) for treatment and

Prevention. In rural areas we build offers through community nurses and

Health guides. We develop outpatient requirement and inpatient hospital planning

continue to work with the federal states on cross-sector care planning.

Emergency care is to be provided in integrated emergency centers in close cooperation between the

Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) and the hospitals (KH). We clear the KVen

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the option of providing outpatient emergency care there yourself or this responsibility

to be transferred in whole or in part to the operator in consultation with the state. By a

Interlinking of the rescue control centers with the KV control centers and standardized

Assessment systems (by telephone, telemedicine or on site) we can reach a

more needs-based control. We include rescue services as an integrated service area

SGB V and regulate the scope of services of mountain rescue and responsibility for

Water rescue beyond the coastal waters.

Together with the KVs, we ensure supply in underserved regions. We lift

the budgeting of medical fees in the general practitioner area. The establishment of communal

We facilitate and build supported medical care centers and their branch practices

bureaucratic hurdles. In the future, decisions of the admissions committee must be made by the

competent state authority to be confirmed.

The drug supply through pharmacies at integrated emergency centers in underserved

We are improving areas through more flexible requirements in the pharmacy operating regulations. We develope

the night and emergency service fund to a guarantee fund and create one

Ability to prescribe emergency messenger services in outpatient emergency care. We amend

the "Law to Strengthen On-Site Pharmacies" to improve pharmaceutical services

reward and use efficiency gains within the financing system.

We set the national health goal “Health around the birth” with an action plan

around. We evaluate possible disincentives around spontaneous births and caesarean sections and lead

a staff key for 1: 1 care by midwives during essential phases of the

Birth a. We are strengthening the expansion of midwife-led delivery rooms and creating the possibility and

Compensation for outpatient, outpatient pre-natal care and post-natal care for employed midwives

Clinics.

For a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free healthcare system, we work with those involved to develop up to

An action plan at the end of 2022, strengthening the care of severely disabled children and relieving their burden

Families from bureaucracy. Medical treatment centers for adults with intellectual

We build disabilities or severe multiple disabilities as well as the social pediatric centers

in all federal states.

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We take into account gender-related differences in care and health promotion

and prevention and in research and reduce discrimination and access barriers. the

Gender medicine becomes part of the medical studies, the training, further education and further training of the

Become health professionals.

We are strengthening the equal participation of women in the management bodies of the

Statutory (dental) medical associations and their umbrella organizations at the federal level as well as the

statutory health insurance companies.

We are starting a nationwide awareness campaign aimed at destigmatizing mental health problems

Diseases. We are reforming psychotherapeutic needs planning to eliminate waiting times for one

Treatment place, especially for children and adolescents, but also in rural and

to significantly reduce structurally weak areas. We are improving the outpatient

psychotherapeutic care especially for patients with severe and complex

Illnesses and ensure access to complex outpatient services. The capacities

we expand needs-based, precisely tailored and more coordinated. We take care of in-patient care

for guideline-based psychotherapeutic care and needs-based

Staffing. We are expanding psychiatric emergency and crisis care across the board.

Hospital planning and financing

With a federal-state pact, we are bringing the necessary reforms for a modern and needs-based

Hospital care on the way. A government commission set up at short notice will do this

Present recommendations and, in particular, guard rails for one on performance groups and

Care levels based and based on criteria such as accessibility and demographic

Develop development-oriented hospital planning. She makes recommendations for one

Further development of hospital financing before the previous system by one after

Care levels (primary, basic, standard, maximum care, university hospitals) differentiated system

Revenue-independent retention lump sums added. In the short term, we provide a needs-based

adequate funding for pediatrics, emergency care and obstetrics.

Patients' rights

We are transforming the Independent Patient Counseling (UPD) into a permanent, non-state and

independent structure with the participation of the relevant patient organizations.

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With a reform of the G-BA, we are accelerating and strengthening self-government decisions

Patient representation and vacate nursing and other health professions further

Have a say as soon as they are affected. The innovation fund is being consolidated. For

For successful funded projects, such as the one of the patient guides, we will provide a path for how

these can be transferred to standard care.

In the event of treatment errors, we strengthen the patient's position in the existing one

Liability system. A hardship fund with capped claims is introduced.

Supply of medicines and vaccines

We ensure the supply of innovative drugs and vaccines. The bottlenecks in the

We fight against supply resolutely. We are taking steps to the production of

Medicines including the production of active ingredients and excipients back to Germany or the EU

relocate. This includes cutting red tape, examining investment grants for

Production facilities, as well as the examination of grants to ensure security of supply. Around

To avoid conflicts of interest, we are creating more transparency about financial donations

Service and aid providers.

Drug policy

We carry out the controlled supply of cannabis to adults for consumption purposes in licensed

Shops a. This controls the quality, the transfer of contaminated substances

prevented and the protection of minors guaranteed. We will evaluate the law after four years

social impact. Models for drug checking and harm reduction measures

we enable and expand.

When it comes to alcohol and nicotine prevention, we rely on increased education with a special focus

on children, adolescents and pregnant women. We tighten the regulations for marketing and

Alcohol, nicotine and cannabis sponsorship. We always measure regulations against new ones

scientific knowledge and align health protection measures accordingly.

Health finance

We are committed to stable and reliable financing of the statutory

Health insurance (GKV). We regularly dynamize the federal subsidy for statutory health insurance. We finance

higher contributions for recipients of unemployment benefit II from tax revenues. we

keep the existing price moratorium. The law to reorganize the pharmaceutical market

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(AMNOG) we are further developing. We are strengthening the possibilities of the health insurance companies to limit the

Drug prices. The negotiated reimbursement price applies from the seventh month after market entry.

The statutory health insurances should improve their service and care quality in the future based on

Disclose uniform minimum criteria. They are given increased opportunities to meet their policyholders

also to grant monetary bonuses for participation in prevention programs. For children and

Young people in private health insurance should apply the principle of direct billing in the future.

We are used for people with unclear insurance status, such as the homeless in particular,

Check access to health insurance and care and clarify it in the interests of those affected.

building and living

Housing is a basic need and as diverse as the people. We'll be building and

Living in the future affordable, climate-neutral, sustainable, low-barrier, innovative and with lively

design public spaces. We have the variety of framework conditions and

Housing forms and individual needs of people in rural and urban areas at a glance.

To this end, we are starting a new era in building, housing and urban development policy. Our goal is

the construction of 400,000 new apartments per year, including 100,000 publicly subsidized apartments.

To this end, we will include federal financial support for social housing

continue to promote social home ownership and increase funds.

We will form an “alliance for affordable housing” with all the key players. We will

a new non-profit housing scheme with tax incentives and investment subsidies on the

Bringing away and thus a new dynamic in the building and the permanent social bond affordable

Create living space. You should according to the principles of economy the structure of the

complement the established housing industry without putting it at a disadvantage.

We set up a federal-state program for student housing, for young living and housing for

Apprentices. We will start a construction and investment offensive that meets the requirements

creates and maintains additional living space quickly and cheaply, and thereby both

the construction and real estate industry long-term planning perspective as well as tenants

Gives tenants security.

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We will introduce a building, housing and climate check. We want to help municipalities

To introduce potential area registers.

We are continuing the work of the building cost reduction commission within the framework of the alliance. We structure

the real estate of the federal railroad assets that is not required for the railway in the Federal Agency for

Real estate tasks (BImA) and align the BImA with our construction, apartment,

urban development policy and ecological goals. We will give the BImA more freedom

and enable her to take out loans. The BImA is to invest itself in the future

and build as well as continue to support municipal building. For this we want that

Responsibility for the planning, construction and operation of federal buildings and federal properties at

Focus BImA.

We will increase our commitment to age-appropriate living and dismantling barriers and the means

adequately increase for the KfW program.

Digitization and simplification

Through serial construction, digitization, de-bureaucratisation and standardization, we will die

Reduce housing costs. We want modular and serial construction and renovation

Speed up type approvals. We want the processes of norming and standardization that way

adapt so that building becomes cheaper.

We will support the construction and real estate industries as well as all levels of administration

Mastering digitization, implementing Open BIM and uniform interfaces / standards. Of the

Bundesbau is a role model for digitization and our building, housing and climate policy

Aim.

We will amend the Building Code (BauGB) with the aim of making its instruments even more effective

and to be able to use it in a more uncomplicated way, climate protection and adaptation, orientation towards the common good and

to strengthen the internal development as well as to mobilize additional construction areas and others

Accelerate planning and approval procedures. We will the

appropriate regulations in the building land mobilization act and the legal

Create the basis for a complete digitization of the zoning plan process. We will

check whether the judgment of the Federal Administrative Court of November 9, 2021 as of

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Municipal right of first refusal in areas of a conservation statute (milieu protection statute)

there is a need for legislative action. We want to strengthen building research.

Climate protection in the building sector

As part of the immediate climate protection program, in 2022 after the expiry of the

New construction funding for the KfW Efficiency House Standard 55 (EH 55) a funding program for the

New residential construction, which in particular reduces greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions) per m²

Living space focuses and change the Building Energy Act (GEG) as follows: By January 1, 2025

every newly installed heating system is operated on the basis of 65 percent renewable energies;

As of January 1, 2024, major expansions, conversions and expansions of

In existing buildings in the GEG, the standards have been adjusted so that the parts to be replaced correspond to the EH 70

correspond; In the GEG, the new building standards will be passed to KfW-EH 40 on January 1, 2025

adjusted. In addition, within the scope of the innovation clause, equivalent to the goal of the GHG

The following measures can be used to reduce emissions.

We will take up the innovation partnership that has already started with the housing industry

and update the neighborhood approach and the innovation clause. We're using straight-line depreciation

for the construction of new apartments from two to three percent and keep the

different effects on the different builders in view. This is how we start the climate-friendly

New building offensive.

To an economically efficient, socially acceptable implementation of the climate protection goals, in particular

based on the ton of CO 2 saved , we rely on tailor-made and

Technology-open measures from optimization of the building envelope, the technical systems for

Generation and supply of renewable energy in buildings and neighborhood solutions. the

We will continue to develop funding programs in accordance with the goals and needs

reallocate.

We will lay the foundations, the use of gray energy and the life cycle costs

to be able to look more intensely. To this end, we are introducing, among other things, a digital building resource pass. So

we want to achieve a circular economy in the building sector as well. We'll also be one

launch a national timber, lightweight and raw material security strategy. Innovative materials,

We want to make it easier for technologies and start-ups to enter the market and obtain approvals.

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In the negotiations on the EU program "Fit for 55" we support the proposals of the EU

Commission in the building sector. In order to overcome the tenant-landlord dilemma, we are looking into one

quick switch to partial warm rent. In the course of this, the modernization levy for

energetic measures merge in this system. We want a fair sharing of the in addition to

heating costs to be paid CO 2 level price between the owners and tenants on the one hand and

Reach tenants on the other hand. We want to follow a step model by June 1, 2022

Introduce building energy classes that regulate the allocation of the CO 2 price according to the SESTA. Should this be

If it does not succeed in time, the increased costs due to the CO 2 price will be halved from June 1, 2022

shared between landlord and tenant.

We strive for a broad, systematic use of refurbishment roadmaps and will use these e.g. B.

for condominium associations and when buying a building.

We will promote serial renovation by continuing the funding program and within

of the BEG. As part of the “Future Construction” research program, we will be serial and

modular construction and renovation z. B. according to the Dutch Energiesprong principle

further develop as well as identify and

remove. We improve, standardize and digitize the building energy certificate. we

will examine the creation of a digital building energy register.

We will strengthen the housing benefit, introduce a climate component and, in the short term, a one-off

Pay increased heating allowance.

Protection of tenants

As long as not enough affordable apartments are built, the shortage of living space prevents it from happening

Especially in metropolitan areas, that reasonable rents can form on the housing market. Therefore

we will evaluate and extend the current tenant protection regulations. In tense

Markets, we will lower the cap to eleven percent in three years. We are extending the

Rent brake until 2029. We will strengthen, broaden and

design legally secure. The leases for the past seven years should be used for the calculation

can be used. We will ensure more transparency in the utility bills.

Qualified rent indexes are used for municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

causing obligation. We will start a pilot project to use

Information in the tax return to create a rent index.

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In order to eliminate the causes of impending homelessness, we will apply tenancy law,

especially where grace period payments prevent the continuation of the tenancy,

evaluate and take countermeasures. We aim to be homeless by 2030

to overcome and set up a National Action Plan for it.

Home ownership

We want to enable more people in Germany to live in owner-occupied property. the

We want to lower hurdles when buying property through equity-replacing loans and

Threshold households in the long term e.g. B. with repayment subsidies and interest subsidies at

Support property acquisition.

We want the federal states to have more flexible real estate transfer tax z. B. through an allowance

to facilitate the purchase of owner-occupied residential property. For counter-financing

we use the closing of tax loopholes when buying real estate from corporations

(Share Deals).

We want to take appropriate measures to combat the illegal financing of real estate. In addition

includes proof of taxation for commercial and private property buyers from abroad,

with any real estate acquisition in Germany, and a ban on the acquisition of real estate with

Cash. In the land register, a summons address becomes mandatory in the event of changes. We give

commissioned a feasibility study to investigate whether a land register on the blockchain is possible

and is beneficial.

We are introducing the real certificate of competence for brokers, rental and residential property administrators. We want that

Strengthen KfW's program to purchase shares in a cooperative.

Urban planning

We want liveable cities, municipalities and rural regions all over Germany and

are based on the New Leipzig Charter. We secure the urban development funding permanently and

raise them. The reduction of GHG emissions and climate adaptation are central components. the

We are lowering the hurdles for financially weak municipalities and are examining the possibilities of multi-year federal

Country agreements. We want the existing funding measures in the area of urban development

make it more flexible and unbureaucratised and strengthen building culture institutions. We develope

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the smart city step-by-step plan, strengthen BIM Germany and set up a smart city

Competence center. We want the mixed-use city.

In order to protect health, we want to take into account the entire noise situation in the future and

will examine the introduction of an overall noise assessment. This could for example be the

Loads from road, rail and air traffic as well as from industrial and commercial facilities

merge. We will modernize the TA Lärm and adapt it to the changed living conditions

Adjust in the city centers to avoid trade-offs between noise protection and approaching

Dissolve residential developments.

We recognize the cultural relevance of clubs and live music venues. For both we will

adapt the building use ordinance and TA Lärm. We want the fee schedule for architects

(HOAI) reform and adapt the service profiles.

We run the program “Sustainable inner cities and centers” with urban development funding

compatible.

We support municipalities in the prevention and management of heavy rain events and the

Adaptation to Climate Change. The flood disaster in summer 2021, especially in the Ahr valley

and parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, has impressively shown us the devastating

Consequences extreme weather can have. We will be rebuilding there together with the countries

push forward with all your might.

We will be the sustainability goal of the Federal Republic of land use with concrete

Store measures. The regulation of § 13b BauGB will not be extended.

We are examining the introduction of an interior development measure area.

V. Chances for children, strong families and the best education for a lifetime

We want to offer everyone, regardless of their origin, the best educational opportunities, participation

and enable advancement and secure it through inclusive education. To do this, we strengthen early childhood

Education, set up the Digitalpakt 2.0 and make BAföG more independent of parents and build it for them

Promotion of professional development. Children deserve the best education. Every child should

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have equal opportunities. These. Equal opportunities are far from a reality. We want more

Taking children out of poverty means better opportunities for children and children with basic child protection

Teens create and focus on those in need of support the most.

Children have their own rights, which we want to enshrine in the Basic Law. Besides, we want that

Strengthen child protection. Families are diverse. They are wherever people have responsibility

Take over for each other and need time and recognition. We support parents in

To divide up paid work and care work more equitably among each other.

We want to make funding services more accessible. As the legal framework for the diverse

Families still lag behind in terms of social reality, we want to modernize it. we

want to support self-determined life for older people and the cohesion between

promote the generations.

Education and opportunities for everyone

Together with the federal states, we will significantly increase public spending on education and

ensure that the support arrives where it is most urgently needed

will. With a strengthening of early childhood education, better starting opportunities in socially disadvantaged people

Schools, a digital pact 2.0 and a fundamentally reformed BAföG we are laying the foundation stone

for a decade of educational opportunities.

We strive for closer, more targeted and binding cooperation at all levels

(Cooperation requirement). The local implementation power of the school authorities, the cultural sovereignty of the federal states and

We want to combine the supportive potential of the federal government into a new strength and a new one

Establish culture in educational cooperation. We want to work together to ensure that every

Child has an equal chance of development and realization. For this we will have an education summit

convened, on which the federal, state, local, scientific and civil society discuss new

Agree on forms of cooperation and common, ambitious educational goals. We will

set up a working group from the federal, state and local governments to structure the cooperation

and improves and ensures that the goals are achieved. Together with the countries we all want

Exploiting opportunities to create equal living conditions together and quality,

To strengthen the performance and further development of the education system. Bid if necessary

we are talking about an amendment to the Basic Law.

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Early childhood education

We will adopt the Good Day Care Act on the basis of the results of the monitoring and the

Continue the evaluation and work with the federal states in a

Transfer the Quality Development Act with nationwide standards. We focus on

Improvement of the childcare ratio, language training and a needs-based all-day offer.

An investment program is to be launched to further expand the number of day-care centers. the

We want to further develop and promote child day care as a child day care offer

and to further develop and consolidate the “Language Daycare Centers” program. The technically sound commitment

of digital media with appropriate technical equipment in early childhood education

we promote and strengthen media literacy.

whole day

We will be expanding the all-day offers with a special focus on quality

continue to support. We will discuss the implementation of the

Legal entitlement to all-day education and care and qualitative further development

and, taking into account the country-specific characteristics, a joint

Develop quality framework. We simplify the retrieval of funds by using basic and

Merge bonus pot and extend the deadline for the acceleration pot.

We want the meaningful joint use of specialists in and outside of school

Enable area. We support, promote or strengthen offers such as "Culture makes you strong", the

MINT action plan - especially for girls -, language training and native language offers, “House

the little researcher ”, mentoring and sponsorships, gifted talent as well as sports and

Exercise offers. We support civil society commitment to education and involvement

extracurricular actors.

Opportunities program

With the new “Start Chances” program, we want better children and young people

Enable educational opportunities regardless of the social situation of their parents. We will be more than

4,000 general and vocational schools with a high proportion of socially disadvantaged people

Strengthening students in particular. For this we want these schools with one

Investment program for modern, climate-friendly, barrier-free schools with a contemporary

Support the learning environment and creative laboratories. We provide these schools with an opportunity budget

free disposal to develop school, lessons and learning opportunities and extracurricular

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To promote cooperation. We support these schools on a permanent basis with positions for school-based

Social work and promote school development and career orientation there in the context of further

Programs.

In addition to this program, we will add up to 4,000 more schools in disadvantaged regions

and support districts in a targeted and permanent manner with additional positions for school social work.

At schools with a high proportion of pupils who are entitled to benefits

from the education and participation package, we want permanent and unbureaucratic offers for

Establish learning support and socio-cultural participation to ensure that the take-up

this performance increases.

Digital Pact School

We want to support states and municipalities with the digitization of the education system on a permanent basis.

We will accelerate the call for funds from the digital pact for schools and reduce bureaucracy. Federation,

In the first half of 2022, the federal states and municipalities will jointly identify proposals for

short-term solutions and agree on implementation steps. We will provide on-site support

Create service, advice and networking opportunities. Together with the countries we will

launch a Digital Pact 2.0 for schools with a term until 2030, the one

the improved outflow of funds and the jointly analyzed needs. This digital pact will

also the sustainable acquisition of new hardware, the replacement of outdated technology as well as the

Include device maintenance and administration. We will make the digital freedom of learning aids for those in need

Further support students. Together with the countries we will be the institution

the operation and networking of competence centers for digital and digitally supported

Promote teaching in schools and further education and provide a single point of contact for learning and

Creating lessons in the digital world. We are going digital together with the countries

Program structures and platforms for Open Educational Resources (OER), development

intelligent, license-free teaching and learning software as well as the creation of positive lists

Support data protection-compliant, digital teaching and learning materials.

Further training for teachers

The federal government and the federal states set up a joint coordination center for further training for teachers, which

nationwide training and further education offers networked, the qualification of school administrators

supports, facilitates exchange and the creation of training materials based on the division of labor

organizes and promotes. We are further developing the quality offensive teacher training with new ones

Focus on digital education, the third phase of teacher training and nationwide

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Quality development of side and lateral entry, including for the vocational school teaching position. We want them

Accelerate and simplify the recognition of foreign qualifications in the teaching profession,

Foreign experience of teacher trainee students and teachers support and in the professional

Take more account of your career.

Education funding

We want to reform BAföG and make it less dependent on parents. The parent-independent

The guarantee amount as part of the basic child benefit should in future be given directly to adults

Beneficiaries in training and studies are paid out.

We are realigning the BAföG and placing a special focus on a significant increase

the allowances. In addition, we will, among other things, raise age limits significantly, change subjects

facilitate, extend the maximum funding period, requirement rates also against the background of increasing

Raise housing costs, add an emergency mechanism and examine part-time subsidies.

We will adjust tax exemptions and requirement rates more regularly in the future. We are aiming for a lowering

of the loan portion and an opening of the interest-free BAföG full loan for all students.

We will support students from communities of need with a new study start aid.

We will make the application for and administration of BAföG leaner, faster and more digital

and advertise more specifically for BAföG.

Adult education

With a funding program for adult education centers and other non-profit educational institutions

we are investing in digital infrastructure. The sales tax exemption for the common good

We want to maintain educational services in compliance with European law. We will post offers for

Develop literacy.

We will recognize skills acquired informally, non-formally or abroad

simplify and speed up. We want to close possible funding gaps. The national

We want a continuing education strategy with a stronger focus on general continuing education

continue.

We want to strengthen political education and democracy education along the educational chain

Increase project funds of the Federal Agency for Civic Education and increase the independence of their work

respect, think highly of.

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We want the National Action Plan for Education for Sustainable Development in all educational phases

and areas nationwide and strengthen them significantly. We also want student companies as

Promote part of education for sustainable development.

Children, youth, families and seniors

Children and adolescents should grow up with equal opportunities in life, regardless of theirs

Origin. You have your own rights. Your concerns and interests are important to us, we are getting young

Involve people in decisions that affect them. Family is diverse and everywhere

People take responsibility for one another. You need time and recognition.

We want to reduce bureaucracy, simplify and digitize funding services. We want that

Modernize the legal framework for families. The best interests of the child are central to us. We want

Support self-determined life for older people and the cohesion between the

Promote generations.

Children and youth

We want to anchor children's rights expressly in the Basic Law and are guided by this

largely based on the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. That's why we become one

Submit a draft law and at the same time monitor the implementation of the UN

Expand the children's rights convention.

With a National Action Plan for Child and Youth Participation, we will become the youth strategy

further develop the federal government, quality standards for effective participation better known

make, strengthen self-determined children's and youth parliaments and participation networks. With

In a campaign we inform children about their rights and how to complain. We will

equip the children's and youth plan as needed. Following the Corona catch-up package

we will improve the situation for children and young people with a future package for movement and culture

and improve health quickly and effectively. We want the investment program for family

and continue youth education centers.

We will promote European and international youth work, especially for trainees,

strengthen. We are continuing the work, including the youth work that is currently being set up. The places in the

We will expand voluntary services in line with demand, increase pocket money and

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Improve part-time opportunities. We will strengthen the international voluntary service and that

Continue to build up “FSJ digital”.

In a participation process with federal states, municipalities and associations, necessary

Adaptations for the implementation of inclusive youth welfare in Book VIII of the Social Code are worked out and in this legislature

regulated by law and continuously evaluated. We will use model programs for this on the

Get away and use the procedural guides more quickly and indefinitely.

Home and foster children should be able to keep their own income completely. The range of professional

and student counseling in youth care facilities, we want to expand. Foster parents of children with

We want to particularly support disabilities. We will offer youth welfare services at the

Support digitization. We can help homeless young people with Housing First

Promote concepts. We support the children of mentally, addictively or chronically ill parents.

child protection

We want to strengthen prevention and child protection and ensure a child-sensitive justice system. With

We will support the development of protection concepts in model projects. The work of the

By law, we will become “independent commissioner for issues relating to child sexual abuse”

regulate and introduce regular reporting to the German Bundestag. The national

We will consolidate the advice against sexual violence and the independent processing commission in

continue their current form. We will promote cross-border cooperation in

Improve child protection cases and strive for uniform standards for the professional procedure, e. B.

Message chains. We will dynamize the funds of the “Foundation Early Aid”. The phone and

We will financially secure online advice from the federal government.

Skilled workers

Together with the federal states and all relevant actors, we are developing an overall strategy for

to secure the need for skilled workers for education professions and strive for a nationwide framework

for training. It should be remunerated and generally free of school fees.

With high quality standards in day care, we ensure attractive

Working conditions. We want to expand practice-integrated training, both horizontally and vertically

Promote career paths as well as high-quality further training measures and facilitate lateral entry.

We will also fully support retraining in the third year of training.

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Basic child benefits

We want to create better opportunities for children and adolescents with basic child protection and

focus on those who need support the most. We want more children from the

Fetching poverty and relying in particular on digitization and de-bureaucratisation. we

will further strengthen daycare centers, schools and other offers of education and participation as well as mobility.

In a restart of family support, we want previous financial support - such as

Child benefit, benefits from SGB II / XII for children, parts of the education and participation package, as well as the

Child allowance - in a simple, automatically calculated and paid support service

bundle up. This achievement should reach the children directly without bureaucratic hurdles and be new to them

Secure socio-cultural subsistence level to be defined.

The basic child benefit should consist of two components: One that is independent of income

Guaranteed amount that is the same for all children and young people, plus one from the parents' income

dependent, staggered additional amount. Persons of legal age who are of legal age receive the benefit directly.

With the guarantee amount, we are laying the foundation for our perspective in this legislative period

Aim, in the future solely through the guarantee amount, the constitutional requirements after exemption

to correspond to the child's subsistence level in the taxation of parents' income.

When bundling services, we check interactions with other services and ensure

that paid work is worthwhile for parents. Under the aegis of the Federal Ministry for Women,

A cross-departmental working group is to be set up for senior citizens, families and young people.

With a new digital children's opportunity portal, in which services for education and participation can be found

we want to give children easy access. Together with the countries we want

harmonize the concept of income in all laws by mid-2023. Until the actual

Introducing basic child protection, we are poverty-stricken children who are entitled to

If you have benefits in accordance with SGB II, SGB XII or children's allowance, you can secure it with an immediate allowance.

We provide relief to single parents, who are most affected by poverty today

Tax credit.

Family time

We will support families when they need time for upbringing and care and thereby

Want to split up paid work and care work in partnership. We will simplify parental allowance

digitize and strengthen shared parental responsibility. We become one

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Two weeks of paid leave for the partner after the birth of a child

introduce. This option should also be available for single parents. Maternity leave and the

In the case of miscarriage or stillbirth, the partner should be released after the age of 20.

Give pregnancy week.

We will extend the partner months for the basic parental allowance by one month, accordingly

for single parents. We will introduce a parental allowance for foster parents and the

Modernize standards for the self-employed. For parents whose children are before 37

Week of pregnancy, we extend the entitlement to parental allowance. We will

Dynamize the base and maximum amount for parental allowance.

We are extending the parental leave protection by three months after returning to the

Profession to secure the return to work.

We are reducing the childhood illness days per child and parent to 15 days and for single parents to 30

Days increase.

Family law

We will modernize family law. For this we are the "small custody" for social

Parents expand and develop into their own legal institute, which in agreement with the

legal parents can be transferred to up to two additional adults. We will

Introduce the institute of the community of responsibility and thus beyond love relationships or

Marriage enable two or more persons of legal age to be legally responsible for one another

take over. We want agreements on legal parenting, parental custody, rights of access

and enable maintenance before conception.

If a child is born into the marriage of two women, both are automatically legal mothers of the

Child, unless otherwise agreed. Marriage should not be a decisive criterion in the

Adopting underage children.

Even outside of marriage, recognition of parenthood should be independent of gender

recognizing person or from divorce proceedings. We will be a

Introduce a non-status determination procedure in which a child can judge his parentage

can be clarified without having to contest legal parenting at the same time. That

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We also want sperm donor registries for previous cases, private sperm donations and

Open embryo donations.

We will promote partnership care for the children after the separation by providing the

Handling and care-related additional burdens in social and tax law are better

consider. We want all families to have a partnership based on the best interests of the child

Enable care of underage children even after separation and divorce of the parents and the

create the necessary conditions for this. We want the care shares in the maintenance law

and take better account of them after the divorce without endangering the child's subsistence level.

Together with the federal states, we want education, separation and conflict counseling

and in particular focus on the change model. We will

Give children their own right to interact with their grandparents and siblings. The naming right

we liberalize z. B. by introducing real double names.

We will protect child protection and the principle of the orality of the in family court proceedings

Strengthen negotiations. We will lower the hurdles for the non-admission complaint as well

Establish a legal entitlement to further training for family judges. if

Domestic violence is found, this must be taken into account in a contact procedure.

We make it possible for unmarried fathers in cases where the parents share a common

Have residence to obtain joint custody by unilateral declaration. Contradicts the

Mother, the family court must decide on joint custody. The best interests of the child is

to be taken into account in particular. We are modernizing in childhood and

Accompany maintenance law with studies.

Seniors

The experience and skills of older people are essential for our society. we

want people in old age to be able to live independently in their freely chosen environment. we

will promote senior-friendly approaches at all government levels and in the digital space. Included

it is about participation, engagement, social security, everyday help, living, mobility,

Health care, educational and meeting offers and overcoming loneliness.

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We protect older people from discrimination and financial exploitation - especially through

Power of attorney - protect. The non-profit charities are an important pillar

services of general interest, we want to continue to be reliable partners for them.

VI. Freedom and Security, Equality and Diversity in Modern Democracy

Freedom, security and the rule of law are the foundations for peaceful coexistence in

Germany. We face all anti-constitutional, violent aspirations and

Resolutely opposed to conspiracy ideologies. Life in freedom needs security. Our

Responsibility is the security of the citizens. For the security authorities, the

Civil protection and the judiciary. Security laws and their impact on civil rights

we will conduct an independent scientific evaluation in the light of technical developments

undergo.

Require peaceful coexistence and cohesion in a diverse society,

Respect for differences and constructively negotiate diverging interests. We kick

Oppose discrimination at all levels, organize participation and representation. the

Gender equality is the basis of an equal society.

To promote art and culture and their diversity and to increase the social situation of artists

In these times, improving is a contribution to safeguarding our democracy. We therefore advocate

a strong cultural scene and creative industries that can persist and flourish again.

We want to ensure good living conditions in town and country and will work intensively on

to complete the inner unity socially and economically. We guarantee high

Consumer protection standards and promote sport.

Internal security, civil rights, justice, consumer protection, sport

Germany is one of the safest countries in the world. We want to make it even safer. Therefore

let us organize the security of the people in order to ensure a life of freedom, prosperity and diversity for everyone

to ensure. We ensure a well-equipped and trained police force close to the people and

support the work of the courts.

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The rule of law means that we defend the rules of our community against attacks. In addition

includes protection against crime and the preservation of civil liberties. We stand for

Freedom, security and the rule of law for all people in Germany. The relatives of the

Security authorities in our country, which us every day anew in the defense of the liberal

support the basic democratic order deserve our respect and recognition.

Federal Police

Our security authorities in Germany do professional work in the fight against crime

and for the protection of our democracy. The appreciation for our police officers

is also expressed by good staffing and equipment, the condition of the property, the

Reduction of overtime and the reintroduction of the pensionability of the police allowance. the

We will secure funding. In addition, we increase the attractiveness through the funding

of specialist careers and a diversity-oriented staffing campaign.

We will strengthen proximity to the citizen and a transparent error culture by providing training and

Further develop training in the police force and apply the principles of freedom even more intensively

convey the basic democratic order, in particular basic and human rights. In order to

we also prevent the emergence and solidification of prejudice, discrimination and

radical attitudes. The security review of

We are expanding applicants and thus strengthening the resilience of the security authorities

against anti-democratic influences. In this context, we also ensure the expansion

of supervision offers.

We have an independent police officer or an independent police officer for the

Federal police as a contact point at the German Bundestag with file inspection and

Access rights. We are introducing the pseudonymous identification of police officers.

Secure and powerful data processing, combined with mobile IT and clearly regulated

Competencies are a basic requirement of modern police work. We develop the police strategy

20/20 further. We subject the vast number of databases to a fundamental one

Revision and specify their processing regulations. Legal protection and data supervision

through the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) we are strengthening

clear. We are opening up the police more to independent research.

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Civil protection

The federal government must take on more responsibility for civil protection. So we set it up

Federal Office for Civil Protection (BBK) from new, develop it taking into account the federal

Distribution of competencies to the central office and set it up accordingly in terms of personnel and material.

The forces and resources available at the federal and state levels are continuously monitored

shown. We are improving the warning structures and expanding the “warning mix”.

We strengthen the volunteers through a voluntary work concept and in federal coordination

Nationwide uniform exemption and insurance protection rules for helpers. That

Technische Hilfswerk (THW) continues to play a central role and should increase its competencies in the

Expand cyber help. We bundle the physical protection of critical infrastructures in a KRITIS

Umbrella law.

We are strategically realigning the “Civil Defense” concept. In addition to the national and

European resilience strategy are the basis for future stockpiling, emergency reserves or

the use of voluntary helpers is necessary. We also build independently of the concept

"Civil Defense" turns the existing pilot project "Laboratory Care 5,000" into a national one

Reserve off. In Europe we are systematically bringing more skills to "rescEU".

Police and judiciary cooperation

We are intensifying cross-border police and judicial cooperation

under the rule of law, ensuring high data protection standards and improving the cross-border one

Legal protection. We aim to further develop Europol into a European criminal investigation office

own operational possibilities. We want the European Public Prosecutor's Office financially and

expand personnel.

Together with the federal states, we want to unite the security architecture in Germany

Subject to overall consideration and cooperation of institutions for the security of the

Make people more effective and effective.

Together with the federal states, we want the informative value of the criminal and criminal justice statistics to be sustainable

to enhance. We anchor the periodic safety report in law.

We are consolidating the pact for the rule of law with the federal states and expanding it to include a digital pact

for the judiciary.

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Judiciary

According to the requirements of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), we adapt the external

ministerial right to refer individual cases to the public prosecutor's offices. For the execution of a

European arrest warrant requires a judicial decision.

We are reforming the election and promotion decisions for judges at the

supreme federal courts under the criteria of quality assurance, transparency and diversity.

Court proceedings should become faster and more efficient: negotiations should be feasible online

, recordings of evidence are documented audio-visually and more specialized judges are used

will. Small claims are supposed to be brought to court more easily in citizen-friendly digital procedures

can be enforced.

We are expanding collective legal protection. Existing instruments such as B. after the

We are modernizing the capital investor model procedure law and examining the need for further ones. The EU-

We use association action guidelines in a user-friendly manner and in the further development of

Model declaratory action and also open up these legal action options to small companies. At

We adhere to the tried and tested requirements for associations entitled to sue. We enable

English-speaking special chambers for international trade and economic disputes.

Criminal law is always only a last resort. Our criminal policy is based on evidence and the

Evaluation of previous legislation in exchange with science and practice. We'll check it out

Systematically place criminal law on manageability, authorization and contradictions

a focus on historically outdated criminal offenses, the modernization of criminal law and the

quick relief of the judiciary. The sanction system including substitute custodial sentences,

We revise the penal system and probation conditions with the aim of prevention and

Rehabilitation.

We make criminal proceedings even more effective, faster, more modern and more practical, without the rights

circumcise the accused and their defense. Interrogations and main hearing

must be recorded in picture and sound. Among other things, we regulate communication in the

Criminal proceedings including possible discussions about the design of the procedure and the

fundamental prohibition of provocation. In principle, court decisions should be made in

be available in an anonymized form in a database in a public and machine-readable manner. We provide

the defense of the accused is certain from the start of the first interrogation.

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Fight against organized crime

We do the fight against organized crime (OK, including the so-called

Clan crime) has become a focus of our security authorities: through more and better

Structure determinations,

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Asset recovery, the optimization of structures in the fight against money laundering and their

Resources, anchoring the topic more firmly in training in the security authorities,

more prevention and improved analytical skills. The existing coordination office OK

At the BKA we are developing some of the common centers on a legal basis.

In the OK situation report, relevant groupings, e.g. B. that of the mafia or the so-called

Clan crime, can be analyzed more meaningfully. So-called clan crime becomes a

clarification of definition brought about. We are intensifying the fight against human trafficking.

Fight against extremism

Right-wing extremism is currently the greatest threat to our democracy. We kick everyone

resolutely opposed to anti-constitutional, violent tendencies - whether right-wing extremism,

Islamism, conspiracy ideologies, left-wing extremism, or any other form of extremism.

This requires an overall strategy at national and European level of prevention,

Deradicalization and more effective security. The measures of the National Action Plan

Against Racism and the Cabinet Committee to Combat Right-Wing Extremism and

We will adapt and develop racism. We want databases in the EU to be compatible

design, standardize the definitions of threats, enforce their early detection and for

ensure coordinated monitoring. We are improving the coverage of the politically motivated

Crime, e.g. B. with regard to misogynist and queer-hostile hate crime. Proven preventive

and deradicalization programs, especially in prisons, are reliable

financial basis. We are improving the option of blocking information in the population register for

Threatened. We are also driving the further processing of the NSU-

Advance complex matters vigorously and bring an archive on right-wing terrorism in cooperation

affected federal states on the way. March 11th will be the national day of remembrance for the victims

terrorist violence. Dealing with victims and survivors of terrorist attacks and

We want to make disasters of national scope more empathetic and dignified. the

Coordination Office Aftercare, Victims and Relatives Aid (NOAH) is also used in

Germany as an ombudsman. We close gaps in victim compensation law and

in victim support. The files of the Central Agency for Investigating Nazi Crimes should be the

Public and research are available on a long-term basis.

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Fight against child abuse

In the fight against child abuse, we are strengthening the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) with staff and relieving them

the employees in the evaluation of the confiscated data carriers through technical solutions -

while ensuring the protection of the victims' personal data - and realizing the

Daily comparison with the databases. The transfer of information between the offices and

the actors involved in the child's help network must be improved and

be regulated in a more binding manner - while safeguarding data protection and respecting the

Trust of the youth welfare offices. Support prevention programs such as “Don't become a perpetrator”

weather. We want a child-friendly judiciary and administration that gives children a hearing.

The processing of structural sexual violence against children and adolescents in social

We will accompany, actively promote and support groups such as sports clubs, churches and youth work

create legal basis if necessary.

Gun law, security services

The vast majority of gun owners are lawful. Terrorists and

Terrorists and extremists need to be consistently disarmed. We evaluate

the changes in gun law in recent years and shape existing control options

together with the shooting and hunting associations as well as with the federal states. In addition

we improve the criminal statistics recording of crimes with firearms as well as the

Flow of information between authorities. For items for which a small gun license

is required, this should in future also have to be presented when purchasing.

We will provide private security services with binding standards in our own law

regulate.

Freedom and security

We ensure a forward-looking, evidence-based and fundamental rights-oriented security and

Criminal policy. We will support this with an independent, interdisciplinary federal academy.

Interventions by the state in civil liberties must always be well founded and in their own right

Overall effect can be considered. We want the security laws to be actual and effective

Evaluate legal effects and their effectiveness. That's why we're creating one

Monitoring accounts and an independent scientific account by the end of 2023 at the latest

Evaluation of the security laws and their effects on freedom and democracy in light

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technical developments. Any future legislation must adhere to these principles. Therefore

we create an independent expert body (Freedom Commission), which is responsible for future

Advises on security legislative projects and evaluates restrictions on freedom.

Video surveillance cannot replace the presence of a local police force, but it can

Supplement focus areas. Comprehensive video surveillance and the use of

We reject biometric recording for monitoring purposes. The right to anonymity both

in public spaces as well as on the Internet must be guaranteed.

Given the current legal uncertainty, the upcoming judgment of the European

Court of Justice and the resulting security challenges, we will

Develop regulations for data retention in such a way that data is legally secure and event-related

can be saved by court order.

With the login trap, we want to create instruments that protect fundamental rights and are freedom-oriented,

to identify the perpetrators.

The exploitation of weak points in IT systems is a highly problematic one

Tension between IT security and civil rights. The state will therefore not

Buying security gaps or keeping them open, but rather in a vulnerability management

under the leadership of a more independent Federal Office for Information Security

always endeavor to close as soon as possible.

We set the intervention thresholds for the use of monitoring software, including commercial software

high and adapt the applicable law so that the use only according to the specifications of the

Federal Constitutional Court for the online search is permitted. The authority of the

Protection of the Constitution on the use of surveillance software is under the

Audit accounting verified. We are amending the Federal Police Act without authorization

for source TKÜ and online searches. As long as the protection of the core area more private

Life is not guaranteed, their use must be avoided. Transparency and effective

We will ensure control by supervisory authorities and parliament.

We create for the Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Area (ZiTis) and in close

Coordination with the federal states for the joint centers (GTAZ etc.) lay the legal basis

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the responsibilities more clearly and guarantee the complete control by parliaments and

Data protection supervisory authorities.

To protect the freedom of information and expression, we reject mandatory upload filters.

Intelligence services are an important part of a well-fortified democracy. We respect that

constitutional separation of the police and intelligence services. We strengthen and build

the control, in particular the parliamentary, of all intelligence activities of the

Federal further out. Federal security law, including transmission regulations

we reform comprehensively. We are strengthening the auxiliary organs of parliamentary control. the

We improve the perception of the rights of those affected. We close control gaps. The work of

Services is strengthened and differentiated through a well-founded scientific analysis. We create

an independent supervisory body for disputes regarding VS classifications and shorten the

archival protection periods to a maximum of 30 years.

We regulate the requirements for the use of V-persons, informants and others

Informants of all security authorities legally and make them with respect

the necessary anonymity can be checked by parliament. We check whether the intelligence services at

the tracking of terrorist financing transactions through sufficient means

feature.

Responsibility for Holocaust Survivors

Germany faces up to its historical responsibility for the survivors of the Holocaust. we

the ongoing compensation payments as well as the financial support for the care

of today's very elderly Holocaust survivors consistently ensure that they can live in

Dignity to enable.

At the same time, the future tasks of reparation for National Socialist injustice are intended

gain special visibility. This includes, in particular, the establishment of a central digital

Thematic platform for the reparation of Nazi injustice and the reinforcement and lasting

Promotion of Holocaust Education.

SED victims

In agreement with the federal states, we facilitate the application for and approval of aid and

Benefits for victims of the SED dictatorship, especially for consequential health problems, fit the bill

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Define the victim groups to research and dynamize the SED victim pension. We judge

in addition, a nationwide hardship fund for the victims and develop the foundation for this

former political prisoners continue.

Churches and religious communities

Churches and religious communities are an important part of our community and make a difference

valuable contribution to coexistence and the conveyance of values in society. We estimate

and respect their work.

We create a fair law in a basic law in dialogue with the countries and the churches

Framework for the replacement of state services. We develop the religious constitutional law in the sense

of the cooperative separation model and thus improve the participation and representation of

Religious communities, especially Muslim communities. To do this, we check whether this

Supplements to the legal status of religious communities are necessary and discuss this in more detail

Coordination with the churches and religious communities concerned. Newer, progressive, and in

We involve Islamic communities based in Germany in this process. We build them

Training programs for imams at German universities in cooperation

with the countries.

Corporate law

We protect honest companies from legally unfaithful competitors. we

Revise the corporate sanction rules, including the level of sanctions, to reflect the

To improve the legal certainty of companies with regard to compliance obligations and for internal

Investigations to create a precise legal framework.

We implement the EU Whistleblower Directive in a legally secure and practicable manner. Whistleblowers and

Whistleblowers not only have to take legal action when reporting violations of EU law

Be protected from disadvantages, but also from significant regulatory or regulatory violations

other significant misconduct, the detection of which is in the particular public interest.

We want to improve the enforceability of claims for reprisals against the perpetrator

and examine advisory and financial support offers for this.

We facilitate the establishment of companies by digitizing corporate law

promote and notarize via video communication, even for start-ups with a contribution in kind

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and allow further resolutions. We enable permanent online general meetings and

respect the shareholders' rights without restriction.

We are investigating further precautions against abuse of reimbursement for

Warnings according to the law against unfair competition (UWG). We expand the

Legal framework for legal tech companies, lay out clear quality and

Establish transparency requirements and strengthen the legal profession by prohibiting

Modify contingency fees and review the ban on third-party ownership.

Protection of consumers

We guarantee high consumer protection standards. This includes a comprehensive

Consumer education, multilingual education and access to information appropriate to the situation.

We fit the financing of the Stiftung Warentest and the German Consumer Association

in line with the increased need for collective redress, market monitoring

and consumer education.

In financial consumer protection, we take the individual circumstances of consumers

and consumers more in focus, especially when it comes to consumer credit. on

At EU level, we are committed to protecting against over-indebtedness through non-market-driven

Interest and usury in all types of loan strengthened and misleading advertising prohibited

will. We want to expand debt counseling and insolvency advice. The price for

We limit prepayment penalties to what is reasonable and provide fair access

a basic account and create transparency. The regulatory oversight for debt collection agencies

we bundle.

We want to make sustainability by design the standard for products. The lifespan and

We make reparability of a product a recognizable feature of the product property

(Right to repair). We ensure access to spare parts and repair instructions.

Manufacturers must provide updates during normal usage time. we

examine solutions to facilitate the usability of such devices beyond their useful life. For

For durable goods, we introduce a flexible warranty period that depends on the manufacturer or

the manufacturer is oriented towards a specific service life.

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We are committed to making electronic cancellation buttons mandatory at EU level. we

lead in the case of continuing obligations through the delivery of goods or regular provision

of services and goods provides information on the average monthly costs. Subscription

Contracts must always be offered with a minimum term of no more than one year.

We are introducing a general confirmation solution for contracts concluded by telephone. The protection

in front of dubious door-to-door sales, we improve.

We are committed to ensuring that air travel is included in the Package Travel Directive with regard to

Insolvency insurance should be included. Compensation or compensation payments should be made to all

Modes of transport are automated. We prohibit "no-show" clauses in the law on general terms and conditions. at

We advocate the maintenance of the existing air passenger rights regulation

Protection levels. The supervisory powers of the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the Federal Aviation Authority, and the Federal Railway Authority

and the Federal Network Agency with regard to collective consumer interests, we expand without

additional bureaucracy.

Decision on euthanasia

We welcome the issue of euthanasia through timely cross-party motions

Decision is fed.

Sports

Sport lives from volunteering, strengthens social cohesion and is an intermediary for

democratic values. With broad participation, we are working out a “Sport Development Plan” and

expand the offensive for investments in sports facilities by municipalities and clubs, taking into account

based on sustainability, accessibility and inclusion, and in particular take into account

Swimming pools stronger. When promoting sports, we take into account the special needs of

Disabled Sports. We continue to promote the restart of popular sport after Corona.

We link federal sports funding to compliance with funding guidelines with targets,

Requirements for transparency, good governance and the qualification of competitive sports personnel. In the

We set up an independent body for funding top-class sport and set up

Transparency portal. We evaluate the potential analysis system (PotAS) and develop it with the

Aim of more effectiveness and further de-bureaucratisation. We create better framework conditions

for top-class sport. We strengthen the athletes' rights of participation through the

permanent funding of the Athletes Germany Association

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To fight against physical, psychological and especially sexual violence in sport

improve, we support the establishment of an independent center for Safe Sport. We insert

Federal program against right-wing extremism and misanthropy in sport.

We are promoting doping prevention more, improving international cooperation and working on it

Germany's doping past with research projects.

The national concept of sport and safety is being further developed. The file "Violent Sport" is

Reformed with regard to the rule of law, deletion periods, transparency and data protection.

The fan projects coordination office is being strengthened to support fan culture.

Allocation and organization of major international sporting events should strictly follow the observance

the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Sustainability. we

the Special Olympics in Berlin in 2023 and the men's European football championship in 2024

as well as future applications for major sporting events from Germany such as the Olympic and

Support Paralympic Games that are based on these principles and support the population

include in good time.

equality

Equality between women and men must be achieved in this decade. We will

Further develop the federal government's cross-departmental gender equality strategy, including with a

Equality check of future laws and measures. We'll be the gender data gap

close, e.g. B. in the medical field.

We advocate an intersectional gender equality policy in the EU and internationally. So

we comply, for example, with the UN Convention on the Rights of Women (CEDAW). This also includes one

gender equality-oriented boys and men’s policy.

Protection from violence

We will develop an interagency political strategy against violence that

Focuses on violence prevention and the rights of those affected. The Istanbul Convention

we are also unreservedly and in the digital space and with a government coordination office

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effective around. We will ensure the right to protection from violence for every woman and her children and

a national legal framework for reliable funding of women's shelters

to ensure. We are expanding the help system as required. The federal government participates in

the regular funding. This also applies to needs-based support and sanctuary for

male victims of intimate partner violence. We take into account the needs of vulnerable groups such as

Women with disabilities or refugee women as well as queer people. Preventive work with perpetrators

we are expanding. We want a strong alliance against sexism. The confidential one that can be used in court

We secure evidence across the board, close to home.

We fight human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation with a national

Action plan and an independent monitoring body for the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention. the

Ratify ILO Convention No. 190 on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work

weather.

Economic equality

In order to make successes and the need for action more visible, we are expanding the basis of the

Reporting of the Federal Government's annual information on the development of women's

and the proportion of men at management levels and in committees in the private and public sectors

Service and sharpen if necessary by law.

We want to close the wage gap between women and men. That's why we will

Further develop the Entgelttransparenzgesetz and strengthen its enforcement by

Enable employees to exercise their individual rights through associations in the

To assert ways of litigation.

We want to strengthen the compatibility of family and work. So that the bridge part-time of more in the future

Employees can be availed of, we will be the so-called

Revise the "excessive demand clause" accordingly and at the same time for the company

make it clearer.

We want to develop family taxation in such a way that the responsibility based on partnership

and economic independence should be strengthened with regard to all types of families. During a

We will improve the digital interaction between taxpayers and tax authorities

Transfer the combination of tax classes III and V to the factor method for tax class IV,

which can then be used easily and unbureaucratically and creates more fairness.

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Reproductive self-determination

We strengthen women's right to self-determination. We create security of supply.

Abortions should be part of medical education and training. The opportunity to

Free abortions are part of reliable health care.

We set off so-called pavement nuisance from anti-abortionists

effective legal measures against. We provide the nationwide supply

Advisory institutions safe. Pregnancy conflict counseling will also be possible online in the future

be. Doctors should provide public information about abortions

without fear of prosecution. Therefore we delete § 219a

StGB.

We want to enable health insurances to reimburse contraceptives as a statutory benefit. at

The costs are borne by the low-wage earners. We want research funding for

Raise Contraceptives For All Genders.

We want to better support childless people. Artificial insemination will

non-discriminatory even with heterologous insemination, regardless of medical indication,

Marital status and sexual identity be eligible. The restrictions on age and

We will review the treatment cycles. The federal government bears 25 percent of the costs independently

from a state participation. We then plan to fully cover the costs

to return. The costs of the pre-implantation diagnosis are covered. We make it clear

that embryo donations in the pronuclear stage are legal and allow the "elective single embryo

Transfer "to.

We set up a Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine, the

Regulations for termination of pregnancy outside of the Criminal Code as well

Will examine ways to legalize egg donation and altruistic surrogacy.

diversity

Everyone has the same rights, should have the same opportunities and be protected from discrimination

be protected. We promote a diverse, tolerant and democratic civil society.

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Civil society and democracy

Civic engagement is for social cohesion as well as the

Democracy policy has become more and more important in recent years. We want people

Support those who are civic, especially young people for voluntary work

inspire and therefore relieve the volunteer of bureaucracy and possible liability risks. That

successful sponsorship program “People Strengthen People” will be continued.

We are working with civil society to develop a new national engagement strategy.

We are modernizing non-profit law to address the uncertainty that has arisen after the

To counteract and substantiate non-profit jurisprudence of the Federal Fiscal Court and

If necessary, also supplement the individual charitable purposes. We associate this with

Transparency requirements for larger organizations.

We will strengthen the German Foundation for Commitment and Volunteering in its funding mandate and

Increase their resources so that they can civic engagement especially in structurally weak ones

Can support spaces more strongly.

In order to strengthen civil society in a binding and long-term manner, we will act by 2023

bring in a law promoting democracy. In this way we strengthen civil society

Counseling, prevention and exit work as well as the empowerment of affected groups and

will protect you from attack.

In the federal program “Live Democracy!” We want to strengthen the existing structures and

further develop, increasingly enable multi-year grants and the funding modalities

simplify. We secure the financing on a permanent basis. For us it goes without saying that everyone

Supported measures do work that is conducive to the goals of the Basic Law and the associated work

Funded organizations are based on the free democratic basic order

have to.

support

the

Establishment

one

Place of remembrance

one

Documentation center for the victims of the NSU.

Migration, Participation and Citizenship Law

Migration has always been part of our country's history. Immigrants and

Immigrants, their children and grandchildren helped build and shape our country. Symbolically stands

for the 60th anniversary of the recruitment agreement with Turkey.

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The national minorities - the Danish minority, the Frisian ethnic group, the German Sinti

and Roma as well as the Sorbian people - are a natural part of our diverse society.

The same applies to the cultural heritage of the expellees and repatriates

Late repatriates.

For more representation and participation, we will present a participation law with the model

Strengthening “unity in diversity” and the participation of the immigrant society (e.g. through

Introduction of a participation council). In the federal administration and in companies with

Federal participation, we have a holistic diversity strategy with specific funding measures,

Objectives and measures for a cultural change. The migrant self-organizations that are based on

standing on the ground of our free democratic basic order are important here

Partners.

In order to develop new potential for Germany as a business and science location,

we want people from other countries to study more easily in our country or one

Be able to do training.

create

modern

Citizenship Law.

Therefore

will

weather

the

Enable multiple citizenship and pave the way for acquiring German

Simplify citizenship. As a rule, naturalization should be possible after five years

be, with special integration achievements after three years. A settlement permit should after

three years can be acquired. Children born in Germany to foreign parents

German citizens at birth, if one parent has been for five years

has a lawful habitual residence in Germany. For future generations we will examine

how foreign citizenships are not passed on through generations.

In recognition of their lifetime achievement, we want naturalization for members of the so-called

Facilitate the generation of guest workers whose integration has not been supported for a long time by us

lower the language level to be proven for this group. We are also creating a general one

Hardship regulation for the required language certificate. The naturalization requirement of the

We will replace “classification in German living conditions” with clear criteria. we

are running a campaign about the possibilities of acquiring German citizenship

explicitly advertise and welcome the implementation of naturalization celebrations.

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Muslim life

We want to take account of the diversity of Muslim life and, among other things, youth clubs

support. The increasing threat to Muslims and their institutions

We counteract with comprehensive protection, prevention and better support for those affected.

We encourage cooperation between religious communities and meeting places.

Jewish life

There has been Jewish life in Germany for 1700 years. We strengthen initiatives that promote Jewish life in

promote its diversity, and combat all forms of anti-Semitism, as the Bundestag under

Regarding the definition of the International Alliance for Holocaust Remembrance (IHRA).

We will protect Jews and their institutions together with the federal states

guarantee. It is a shameful and painful state of affairs in Germany

must be permanently guarded. We advocate prevention, education and training to raise awareness

Further training and a more determined pursuit and documentation of anti-Semitic incidents

a. We will structurally strengthen the anti-Semitism officer. The day of remembrance of the

Victims of National Socialism should be upgraded.

Queer life

In order to counteract queer hostility, we are developing an interdepartmental national

Action plan for acceptance and protection of sexual and gender diversity and put it financially

underlaid at. In this we support, among other things, the federal states in providing information at schools and in the

Youth work, promote offers for older LGBTI people and bring diversity to the world of work

Management, especially in medium-sized companies and in the public sector. The federal foundation

We secure Magnus Hirschfeld permanently in the federal budget. We'll be in rainbow families

more firmly anchored in family policy. Gender specific and homophobic

We will explicitly include motives in the catalog of sentencing under Section 46 (2) of the Criminal Code.

The federal and state police forces are supposed to hate crime based on sex and against

record queer people separately.

We will abolish the transsexual law and replace it with a self-determination law.

This includes a procedure at the registry office that changes the gender entry in the

Personal status basically makes possible by self-disclosure, an extended and

Sanctioned disclosure ban and a strengthening of the education and counseling services.

The costs of gender reassignment treatments must be fully covered by the statutory health insurance

will. We will be in the law for the protection of children with variants of gender development

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Eliminate workarounds. For trans and inter people who are due to previous

Legislation affected by personal injury or forced divorce, we set up one

Compensation fund. We will use the exceptions to punishment in Section 5 (2) of the Act to Protect Against

Lift conversion treatments and a complete ban on conversion treatments

check on adults. The blood donation ban for men who have sex with men, as well as for

We are getting rid of trans people, if necessary by law.

We advocate that rainbow families and same-sex people who are closed in the EU

Marriages / civil partnerships are recognized in all member states with all legal consequences.

Legislative acts of the EU, which apply against discrimination on the basis of racism, must also in future

Include homophobia and other discrimination. We will be pursuing asylum procedures for queer people

check (e.g. interpreter, assessment of the likelihood of persecution on return),

Make accommodation safer and set up special legal advice.

Fight racism

We will continue our work to combat right-wing extremism and racism, in terms of content

develop them further and secure them financially in the long term. We develop a strategy for

social cohesion, promoting democracy and preventing extremism. We strengthen

working against online hatred and conspiracy ideologies.

In the fight against group-related enmity, important priorities include the

Work against anti-Semitism, antiziganism, racism, especially against black people,

Islamophobia, misogyny and queerophobia as well as attacks against refugees and

Committed.

We are promoting the UN Decade for People of African Origin (e.g. through corresponding

Promoting talented students and supporting a nationwide community center), building research

from, strengthen z. B. the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) on a permanent basis

and stabilize his racism monitor. We set an anti-racism officer or one

Anti-Racism Officer. A national

Coordination office established. We also set up an independent monitoring and advice center

for antigypsy incidents. We act on the recommendations of the Antiziganism Expert Commission

and set up an antiziganism officer.

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We want the equal treatment article of the Basic Law (Article 3 Paragraph 3 GG) to prohibit the

Supplement discrimination based on sexual identity and replace the term “race” in the Basic Law.

Anti-discrimination

We ensure the independence of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, we equip it

appropriately with staff and budget and strengthen their skills. Your line is from

Bundestag elected. Together with the federal states, we will become the network of civil society advice centers

Extend and sustainably finance against discrimination across the board. The general

We will evaluate the Equal Treatment Act (AGG), close protection gaps, and legal protection

improve and expand the scope.

The institutions of the state have a special responsibility, firmly and unequivocally at every point

to act on the basis of our free democratic basic order and every form of

resolutely oppose group-related discrimination. But self-control is in the sense

supervision and internal management are just as important as independent scientific knowledge

about the internal constitution of institutions and their employees. We want appropriate

Promote studies.

We proactively support the Minority SafePack initiative and implement it in Germany. Projects

We are expanding for the preservation and development of the minorities, their languages and their culture.

Cultural and media policy

We want to enable culture with everyone by ensuring its diversity and freedom, regardless of

Organization or form of expression, from classic to comic, from Low German to record shop. We are

convinced: cultural and artistic impulses can promote the departure of our society,

they inspire and create public debate spaces.

We are committed to a strong cultural scene and creative industry. We stand for one

non-discriminatory cultural and media policy.

We want to anchor culture in its diversity as a national goal and advocate accessibility, diversity,

Gender equality and sustainability.

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Social situation in art and culture

We make the gender pay gap transparent, want to close it, and strive equally and diversely

occupied juries and committees as well as term limits.

We want statistical reports on the social situation of artists. To the

We will improve the social security of freelance artists

Include minimum fees in federal funding guidelines. We become self-employed

and hybrid workers better secure and reduce bureaucracy, the KSK financially

stabilize and the increased additional income limit from self-employed non-artistic work

obtain.

Cultural promotion

We are initially continuing the restart programs in order to secure the transition after the pandemic.

From now on we are expanding the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Federal Culture Fund as innovation drivers

and strengthen structures of the independent scene and the alliance of international production houses.

We are evaluating the contribution of federal cultural funding to cultural education with a study. we

set up a central point of contact for "Green Culture", which provides competencies, knowledge, data acquisition,

Offers advice and resources for ecological transformation. We create one

Competence center for digital culture that advises and networks cultural actors

qualified. We promote the development of a culture data room that is cross-sectoral and transnational

Provides access to culture. In a "plenary of culture" we will meet with municipalities, states,

Cultural producers, associations and civil society improve cooperation

and advise on the potential of standards. Municipalities must financially enduring art and culture

can promote their own strength. Based on the transformer program, we develop exemplary

Strategies for culture in rural areas and in structurally weak regions and want the

Reduce co-financing by financially weak municipalities to ten percent. We affirm that

cultural commitment of the federal government for the capital.

We reduce the bureaucracy of the law on funding, cooperation with the federal states and use

Potential of digital standardization.

We want to strengthen public libraries as third places and enable Sunday openings.

Clubs and live music venues are places of culture. We secure cultural uses in densely populated

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Clearance and support investments in noise protection and sustainability. We want them

Further develop funding for music venues and support free cultural venues such as galleries. we

will complete the evaluation of the Cultural Property Protection Act and according to the result

revise the regulations.

We anchor a contact person for the cultural and

Creative industries at the federal government, simplify and improve funding also for creative,

non-technical innovations. We want to strengthen the games location and promote it

steady. We create legal certainty for non-profit journalism and do esports

non-profit. We are looking into promoting independent publishers with the federal states to promote the cultural

Ensure diversity in the book market.

With the amendment to film funding, we want the federal government's film funding instruments and the

Reorganize, simplify and make the framework conditions of the film market more transparent, in closer

Coordination with the film industry and the countries. We are considering the introduction of

Investment obligations and tax incentive models and create legal

Framework conditions to legally secure the tax treatment of film co-productions

design. We support cinemas and festivals reliably and preserve our national film heritage.

Legal framework

When it comes to copyright, we advocate a fair balance of interests and we want that

Improve the remuneration situation for creative and journalistic content, also in digital markets. we

want freedom of information and expression even with automated decision-making mechanisms

to ensure. We will implement the reform that has just come into force, among other things with regard to its practicality

evaluate. We want fair framework conditions for e-lending in libraries. Analog games

should be able to be named in the collective catalog of the German National Library.

Cultural heritage

We want to sustainably secure the built cultural heritage, make it accessible and that

Develop the special monument protection program under ecological aspects. We create one

"Federal Foundation for Industrial World Heritage" and are examining European mechanisms for promoting the

Monument protection.

We are continuing the reform process of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation together with the federal states.

An increased financial contribution from the federal government has resulted in a fundamental improvement in governance

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Pre-condition. We are developing the Humboldt Forum as a place for democratic, open-minded people

Debate.

media

Free and independent media are indispensable in a democracy. This includes private and

public service media. They ensure plurality and diversity and must be barrier-free.

Together with the federal states, we promote a broad social debate about the value of freer people

Media for Democracy. In legislation we want the coherence between European, federal

and state law and optimize in a federal state working group the laws with media law and

revise political references. We want the UHF band permanently for culture and broadcasting

to back up.

At European level, we are committed to the Digital Service Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act

(DMA) as well as the Media Freedom Act also reflect pluralism and diversity as well as a non-state

Ensure media oversight and regulation. We'll check the feasibility of one

Check technology-open, barrier-free and Europe-wide media platform.

We want to guarantee the nationwide supply of periodical press products and

check which funding options are suitable for this. The challenges of the digital

We want to transform the media landscape through fair regulation of the platforms and

Accompany intermediaries to ensure equal opportunities for communication.

We create a legal basis for the right to information from the press

Federal agencies. We fight hate speech and disinformation. We will take action across Europe

against restrictions on the rights of freedom such as B. through fraudulent lawsuits (Strategic Lawsuits

against Public Participation, SLAPP). We are committed to the safety of women journalists

and journalists. The successful expansion of Deutsche Welle and Deutsche Welle

We continue the academy.

Culture of remembrance

We understand the culture of remembrance as a commitment to democracy and the way to a common future.

We protect our memorials. The memorial conception of the federal government is under

Involvement of the German Bundestag, the SED victim commissioner and the Foundation Monument for the

murdered Jews of Europe as well as in cooperation with those active in these areas

update and adequately finance the memorial work. We want local initiatives

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and make reports from contemporary witnesses digitally accessible. We drive them

Conveying the history of and in the immigration society. The funding program “Youth

remembers “is being consolidated and modernized. We promote research in memorials.

We feel a special responsibility towards our European neighbors;

but the current debates in Greece and Ukraine, for example, also show that common

Work-up is not complete. We support the Bundestag resolutions for a

Documentation center "Second World War and German Occupation in Europe" and for

a place of remembrance and meeting place in memory of the victims of the occupation of Poland and the

checkered German-Polish history. We want the victims of the "euthanasia murders" and

Officially recognize forced sterilization as a victim of National Socialism.

We will continue to face the task of securing cultural assets seized as a result of Nazi persecution -

in accordance with the Washington Agreement - to the owners

traced back. We improve the restitution of Nazi-looted art by creating a

Standardize the right to information, exclude the statute of limitations of the right to surrender, one

Strive for a central place of jurisdiction and strengthen the “Advisory Commission”.

We will strengthen the Federal Foundation for Processing. We will be the fixed locations of the

Qualitatively develop branch offices of the Stasi records archive. The accompanying research and

Educational work is supported. We support the establishment of the archive center SED dictatorship

and the further development of the former Stasi headquarters in Berlin into a campus for democracy.

We want the history of democracy in Germany and its places to be more visible

to lend. The promotion of the places of the Peaceful Revolution is a particular concern of ours.

Colonial heritage

In order to advance the processing of German colonial history, we also support them

Digitization and provenance research of the colonial contaminated collection and its

Making available on platforms. We strive to maintain a dialogue with the societies of origin

Returns and an in-depth, cross-departmental international cooperation. We support

especially the return of objects from a colonial context. We are also developing a

Concept for a place of learning and remembrance colonialism.

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Our cultural policy makes a contribution to a common future between Europe and Africa.

We are creating a special “Global South” program. We want to overcome colonial continuities

meet us in partnership on an equal footing and initiate independent scientific research

Studies to come to terms with colonialism.

Foreign cultural and educational policy

International cultural policy is the third pillar of our foreign policy, it connects societies

Cultures and people and is our offer for a community of values and responsibility in

Europe and worldwide. We will continue to strengthen them, make them more flexible and coordinate them across departmental boundaries

and coordinate closely at European level. We will develop comprehensive sustainability, climate,

Adopt diversity and digital strategies. We are strengthening Science Diplomacy

international cooperation and exchange strive to expand the possibilities of access

and understand them as an integral part of the EU's foreign climate policy and the Green New Deal.

We strengthen the relationships between the cities and expand and strengthen urban diplomacy

Programs in European border regions as well as international sport policy and the area

Religion and foreign policy. We support threatened scientists

Lawyers, artists and students set up a program

for journalists and defenders of freedom of expression.

We become intermediaries, especially the Goethe Institute, the German Academic Exchange Service,

the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Archaeological Institute and the Institute for

Strengthen foreign relations and in cultural education new presence formats also in Germany

enable - as well as the establishment of common cultural institutes between the European

Partners in third countries and the development of a digital European cultural platform.

We support Chemnitz in its preparations for the European Capital of Culture 2025.

As part of the museum agency, we support cooperation between museums.

Reconciliation with Namibia remains an indispensable task for us, resulting from our historical

and moral responsibility arises. The reconciliation agreement with Namibia can be the start

to be a common process of reappraisal.

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We will strengthen cooperation in multilateral forums such as UNESCO, the G7 and G20

and expand our own measures such as the KulturGutRetter against the background of the climate crisis.

We want our international school network and the PASCH network through a master plan

develop further, set up a school development fund, early childhood education, inclusion and the

Strengthen school administrations.

We want strategic communication in the European network, especially in the area of

Modernize analysis and social media monitoring and in cooperation with Deutsche Welle

Align with new target groups and set regional priorities.

Good living conditions in town and country

We want to ensure good living conditions in town and country. We will work hard to

to complete the inner unity socially and economically. In particular, the experience of

We want to use East Germans for the upcoming transformation processes throughout Germany.

Digitization, the energy transition and new forms of mobility open up the opportunity for even more

regional added value and a new dynamic.

We want a new cooperative way of working with the municipalities. Our goal are powerful

Municipalities with a high degree of freedom of choice on site, a reliable public

Services of general interest, a strong economy and a committed civil society. Equivalent

Living conditions are the basis for trust in our democracy and hold our country

together.

We will have the all-German funding system and those bundled under this roof

Further develop funding programs geared towards strengthening structurally weak regions.

We will combine funding programs, simplify, make more flexible, harmonize and the

Prioritize the flow of funds to where the pent-up demand is greatest. With federal funding

we make the greatest possible contribution to climate protection, upgrading the infrastructure and

Accessibility on site. Municipalities should be better able to take advantage of funding programs

to be advised. We will remove the hurdles in accessing funds. B.

by reducing or replacing own shares. We provide funds that are not called up

earmarked further (over a year) for funding from the municipalities.

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The federal and state governments are equally responsible for equal living conditions in

all regions. Targeted for this purpose, we are increasing the funds from GRW and GAK annually

raise. We want to expand the possibilities of infrastructure funding in the GRW and GAK,

make their applicability more flexible and ensure that the funds can be transferred over several years. Of the

The special framework plan "Rural Development" will be topped up and expanded. We're checking a new one

Funding for "regional services of general interest" within the GRW.

To strengthen cohesion, the investment and renovation programs in the

Sports and culture (e.g. sports facilities, swimming pools, libraries) simplified and increased.

We want to gear funding to structural weaknesses.

We will support citizen participation in the responsibility of local self-government, e.g.

in regional development concepts, regional management and regional budgets.

All federal funding programs are regularly evaluated and their spatial impact with

uniform data standards checked. The results are presented in a periodic

Equivalence report published and progress on equivalents

Living conditions made transparent. Monitoring is a binding basis for the

Further development of all funding programs.

The participation of local and neighboring municipalities in the value creation for open space

We want to expand photovoltaic and onshore wind power systems to existing systems and

we will make it mandatory for new systems. We are examining financial tools to support the

To increase acceptance in the municipalities affected by the expansion of the transmission network.

In the case of new tasks that the federal government wants to transfer to the other levels, the

Financing balance more respected. This also includes the participation of the

Federal government to the costs of refugee accommodation, care and integration as well as the

permanent participation of the federal government in the costs of all-day care for primary school children.

Build direct dialogue with local politicians and their associations

we off.

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As part of the federal-state financial relations, we want the municipalities to solve the

Help old debt problem.

Everyone in Germany must be able to rely on modern standards. This includes

networked, everyday, affordable and climate-friendly mobility, fast cellular and

Broadband connections, health care, educational, cultural and sports offers.

The development and quality standards for an everyday mobility offer as possible

We want a fully-fledged alternative to motorized individual transport in 2022 between the federal government,

Define states and municipalities. The railways must be the backbone of mobility throughout Germany

- even in rural areas. We are focusing on expanding the

Rail infrastructure and rail operations. We want individual and public mobility

link and supplement with new flexible offers also from private providers. We use that for this

Potential of digitization and support the municipalities with these new challenges.

We want to better tap the opportunities of digitization for urban and rural areas. The federal government creates that

Requirements for the OZG to be implemented successfully and practically in the municipalities

can. The federal Smart Cities program will be updated and expanded to include Smart Regions

it should be designed to be more agile and linked to urban planning issues.

We support initiatives to create places in rural areas, such as the

Local supply,

the

Culture,

education

and

Health services

bundle up

(Service centers, community houses, village offices). We check whether and to what extent the federal government

Can support municipalities with climate-friendly renovation at above-average costs. we

the metropolitan and rural regions want to strategically benefit each other

link with each other.

Health and nursing care must be future-proof, needs-based and close to home

be. To this end, we will continue to strengthen cross-sector care, also through more

Scope for regional model projects and binding opportunities to participate.

We will continue to support the regions affected by the coal phase-out in solidarity. we

will take measures, in particular to maintain local industrial value creation

and enable innovation. We also want to use the concept of real laboratories for this.

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We are adapting the Structural Strengthening Act and the federal STARK program to the accelerated one

Coal exit

at.

will

the

in the

Structural Strengthening Act

agreed

Implement transport infrastructure projects, especially in the area of rail infrastructure, as planned.

To encourage business relocation and growth

We want to use all the possibilities of the Structural Strengthening Act for existing companies.

We improve the representation of East Germans in management positions and decision-making bodies in

all areas. For the federal level, we will present a concept for implementation by the end of 2022. the

Experiences of the East Germans in the change and the conditions for successful transformation should

in the new "Future Center for German Unity and European Transformation" for future ones

Challenges are explored and better communicated. The site advertisement should start

To be launched quickly in 2022.

We prefer to locate new and expanding federal and research institutions in the

East German federal states and structurally weak regions, up to a proportion of the population

the appropriate level has been reached. The federal government will implement this by mid-2022 at the latest

submit a concept with objective criteria.

VII. Germany's responsibility for Europe and the world

The upheavals Germany is facing cannot be mastered nationally alone. We act

in the European self-image, embedded in the historical peace and freedom project of

European Union (EU). A democratically stable, capable and strategically sovereign one

EU is the basis for our peace and prosperity. We are committed to an EU that shares its values

and protect and resolutely defend their rule of law, both internally and externally. We will

Form a government that defines German interests in the light of European interests. As the greatest

We will bear our special responsibility in a serving understanding of the Member State

Perceiving the EU as a whole.

In recent years we have seen a move away from multilateralism in many countries.

International cooperation must therefore be promoted anew. We know about the global

Responsibility that Germany, as the fourth largest economy in the world, bears for this. We take them

and will deepen partnerships in our foreign, security and development policy, new

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establish and defend our values of freedom, democracy and human rights. Therefore

we seek close cooperation with our democratic partners.

Europe

A democratically more stable, more capable and strategically sovereign European Union is

the basis for our peace, prosperity and freedom. In this framework, we cope with the

major challenges of our time such as climate change, digitization and preservation of the

Democracy. Such an EU remains committed to a multilateral and rule-based world order

and is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

We are committed to an EU that embraces its values and the rule of law both internally and externally

protects and resolutely stands up for them. As the largest Member State, we will be our special one

Assuming responsibility in a serving understanding of the EU as a whole.

Future of the European Union

We use the conference on the future of Europe for reforms. Required contract changes

we support. The conference should lead to a constituent convention and to the

Further development to a federal European federal state, which will also be decentralized according to the

Principles of subsidiarity and proportionality is organized and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Has basis. We want to strengthen the European Parliament (EP), e.g. B. in the right of initiative;

preferably in the treaties, otherwise interinstitutional. We'll be the community method

give priority again, but go ahead with individual Member States where necessary. We support one

uniform European suffrage with partly transnational lists and a binding one

Leading candidate system. If there is no new direct election file by summer 2022, will

Germany approve the direct election act from 2018 on the basis of a government draft.

The work of the Council must be made more transparent. We will take an initiative to ensure that

Commission proposals are publicly debated in the Council within a set deadline. we

will use and expand qualified majority voting in the Council. We will be a

Establish procedures for the information and participation possibilities of the Bundestag in accordance with

Art. 23 GG to improve.

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We want to increase Europe's strategic sovereignty. This primarily means your own

Establishing the ability to act in a global context and in important strategic areas such as

Energy supply, health, raw material imports and digital technology, less dependent and

to be vulnerable without sealing off Europe. We become critical technology and infrastructure

better protect, align standards and procurement with them and a European open source

Initiate 5 / 6G consortium. We protect European companies better against extraterritorial ones

Sanctions.

We want to make Europe a continent of sustainable progress and international

precede. With European standards, we set benchmarks for global regulations.

Rule of law

We want the values on which the EU is based in Art. 2 Treaty on European Union (TEU)

effective protection. We call on the European Commission to be the guardian of the Treaties

to use and enforce existing rule of law instruments more consistently and promptly, too

the judgments of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), via Articles 260 and 279 of the Treaty on the

How the European Union works. At the same time, we in the Council will apply the existing ones

Rule of law instruments (rule of law dialogue, rule of law check, conditionality mechanism,

Infringement procedures, recommendations and findings under Article 7 procedure)

enforce and develop more consistently. We will accept the proposals of the EU commission

to agree to the plans of the reconstruction fund, if conditions such as an independent judiciary

are secured.

We support the EU Commission in the further development of the rule of law report

country-specific recommendations and want to continue the process with independent expertise

strengthen. We are committed to and support that the EU Commission also has procedures in the future

against systemic breaches of contract by setting up individual procedures in the event of breaches

against rule of law against a member state. We want the rights from the EU

Charter of Fundamental Rights can in future be sued before the ECJ even if a

Member State acts within the scope of its national law. To strengthen the ECJ,

the judge election period should be extended to a one-off twelve years. We empower the liberals

Democracies of Europe, disinformation, fake news, campaigns, propaganda as well

To be able to fend off manipulations from home and abroad better. We want that

civil society engagement by strengthening non-profit activities across borders

support financially. We want EU legal forms for associations and foundations, the equivalence tests for

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Simplify non-profit status from other member states and thus cross-border donations

and facilitate cooperation in conformity with the ECJ.

Economic and monetary union, fiscal policy

We want to strengthen and deepen the economic and monetary union. The stability and

Growth Pact (SGP) has proven its flexibility. We want growth on its basis

ensure debt sustainability is maintained and sustainable and climate friendly

Investment. The further development of the fiscal policy rules should be based on these goals

orientate themselves in order to strengthen their effectiveness in the face of the challenges of the time. The SWP should

become simpler and more transparent, also to strengthen its enforcement.

Next Generation EU (NGEU) is an instrument that is limited in time and amount and we want that

With the reconstruction program, a quick and forward-looking upswing after the crisis in

all of Europe succeeds. That is also in the elementary German interest. The NGEU

Agreed qualitative specifications and reform measures must be adhered to. we

will ensure that the repayments from NGEU do not lead to cuts in EU programs and

-Means lead. We stand by the declarations of the EU institutions of November 11, 2020 and the

Declarations and ordinance of the Council of December 14, 2020 and on the principles and

Agreements of the roadmap of the interinstitutional agreement of December 22, 2020 and

will examine the proposals accordingly. We want funds for payments from the annual budget

within the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and, above all, more flexible

Strengthen programs for transnational infrastructure, research and Erasmus.

We will strengthen the established instruments of budget security (OLAF, EPPO, European

Court of Auditors).

Price stability is fundamental to Europe's prosperity. People's worries in the face of a

We take rising inflation very seriously. The ECB can exercise its mandate, which is primarily aimed at

Price stability is bound to be best exercised when budgetary policies in the EU and in the

Member states fulfills their responsibility.

Investments

A European digital infrastructure, a common rail network, an energy infrastructure for

renewable electricity and hydrogen as well as research and development at the level of

World leaders are prerequisites for Europe's ability to act and competitiveness

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in the 21st century. For this we will take the initiative and with our European partners

launch an investment plan focusing on transnational projects with added value for the

Focuses on the EU as a whole and attaches particular importance to closing the gap in networks.

Both public and private capital should play a role in this.

Social Europe

We want to support people in facing the immense challenges of the upcoming

Shaping transformation and change in a self-determined manner. We want the social across the EU

Promote upward convergence, complete the internal market, the pillar of social rights

implement and combat social inequalities. For this we will also use the European

Use coordination processes such as the European Semester. Collective bargaining autonomy, collective bargaining partners and

We want collective bargaining coverage and the social security systems in the EU and the member states

strengthen in accordance with the contract. We want democratic participation at European level and

Promote European works councils and develop them effectively. Even with cross-border

Transformations, amalgamations and divisions of societies must be national

Participation rights are respected and secured. The European Social Fund is an important one

Tool to promote social inclusion. Where necessary, bureaucratic hurdles must be removed

will. We want to fight child poverty and focus on opportunities and participation

of children and adolescents.

Our goal is to reduce wage inequality between women and men across Europe. we

support the EU directive on wage transparency as a measure. An ambitious design

must capture the situation of as many women as possible, with little bureaucracy and in compliance with medium-sized companies

implemented and provide a reporting system based on company size and performance.

We advocate an arrangement that Germany does not intend to introduce

The right to collective action forces, but enables us to employ the workers

Enforcement of their individual employee rights through associations by way of

Enable litigation.

Crisis-proof Europe

We advocate strong EU civil protection, joint procurement, coordination of

Production of critical goods as well as the reduction of critical import products. To the EU

To make health authorities crisis-proof, we equip them with the necessary skills

and resources. The potential of the European Health Data Room should be maintained

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tapped by data protection and patient sovereignty and the fight against antibiotic resistance

be reinforced.

European policy coordination

We want to pursue an active European policy and have a constructive design claim,

This also includes clearly and early on our plans through more stringent coordination

position of the European Commission. In the national legislative process, as before

the European conformity checked, as well as the question of whether planned national measures on

can be implemented more effectively at European level. We examine European projects

their subsidiarity.

We will implement European law with little bureaucracy and in a citizen-friendly manner. We also set out

strong European level for medium-sized business-friendly solutions (SME test).

European foreign and security policy

The EU's foreign policy engagement is peace, international human rights and

committed to conflict avoidance. Our goal is a sovereign EU as a strong actor in one of

A world characterized by uncertainty and systemic competition. We stand up for a real common

Foreign, security and defense policy in Europe. The EU must be international

more capable of acting and some appear. We therefore want the unanimity rule in the EU

Council of Ministers in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) by voting with

replace qualified majority and develop a mechanism with our partners to

to also involve the smaller Member States appropriately in this way. The European

The external service needs to be reformed and strengthened, including the role of the high-ranking officials

Representative as a real "EU Foreign Minister" or a real "EU

Foreign Minister ".

We stand for a comprehensive concept of security. Crisis Prevention and Civil Crisis Management

we will strengthen it in a special way, including sending more civilian personnel. The European

Institute of Peace we will join and the Center of Excellence for civilian CSDP missions in the

transfer institutional funding.

We will help shape the work on the “Strategic Compass” in a constructive manner in order to achieve goals and means

ambitious EU in the area of security and defense as part of the integrated approach

to design. We advocate greater cooperation between national armies

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EU members willing to integrate, especially in terms of training, skills, missions and

Equipment such as B. Germany and France already planned. For this we want

create common command structures and a common civil-military headquarters.

All of these steps must involve interoperability and complementarity

The command structures and capabilities of NATO remain secure. Civil and military missions

We always embed the EU in an overall political concept that takes into account the causes of conflict

Provides exit strategy and is controlled by parliament. During the interim evaluation of the

Defense Fund Regulation, the EP is to have a say and control rights.

European partners

We are headed by a strong Franco-German partnership that includes the Treaty of Aachen and the

Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly brings life to life, e. B. by a new one

strategic dialogue. We are also driving expanded formats such as the Weimar Triangle with specific ones

Projects ahead. Germany and Poland share a deep friendship. We are strengthening the work here

of civil society actors (e.g. German-Polish Youth Office). We improve that

Cooperation in border areas, e.g. B. through border scouts, regional councils and experimentation clauses.

We support the EU accession process of the six states of the Western Balkans region and those for this

reforms necessary to meet all Copenhagen criteria. In this context, we strengthen the

Civil society and support further pre-accession steps. Next, the first EU

Accession chapters with Albania and North Macedonia opened, visa liberalization with Kosovo

decided and negotiations with Montenegro and Serbia will be continued. we

support the EU-led normalization dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia and the

Efforts to achieve lasting peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, building on the preservation of the

territorial integrity and overcoming ethnic divisions. Parallel to the

Accession negotiations, the EU must improve its absorption capacity.

We are committed to a common European policy towards the United Kingdom

and strive for close bilateral cooperation within this framework. We insist on that

full compliance with the agreed agreements, in particular with regard to the

Northern Ireland Protocol and the Good Friday Agreement. Failure to comply with the agreed

We set standards and procedures on the consistent application of all agreed measures

and countermeasures. We want our efforts in youth, cultural and educational policy

align within a common European framework, possibly also including regional ones

Levels.

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European freedom of movement

Free movement of people is one of the EU's key achievements. Defend them and be fair too

design is important to us. We want to restore the integrity of the Schengen area and

Exceptions more restrictive and not without consulting our European partners

to use. In future extensions of the Schengen area, we want to add to the existing ones

Security criteria also pay particular attention to compliance with the rule of law and

set humanitarian standards. We want to strengthen the free movement of education in the EU. We need

a digitalization boost to reduce bureaucracy, for easy handling of freedom of movement,

faster assertion of existing claims as well as to facilitate the fight against

Fraud and abuse. We therefore support a new attempt to introduce a European

Social security number, also in order to assert existing portability claims

facilitate.

In the Member States, different systems of

Service delivery, self-management and self-control developed. These differences apply

to be taken into account in EU legal acts. We want an information platform in all EU

Languages related to pension systems, social security entitlements, taxation and portability

as well as information on labor law in the Member States. We want one across Europe

Directive-compliant implementation of the Posting of Workers Directive as well as its easy handling and

Enforcement to protect posted workers and effective and efficient controls to prevent

Be able to deal with abuse and fraud. To this end, we want a low-bureaucratic implementation of the

German Posted Workers Act, the control authorities are well equipped and broad

Advisory services for posted and mobile employees. We want certain business trips from

exempt from the notification requirement for the A1 certificate if there are no services on site

provided or goods are sold. We want to use the European Labor Authority to

enforce applicable law and better coordinate controls. A clear one is needed for this

Mandate, the member states for cooperation and mutual cross-border information and

Inspections continues.

Integration, migration, flight

We want to create a new beginning in migration and integration policy, a modern one

Immigration country. For this we need a paradigm shift: With an active and

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We want to organize migration in a forward-looking and realistic manner. We will

reduce irregular migration and enable regular migration. We stand by ours

humanitarian responsibility and the obligations arising from the Basic Law, the Geneva

Refugee Convention (GRC), the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the

Surrender to European law to protect refugees and combat the causes of flight.

Right of residence and residence

We want to accelerate the issuing of visas and digitize them more intensively. Also about transnational ones

To enable labor migration, we do not want residence permits

temporary stays abroad expire. We strive for a coherent

consistent immigration law that is user-friendly and ideally systematized

is summarized in an immigration and residence code.

We will put the complicated system of tolerance offenses in order and create new opportunities for

Creating people who have already become a part of our society: Well integrated

After a three-year stay in Germany and up to the age of 27, adolescents should die

Get the opportunity to have a right to stay (Section 25a Residence Act, AufenthG). Special

We recognize the integration achievements of those who are tolerated by contributing after six or four years

Give families the right to stay (Section 25b of the Residence Act).

In the previous practice of chain tolerance, we set an opportunity right of residence

contrary: People who have been living in Germany for five years on January 1, 2022, do not commit criminal offenses

have become and are committed to the free democratic basic order should be a

one-year residence permit on probation can be obtained to the rest during this period

To meet the requirements for a right to stay (in particular, livelihood security and

Proof of identity according to §§ 25 a and b AufenthG).

We want tolerated persons in training and their companies to have more legal security through a

Grant a residence permit (§ 60 c AufenthG). We want to undermine the employment tolerance and

Make requirements realistic and more practical. We are abolishing the “Duldung light”. Wear

Those who are not tolerated to clarify their identity, the period of acquiescence does not qualify for a right of residence

counted. We are going to clarify the identity of a foreigner

The possibility of giving an affirmation in lieu of an oath expand and become one for this purpose

create legal regulation in aliens law.

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We are abolishing work bans for those already living in Germany. An existing one in itself

An ongoing asylum procedure does not conflict with the right to a residence permit,

provided that the requirements for the residence permit were already met when entering the country.

We want a more precise regulation for victims of domestic violence or violence in partnerships who only have one

have derived right of residence. Victims of human trafficking should also have a right of residence

received regardless of their willingness to testify.

integration

We want everyone who comes to Germany to integrate as quickly as possible

Offer integration courses right from the start. The courses must be precisely tailored and accessible. the

We want to improve conditions for course providers, teachers and participants. Children and

Young people should have quick access to education. That is why we want school-related offers

shortly after arriving in Germany.

We want the federal government's participation in the refugee-related costs of the

States and municipalities as well as federal support in the form of funds for

Integration used continue. In doing so, we particularly want cross-legal,

strengthen networked cooperation in municipal integration work (financially) and

develop. We are creating a federal program to strengthen social participation and

Integration of people from (South) East Europe.

The federal migration advice service (youth migration services, migration advice for adults

Immigrants) and the migrant self-organizations we will be appropriate

support financially. For fast and sustainable labor market integration, we will use the

Promote professional language courses that build on integration courses more and consolidate the funds.

We want to revise the reporting requirements for undocumented people so that the sick don't get out of it

be prevented from seeking treatment. We think it is necessary to have psychosocial help

to stabilize for refugees.

Asylum procedure

Asylum procedures must be fair, swift and legally secure. We want that for faster procedures

Relieve the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). That is why the revocation check

in the future will be carried out on an ad-hoc basis. We will also ensure that administrative courts

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are relieved by high-quality decisions by the BAMF. We want faster

Decisions in asylum processes as well as a standardization of jurisprudence and are becoming

expeditiously submit a bill. We also run a nationwide, agency-independent

Asylum procedure counseling in order to contact informed applicants for a

To speed up proceedings. We want to identify vulnerable groups right from the start

especially support.

The Federal Government is not pursuing the concept of the AnkER centers.

Family reunification must be in terms of integration and the absorption capacity of society

be designed. We will reunite families with subsidiary protection with the GFK

Equal refugees. We become unaccompanied when parents are entitled to join them

Minors do not leave underage siblings behind. To the spouse or to the

Persons joining a spouse can also provide the required language certificate first

immediately upon arrival.

We will amend the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act in the light of the case law of the

Further develop the Federal Constitutional Court. We want access for asylum seekers and

Make asylum seekers less bureaucratic for healthcare. Minors are from

To exclude service restrictions or reductions.

Not everyone who comes to us can stay. We are launching a repatriation offensive in order to

Implementing departures more consistently, especially the deportation of criminals and those at risk.

The federal government will support the federal states more strongly in future when it comes to deportations. We become ours

meet special humanitarian responsibility and generally do not allow children and young people

Take deportation detention. Voluntary departure always has priority. State promotion of return

We want to provide better financial resources for people without the right to stay. To allow voluntary departures

we want to systematize and strengthen state and independent return counseling. we

strive for the supreme federal authority responsible for individual countries of origin to unite

may issue a temporary national ban on deportation.

Asylum applications from countries with low recognition rates are used to speed up the process

prioritized.

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European and international refugee policy

We want new, practicable and partnership-based agreements with essential ones

Close countries of origin in compliance with human rights standards. These agreements

should include an overall concept such as B. the expansion of economic cooperation,

Technology transfer, visa facilitation, qualification measures for Germans

Labor market, job exchanges and cooperation in the return of rejected asylum seekers. Of the

Conclusion of possible agreements will not benefit from financial support under the

Development cooperation made dependent. To design such migration agreements

the federal government appoints a special representative.

We are committed to a fundamental reform of the European asylum system. Our goal is one

fair distribution of responsibility and competence for admission between the EU states.

We want better standards for asylum seekers in the asylum process and in integration into the

EU countries. We want to effectively reduce irregular migration and its causes

fight life-threatening escape. We want the illegal rejections and the suffering to the

End external borders.

The content of asylum applications from people who arrive in the EU or who are already here must be checked

will. The EU and Germany must not be open to blackmail. We want to prevent people

be instrumentalized for geopolitical or financial interests. That's why we stand up for

constitutional migration agreements with third countries within the framework of European and international law.

For this purpose, we will check whether the determination of the protection status in exceptional cases with due regard for the

GFK and ECHR in third countries is possible.

On the way to a jointly functioning EU asylum system, we want to work with a coalition

of the willing member states to lead the way and actively help other EU states

take on more responsibility and comply with EU law. The willingness to accept in Germany

and the EU we want to support and promote.

We want Frontex to become one on the basis of human rights and the mandate it has been given

real EU border protection agency is further developed. The goal must be effective and

external border protection based on the rule of law, which is transparent and controlled by parliament.

Frontex is to take an active part in sea rescue within the framework of the mandate.

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We want to reduce secondary movements in the EU. To do this, we want the abuse of the visa-free

Prevent travel and contribute to that through an orderly relocation program

External border states improve the conditions for refugees in their countries.

It is a civilizational and legal obligation not to let people drown. The civil

Rescue at sea must not be hindered. We strive for a state-coordinated and European

sea rescue in the Mediterranean and want to work with more countries like the Malta

Develop mechanism further. We strive for a fair sharing of responsibility between the

Mediterranean countries in the sea rescue and want to make sure that people

be taken to safe locations after rescue.

We want to address the causes of flight so that people can live in safety and dignity.

We will also deal with the exploitative conditions on the escape routes and smuggling

fight.

We want particularly responsible host and transit countries for refugees

permanent support in order to be sustainable for the people and the host communities

To create perspectives. We are making our contribution to reliable funding more humanitarian

Organizations perform.

We will follow the orderly procedures of resettlement based on the needs reported by the UNHCR

strengthen. We are going to set up a federal humanitarian admission program based on the previous one

Stabilize the programs implemented in the course of the Syrian war, and these are now for Afghanistan

to use.

We will not leave our allies behind. We especially want to protect those who

stood by the Federal Republic of Germany as partners abroad and stood up for democracy and

have started social development. That is why we will use the local staff procedure

reform in such a way that vulnerable local workers and their immediate family members get through

non-bureaucratic procedures come to safety.

We will enable humanitarian visas for people at risk and digital ones too

Introduce procurement procedures.

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Foreign, security, defense, development, human rights

Our foreign, security and development policy is becoming more value-based and more European

put up. German foreign policy should act from a single source and across departments

Develop common strategies to increase the coherence of our international actions.

Together with our partners, including those from civil society, we will work for preservation

our free way of life in Europe and the protection of peace and human rights

use worldwide. We are guided by our values and interests.

We want to increase Europe's strategic sovereignty. The aim is multilateral cooperation in

of the world, especially in close association with those states that make up our democratic

Share values. It is also about systemic competition with authoritarian states and one

strategic solidarity with our democratic partners.

Human rights as the most important protective shield of the dignity of the individual form ours

Compass. The transatlantic alliance is a central pillar and NATO is an indispensable part of ours

Safety. Our soldiers make an indispensable contribution to protection

of our country, for peace and international security.

We are committed to reviving international disarmament and arms control.

Our security and the protection of our livelihoods require global cooperation, one

Strengthening the United Nations and a rules-based international order. We sit down

especially for a common, consistent climate foreign policy and climate justice in the sense

the European Green Deal, the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Working for peace, freedom, human rights, democracy, the rule of law and sustainability

is for us an indispensable part of a successful and credible foreign policy for

Germany and Europe.

Multilateralism

We are committed to strengthening the United Nations (UN) as the most important institution of the

international order politically, financially and personally. A reform of the UN Security Council

remains our goal as well as a fairer representation of all regions of the world. We support and

strengthen initiatives such as the Alliance of Democracies, developing the Alliance for Multilateralism

we continue. We are also committed to strengthening multilateralism through our G7 Chairmanship.

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Commitment to free and fair trade is part of our international policy. We will

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Human rights institutions of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

insert. We want to strengthen the institutions and the working capacity of the Council of Europe and against

defend all attempts at weakening authoritarian Council of Europe members. We'll be the Germans

Strengthen the United Nations headquarters in Bonn.

We actively seek dialogue with citizens about the challenges of the

international politics. We regularly inform the German Bundestag before and after important events

international peaks. We will have a comprehensive in the first year of the new federal government

Submit national security strategy.

We want Germany to have three in the long term in terms of a networked and inclusive approach

Percent of its gross domestic product is invested in international action, according to its diplomacy and

Strengthen its development policy and fulfill its NATO commitments. we

want to achieve the goals of the Foreign Service Act.

Together with our partners we want in the sense of a feminist foreign policy rights,

Strengthening resources and representation of women and girls worldwide and societal

Promote diversity. We want to send more women to international management positions

Ambitiously implement the national action plan for the implementation of UN resolution 1325 and

develop.

Germany operates an active digital foreign policy for a global, open Internet and a

consistent EU digital policy across departmental boundaries. We are strengthening our commitment in

international bodies, norms and standardization processes as well as multi-stakeholder forums

(e.g. IGF). We support the commitment of global civil society for digital civil rights. we

want an international law of the network. In development cooperation, we work with our

Partners in building their independent digital infrastructure to strengthen their digital

Sovereignty, also at EU level. We pursue a policy of disarmament in the digital space. In addition

Also include stopping the transfer of surveillance technology to repressive regimes as well

the protection of civil infrastructure from cyber attacks.

NATO remains an indispensable basis for our security. We are committed to strengthening the

transatlantic alliance and fair burden sharing. We are actively involved in the process

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Develop a new Strategic Concept to meet the new challenges of NATO

to tackle. We want to meet the NATO capability goals in close cooperation with our partners

and invest accordingly. We are committed to strengthening the political dimension of NATO,

also to address existing tensions in the alliance. As long as nuclear weapons in the strategic

Concept of NATO play a role, Germany has an interest in the strategic

Participate in discussions and planning processes. Against the background of the persisting

Threat to the security of Germany and Europe, we take our worries in particular

Central and Eastern European partner countries seriously commit to maintaining a

credible deterrent potential and want to continue the Alliance's dialogue efforts.

We support the alliance's efforts on conventional and nuclear disarmament as well

Arms control. We will strengthen the European pillar in NATO and we will support one

Use more intensive cooperation between NATO and the EU.

Disarmament, arms control, arms exports

We need a disarmament policy offensive and want a leading role in strengthening it

international disarmament initiatives and non-proliferation regimes, including the

Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament. We will work to ensure that the

Review conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2022 a real impetus for the

nuclear disarmament runs out. Our goal remains a world free of nuclear weapons (Global Zero) and thus

along with a Germany free of nuclear weapons. We strongly advocate

A successor agreement to NewSTART, which in addition to new strategic nuclear weapons systems also

includes such short and medium range. We stand up for negotiations between the US

and Russia for complete disarmament in the sub-strategic area. Nuclear weapon states like

We want to involve China more closely in nuclear disarmament and arms control.

In the light of the results of the NPT Review Conference and in close consultation with ours

We become allies as observers (not as members) at the Conference of the Parties to the

Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty to constructively accompany the intention of the treaty.

We want our commitment to biological and chemical safety within the framework of the

Strengthen the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Chemical Weapons (BWC and CWC).

We want to increasingly include armed drones in international control regimes. Lethal

We reject autonomous weapon systems that are completely withdrawn from human disposal.

We are actively promoting their international ostracism.

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We want the peaceful use of space and cyber space. For weapon technology

We will initiate initiatives at an early stage for developments in biotech, hypersonic, space, cyber and AI

Seize arms control. We want to help set standards for what is responsible

Strengthen state behavior in cyberspace. We support a political declaration against

Explosive weapons in populated areas.

For a restrictive arms export policy, we need more binding rules and therefore want to be part of it

coordinate a corresponding EU arms export regulation with our European partners. we

advocate a national arms export control law. Our goal is the common

Position of the EU with its eight criteria as well as the political principles of the federal government for

the export of war weapons and other armaments, the principles of small arms and the

Anchoring the expansion of post-shipment controls in such a law. Only in the justified

There may be exceptions in individual cases that must be documented in a publicly comprehensible manner. The

We will make the arms export control report transparent. We do not issue any

Export licenses for armaments to states, as long as these can be proven to be issued immediately on

Yemen war involved.

Human rights

Human rights policy encompasses all aspects of state action on international as well as

domestic political level. In a global environment in which central actors also take on the universal

If the validity of human rights is regularly called into question, we want them together

Defend and promote our partners. The office of the Federal Government Commissioner

for human rights policy and humanitarian aid we will upgrade and with more staff

equip. We will become national human rights institutions, such as the German Institute for

Human rights and the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture financially and personally better

equip. We will coordinate the fight against human trafficking across departments

Improve support systems for those affected and strengthen their rights. Abroad for political

We will continue to provide unbureaucratic assistance to Germans who have been imprisoned for reasons, and we will provide one for this

Set up funds.

Civil societies - especially journalists, activists, scientists and others

Human rights defenders - are essential for building and maintaining functioning

Community. We undertake to strengthen these people and their work in a special way

and to protect them, even in the event of cross-border persecution. In this context we want the

Simplify the admission of people at high risk and a secure application process

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guarantee. In addition, we will support and protection programs, including the Elisabeth Selbert

Initiative, expand and shape it for the longer term. We will be at suitable diplomatic missions abroad

create additional positions for human rights work.

We support the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. The European

Court of Human Rights we will strengthen and implement its judgments in all

Urge member countries to urge them. The EU sanction mechanism must be used consistently

and better coordinated with our international partners. We sit down at the

Members of the Council of Europe are increasingly encouraging the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

We will actively shape the work of the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for

Strengthen human rights. The work of the UN treaty bodies and special rapporteurs

We want to strengthen and ratify further human rights conventions

strive for. We will ratify the additional protocol to the social pact of the UN. We want the right

of minorities at international level and especially within the EU. Oriented to

According to the Yogyakarta principles, we will work in the UN for a convention for LGBTI rights.

We want to strengthen the protection of human rights in the digital age and for this purpose the

Make internet freedom and digital human rights a priority in foreign policy. the

We support the right to privacy initiative. We stand up for them at the UN level

Specification and enforcement of the right to a clean environment.

Impunity for human rights violations must end worldwide. So get involved

we support the work of the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc tribunals of the UN and

will work for the further development of international humanitarian law. We support them

Establishment of further UN-led fact-finding missions as well as the work of UN investigation and

Monitoring mechanisms to enable future criminal trials. In Germany we want them

Develop capacities in proceedings under the International Criminal Code.

Based on the UN guiding principles of business and human rights, we stand up for one

European Action Plan for Business and Human Rights. We'll be the national

Revise the Business and Human Rights Action Plan in line with the Supply Chain Act.

Humanitarian aid

Germany will steadily increase the growth of funds for humanitarian aid as required and

increase, also with a view to the so-called "forgotten crises". We are the goals of the

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Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus and the Grand Bargain and are committed to others

Implementation and ongoing development are committed and actively involved. We will be there

Pay out every third euro as a flexible means and further expand the localization. We sit down

for improved access to humanitarian aid in conflict regions and for improved

Protection of the helpers.

Civil crisis prevention and peacebuilding

The guidelines for crisis prevention, conflict management and peacebuilding are a good basis for

Germany's commitment to crisis prevention and peacebuilding. We want Germany's role

in the defusing of international crises, to further develop cooperation via

Improve departmental boundaries. We want to define targets quickly and reliably

To be able to provide personnel and financial resources for civil crisis prevention.

Defense and Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr makes an essential contribution to the protection and defense of our country

as well as our partners and allies. As a parliamentary army, it is subject to the parliamentary one

Control. In addition to the missions abroad as part of the international crisis and

Conflict management based on international law, in particular the resolutions of the UN, has the

National and alliance defense gained in importance. Both tasks are through the

To meet the Bundeswehr equally. The mandate and task of the Bundeswehr must address itself to the

Orientate the strategic challenges and security threats of our time. That

The Bundeswehr's capability profile must be derived from this. The Bundeswehr has to comply with their

The best possible personnel, material and financially reliable staff for the order and its tasks

will.

The structures of the Bundeswehr must be designed more effectively and efficiently with the aim of

Increase commitment. To do this, we subject personnel, material and finances to a critical one

Inventory. The modernization and digitization process of the Bundeswehr is

appropriate parliamentary support.

Our soldiers make an indispensable contribution to international security.

We are improving their equipment as well as that of the Bundeswehr. We accelerate the modernization

the infrastructure. We strategically align the priorities in the procurement of the Bundeswehr

and modernize procurement and its structures. This also applies

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Material responsibility and use. Particular importance is attached to the procurement of the

Digitization, leadership and interoperability.

We are strengthening defense technology cooperation in Europe, especially with high-quality

Cooperation projects, take into account the national key technologies and enable

small and medium-sized companies also participate in the competition.

Replacement purchases and systems available on the market are to be prioritized during procurement in order to

Avoid skills gaps.

At the beginning of the 20th legislative period, we will be a successor system for the Tornado fighter aircraft

procure. The procurement and certification process with a view to nuclear participation

We will accompany Germany objectively and conscientiously.

Armed drones can help protect soldiers on deployments abroad.

Under binding and transparent conditions and taking into account ethical and

In terms of security policy, we will therefore consider arming the Bundeswehr with drones

enable this legislative period. When they are used, the rules of international law apply, extra-legal

We reject killings - including by drones.

We want to address the new threats in cyberspace through an ambitious cybersecurity policy

confront. The Bundeswehr must also be put in a position to work together with others

To successfully survive as actors in the cyber and information space. the

parliamentary control over the use of cyber capabilities by the Bundeswehr

to be guaranteed.

The Bundeswehr must be demographically stable and in the long term, also with a view to the age structure

be balanced. We will therefore take further measures to increase the attractiveness of the

Service in the armed forces and thereby also the transition of soldiers to the

Facilitate defense administration as well as improve in the free economy. We become the inner guidance

strengthen. We will design and expand political education measures in a contemporary manner. the

comprehensive care and support for soldiers and their relatives

further expanded. Soldiers of legal age continue to train and serve with weapons

Reserved. We support a strong reserve.

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All members of the Bundeswehr must undoubtedly on the ground of freedom

basic democratic order. We will adapt service and labor law to

To be able to dismiss extremists from service immediately.

We are committed to Germany's role and responsibility for peace, freedom and prosperity in

of the world. As a reliable partner in systems of collective security, we are committed to our external

and maintain commitment to security policy. Nevertheless, the Bundeswehr must be used for every deployment

This is preceded by a critical discussion of the content and a review of the prerequisites

as well as the development of possible exit strategies. The use of military force is extreme for us

Means and must always be used in a realistic political handling of conflicts and their causes

to be involved. Armed deployments of the Bundeswehr abroad are mutual in a system

collective security based on the Basic Law and international law. A regular one

We will ensure that ongoing missions abroad are evaluated.

We want the evacuation mission of the Afghanistan deployment in a parliamentary one

Working up the committee of inquiry. In addition, we want the entire effort in a study

Evaluate the commission with scientific expertise. The knowledge gained must

practical and future-oriented, so that they can be used in the design of future

German missions abroad are included.

Development cooperation

We align our actions with the UN Agenda 2030 with its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and one

value-oriented development policy. We are committed to sustainable development worldwide

Fight against hunger and poverty, climate justice, biodiversity and for a socio-ecological

Object. We are significantly strengthening our multilateral engagement. We want to make sure that

Germany fulfills its international obligations in the field of development cooperation and

International climate finance met. We will have an ODA quota of at least 0.7 percent

of gross national income (GNI). In this context, we set 0.2 percent of the GNI for

the poorest countries in the Global South (LDC). In addition, the funds for the international

Climate finance continues to grow. Expenditures for crisis prevention, humanitarian aid, AKBP and

Development cooperation should, as before, be on a one-to-one basis like the expenditure for

Defense rise based on the 2021 budget. We'll raise the ODA funds

Coordinate more closely the federal level among the responsible ministries in order to use them more effectively

can.

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We promote food security and access to clean drinking water with sustainable

Agroecological approaches as well as knowledge and technology transfer, especially in the field

smallholder agriculture. German and European agricultural exports should not be in the markets

Destroying partner countries and wantonly distorting the food market through

We want to actively counter financial market speculation. We'll go by the legal options

Make use of the ban on the export of certain pesticides in the EU for reasons

protection of human health are not permitted.

Together with trade unions, companies and civil society, we advocate fair and

formal working conditions and living wages worldwide. By building social

We want to actively support our partner countries in the fight against poverty through security systems. we

also want an international financing instrument (Global Fund for Social Protection) for

support those countries that do not have sufficient resources.

With climate and development partnerships, we promote mutual knowledge and

Technology transfer, the expansion of renewable energies with independent added value and

local uses, sustainable infrastructure and other climate protection and

Adaptation measures in our partner countries. This also includes measures to maintain the

Biodiversity, to strengthen climate resilience, to overcome energy poverty and am

Climate risk insurance based on the polluter pays principle.

In order to achieve the climate goals, we will do more to protect existing forests and moors

invest in sustainable reforestation. In particular, we are strengthening our approaches to

Promotion of private and smallholder sustainable forestry. We will

support the partner countries with their rapidly increasing urbanization in this process

to design and manage resource-saving and climate-sensitive. We strengthen the global

Health architecture as part of the One Health approach. The World Health Organization

(WHO) is to be reformed and strengthened. We will provide water, sanitation and hygiene

(WASH), adequately equip the global vaccination alliance and combat

intensify poverty-related and neglected tropical diseases.

We support the global COVID-19 vaccination campaign COVAX and strengthen it financially as well as through

fast delivery of vaccines. We support voluntary production partnerships and the

Transfer of know-how to the production capacities for drugs and vaccines worldwide

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to expand. With this in mind, we are constructively engaging in international debates about a

fair vaccine supply.

We are strengthening our commitment in particular to basic education, dual training, and advanced training

Further training offers as well as the development education work of civil society in

Inland. Through digital technologies, we want equal opportunities and free access to

Enable information and participation, especially in the areas of education,

Use health and climate protection as well as resource protection. With the aim of mutual learning

we promote the exchange and cooperation between innovative actors such as start-ups in

Developed and developing countries.

We strengthen the rights, representation and resources of women, girls and the marginalized

Groups like LGBTI. Equal political, economic and social participation, strengthening

sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls as well as the

Unrestricted access to equivalent education and health care are central to us.

We will develop a comprehensive gender action plan with the participation of civil society

and financially inferior to him.

We are strengthening our promotion of civil society and the important role of trade unions,

political and private foundations and churches, especially in fragile contexts. The important one

The work of the political foundations with funds from the BMZ should also be secured and strengthened in the future,

especially in the previous project countries. Financial support for

We orient government-related actors towards democracy, the rule of law, human rights, the

Expansion of freedom for civil society actors and the press and the fight against

Corruption. We will give more support to the European Democracy Fund.

Our goal is a new international debt management consensus. We support an initiative

for a codified international state insolvency procedure that includes all creditors and

Implements debt relief for particularly vulnerable groups of countries. To the own income

to increase partner countries and fight tax evasion, we will be lawful, effective and

Demand and promote transparent tax systems that also improve the financial performance of the elite

include.

We aim to simplify the allocation and funding guidelines of the BMZ and the Federal Foreign Office. We will

the German Evaluation Institute for Development Cooperation (DEval) and the German Institute

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for development policy (DIE) as independent bodies. We will be the cross-departmental one

Strengthen evaluation of the use of ODA funds. We are reviewing the budget structure for the

Special initiatives, BMZ 2030 and the list of countries.

Bilateral and regional relations

The transatlantic partnership and friendship with the USA are central pillars of ours

international action. We advocate a renewal and dynamization of the transatlantic

Relations with the USA and Canada that we want to shape in a European way. Want together

we stabilize the rule-based international order, counter authoritarian developments and in

the EU's eastern and southern neighborhoods to work together more closely.

We strive for an ambitious climate and energy partnership and close cooperation

Human rights, global health policy, trade, connectivity, international standards,

Disarmament as well as geopolitical and security issues. We are looking for the intense one

transatlantic dialogue on data sovereignty, network freedom and artificial intelligence. We want them

Relationships with Congress, states, cities, civil society, business, and

promote science as well as youth exchanges and in the whole breadth of the country and the

Bring company.

The United Kingdom is one of Germany's closest partners outside the EU. One

Great Britain's continued close partnership with the EU also enables the implementation of a

demanding agenda. We also want cooperation in foreign and security policy.

We are working together with the EU and its member states to further develop the Eastern one

Partnership. States like Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia that are striving to join the EU should

can come closer through consistent reforms based on the rule of law and market economy. we

will react decisively and reliably to democratic upheavals and the

Be a partner in democracy movements. We want through targeted visa facilitation

Simplify civil society exchange.

We will continue to restore full territorial integrity and Ukraine

Support sovereignty. We aim to deepen the energy partnership with Ukraine,

with strong ambitions in the fields of renewable energy, production of green hydrogen,

Energy efficiency and CO 2 reduction.

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We stand by the side of the people in Belarus and support their desire for new elections,

Democracy, freedom and the rule of law and demand the unconditional release of all

political prisoners. Russian interference in favor of Lukashenko is unacceptable. the

We will support the democratic opposition in Belarus through further offers. Should

Lukashenko did not decide to change course, we strive to expand the existing one

EU sanctions to make access to finance more difficult for the regime.

German-Russian relations are deep and varied. Russia is also an important one

international actor. We know the importance of substantial and stable relationships

and continue to strive for this. We are ready for a constructive dialogue. The interests of both

We address pages on the basis of the principles of international law, human rights and

the European peace order, to which Russia has also committed. We respect them

Interests of our European neighbors, especially our partners in Central and Eastern Europe.

We will take into account different threat perceptions and focus on one

lay common and coherent EU policy towards Russia.

We demand an immediate end to the attempts at destabilization against Ukraine, the violence in

Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea. The way to a peaceful solution

of the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the lifting of the related sanctions depends on the

full implementation of the Minsk agreements. We advocate the frozen solution

Conflicts in the region.

We want to work more closely with Russia on future issues (e.g. hydrogen, health) and in the

Working together to tackle global challenges (e.g. climate, environment).

We criticize the comprehensive restriction of civil and democratic freedoms

Insistence and expect the Russian government to support civil society there

Opportunities for unhindered contact with German partners and strengthen our

Commitment to their support. We want to eliminate the possibility of visa-free travel

Russia to Germany for particularly important target groups, for example young people under

25, create.

Turkey stays with us despite worrying domestic political developments and

foreign policy tensions an important neighbor of the EU and partner in NATO. The great number

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of people with biographical roots in Turkey creates a special closeness between ours

Countries and is of course part of German society.

Democracy, rule of law and human, women and minority rights in Turkey are

has been massively dismantled. That is why we will not become chapters in the accession negotiations

close and do not open any new ones. We will bring life to the EU-Turkey dialogue agenda and the

Expand exchanges with civil society and youth exchange programs.

Israel’s security is a matter of state for us. We will continue negotiating for one

Use a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. The ongoing threat to the

We condemn the state of Israel and the terror against its people. We welcome the one that has started

Normalization of relations between other Arab states and Israel. We make ourselves

strongly against attempts at anti-Semitic condemnations of Israel, also in the UN.

Unilateral steps make peace efforts more difficult and must be avoided. Of the

On the Palestinian side, we expect progress on democracy, the rule of law and

Human rights. This also applies to the renunciation of any form of violence against Israel. we

demand the stop of the illegal settlement construction.

We want to initiate the establishment of a German-Israeli youth organization. We will

Continue to support the UN Aid for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) financially and thereby unite

Support the independent monitoring process in order to counteract undesirable developments.

Peace and stability in the Middle East are part of our central interests. we

want the potential of cooperation between Germany and the EU with the region and the states

the region among each other. We support efforts in the region, the more

political and economic participation of the population, especially women and young people,

enable. We continue to promote democratic transformation processes in the southern

Neighborhood of Europe. In addition, through climate partnerships with selected partners

technological innovations in the region are promoted.

We are committed to a speedy conclusion of the nuclear negotiations with Iran (JCPoA) and

expect the implementation of the agreement by all signatory states. Iran needs to be full and

permanent compliance with its obligations to the International Atomic Energy

Organization (IAEA) return. We expect a clear one from the Iranian government

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Improvement of the precarious human rights situation and the release of all political prisoners. the

Threat to the State of Israel, the missile program, aggressive regional policy and armament

as well as support for terrorist activities pose a massive threat to peace and security.

Together with our partners in the Gulf region, we want measures to build trust

promote and support the rapprochement processes that have started.

We are working to contain the humanitarian disasters in Syria and Yemen and we are taking action

continue our humanitarian aid at a high level. We actively support the UN-led

Peace processes of these conflicts. This also includes the documentation, processing and

War Crimes Prosecution.

As part of the ongoing UN efforts and the Berlin Process, we stand up for the

Stabilization of Libya. We want to do our part to stabilize Iraq.

Germany will continue its commitment to the people in Afghanistan. Recognition of the

We tie the government to its inclusiveness and the protection of human rights. In particular

we will stand up for women's and girls' rights and for the protection and acceptance of them

use that are at risk from previous collaboration with us. We'll use contraception

the UN implementing agencies financially and personally in the event of a humanitarian catastrophe

support.

The African states and Europe are historically closely linked. For the future

Let us strive for a close partnership with Africa at all levels, bilaterally and within the framework of a

coherent EU-Africa strategy. Cooperation with the African Union as well as the

We are expanding African regional organizations. Peace, security, prosperity, sustainable

Development, health, the fight against the consequences of the climate crisis and the strengthening of

Multilateralism are the focus of our cooperation. We cooperate to promote

EU-Africa connectivity, especially in digitization, energy and infrastructure, and build the

Scientific cooperation. We want to work to ensure that the African Free Trade Area

contributes to the development of sustainable value chains. Africa's strengthening regionally and globally

We support economic exchange. We especially provide support where a

Reform agenda for democracy, human rights and rule of law is pursued. To be

we continue to be involved in the G20 Compact with Africa. We will continue in

in the Sahel region to prevent the instability from spreading. Our

Support services in the field of civil stabilization measures within the framework of the

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We will consolidate the partnership for security and stability as part of the coalition for the Sahel

and according to new needs and based on the political constitution of the individual states

adjust. We expect the Malian interim government to comply with what has been agreed

Transition timetable.

We want and have to develop our relations with China in the dimensions of partnership,

Shaping competition and system rivalry. On the basis of human rights and the applicable

In international law, we seek cooperation with China wherever possible. We want in

increasing competition with China fair rules. To be in the systemic rivalry with China

To be able to realize our values and interests, we need a comprehensive China strategy

in Germany within the framework of the common EU-China policy. We want them

Continue intergovernmental consultations and make them more European.

We are striving for close transatlantic coordination in China policy and are looking for that

Cooperation with like-minded countries to reduce strategic dependencies. Our

The expectation of Chinese foreign policy is that it will play a responsible role for peace and

Stability in their neighborhood plays a role. We are committed to ensuring that territorial disputes in the southern

and the East China Sea based on international law of the sea. One

Change of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait can only be done peacefully and mutually

By mutual agreement. As part of the EU's one-China policy, we support the factual

Participation of democratic Taiwan in international organizations. We address clearly

China's human rights violations, especially in Xinjiang. The principle of "one country - two systems" in

Hong Kong needs to be reasserted.

Building on the Indo-Pacific strategies of Germany and the EU, we advocate a free and

open Indo-Pacific region based on global norms and international law.

In particular in the areas of strengthening multilateralism, rule of law and democracy,

We want to make progress in cooperation with climate protection, trade and digitization. we

want an intensive dialogue on peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region together

promote. We want to promote the EU-ASEAN partnership. We want the Asia-Pacific

Politically upgrading the conference of German business. We want to expand our relationships,

inclusive at parliamentary level, with important value partners such as Australia, Japan,

Driving New Zealand and South Korea forward. We want regular government consultations with Japan

kick off. We have an outstanding interest in deepening our strategic

Partnership with India through the implementation of the agenda for the German-Indian partnership and

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the EU-India Connectivity Partnership. Especially those from rising sea levels

who are and will be affected deserve our increased support. We want to be active for

implement infrastructure development according to high quality international standards. The global

Gateways initiative of the EU is an important instrument in this.

We want our community of values with the democracies of the Latin America and Caribbean region

strengthen. Building on the Latin America and Caribbean Initiative, Germany will continue its commitment

expand to the societies of the region in their fight against populism, authoritarian

To strengthen movements and dictatorships. Reconciliation and peace processes within states

of the continent deserve our support. We see the states in the region as central partners

for multilateral cooperation, including in the conservation of biodiversity, the

Combating the climate crisis and sustainable economic relationships.

VIII. Future investments and sustainable finance

We want the 2020s to be a decade of future investments, especially in

Climate protection, digitization, education and research as well as the infrastructure. We pursue

in addition, a policy that significantly increases investment - private as well as public.

However, the federal budgetary position for the 20th electoral term is extreme

challenging. The consequences of the corona pandemic are continuing and have required one since 2020

Borrowing on an historic scale, including social cohesion in ours

Land not to be endangered.

In 2022, too, the effects of the pandemic will have to be dealt with

justify an exceptional emergency situation within the meaning of the debt rule. The additional

In particular, we will provide opportunities for overcoming the corona crisis and measures for

take advantage of a rapid economic recovery. From 2023 we will then reduce the debt to the

Constitutionally limit the leeway prescribed by the debt brake and the

Comply with the debt brake requirements.

At the same time, unprecedented amounts of additional funds will have to be used to achieve the

necessary to achieve the 1.5 degree climate target and to transform the economy

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Measures to finance and economic recovery as the corona pandemic subsides

secure.

This can only succeed in the long term if investments are necessary and cannot be postponed at the same time

to transform the German economy. A wait at the beginning of the

necessary measures would in particular endanger the achievement of the climate targets and the

further increase necessary adjustment costs. We will give planning security by

Make permanently high investment commitments and incorporate them into a long-term investment plan

expound.

Determined to start the renovation now is a decisive prerequisite for the long term

sustainable public finances. At the same time, the federal government must pool all resources in a targeted manner

start in order to return to the constitutionally required "normal path" according to the

To be able to achieve debt rule.

As an anchor of stability, Germany must continue to live up to its pioneering role in Europe.

Financial solidity and the economical use of tax money are principles of our budget and

Financial policy.

We will make the necessary investments in the future within the framework of the constitutional debt brake

ensure, especially in climate protection, digitization, education and research as well as the

Infrastructure, also to make the German economy future-proof and sustainable, and

To secure jobs.

Future investments

We want to activate more private capital for transformation projects. We also check which ones

Public development banks can make contributions to risk hedging close to the capital market. The KfW should

act more strongly as an innovation and investment agency. The future fund for start-ups and

Financing models for public infrastructure investments are good examples of this. To a

Increase in the financing volume, especially for the climate and digitization transformation

the economy and by households, we will achieve the proven

Funding instruments based on needs and in accordance with target accuracy and funding efficiency

scale and expand. To do this, we check how KfW's capital base is being used and, if necessary

can be strengthened. In addition to KfW, we are also working with public development banks like the

European Investment Bank work together.

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Existing state companies such as Deutsche Bahn AG (infrastructure sector) or BImA

we will strengthen and improve their financing options. Do this on a case-by-case basis

Instruments such as credit authorizations and equity capital are used.

We will give the BImA more freedom so that it can carry out its tasks more quickly

can build yourself. To this end, we want responsibility for the planning, construction and operation of federal buildings

and federal properties at BImA.

We strengthen parliamentary, public and executive control in state companies.

We also use financial resources for the major transformative tasks of this coalition agreement

Transactions.

Budgetary policy

In order to make the necessary future investments directly in

To be able to attack, we will take the following measures:

 Due to exceeding the regular upper limit for net borrowing (NKA) in

The repayment plans drawn up between 2020 and 2022 will be converted into a by the German Bundestag

Resolute overall amortization plan summarized to make a coherent and permanent one

Ensure sustainable debt repayment. We adapt the repayment to the repayment deadlines of the EU

Corona aid from the Next Generation EU program.

 In future, the special assets will be taken into account in the debt rule 1: 1 in the

constitutionally required scope. As spending will be under the debt rule

then the federal contributions are recorded, no longer doubly also the outflows of funds from the

Special fund. Accordingly, the filling of an investment fund is considered an outflow from the

Core budget reduce the leeway.

 We are turning the Energy and Climate Fund (EKF) into a climate and transformation fund

develop. We will have already budgeted funds in the 2021 budget and not

used credit authorizations through a supplementary budget to the climate and

Transformation Fund (KTF) earmarked for additional climate protection measures and

Provide measures to transform the German economy. So the

Consequences of the corona pandemic and the simultaneous risks for the recovery of the

Economy and public finances are being fought by the global climate crisis and due to

investments in climate protection that were not made after the pandemic can be made up for. Stronger

Measures for national and international climate protection and

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bundled to transform the economy. This also applies to measures to promote

climate-friendly mobility. With the 2022 federal budget, we will examine how we can

and further strengthen the transformation funds within the framework of the constitutional possibilities.

 We are continuing the sustainability reports for the social security funds.

 In accordance with the legal mandate of the debt brake, we will

Cyclical adjustment techniques based on those gained over the past 10 years

Evaluate findings, for example through systemic crises, and the resulting from them

Adjust needs accordingly without changing the constitutional debt brake.

In addition, it is necessary that for the entire legislative period, all expenditure on the

Test bench and a strict re-prioritization based on the standard of the objectives in this

Coalition agreement takes place. The resulting redeployment potential and unexpected financial

Scope is to be given priority for the projects of the coalition agreement.

In order to create financial potential for future investments, we will use the

Budgetary and parliamentary procedures also cut spending

and reduce spending leftovers.

With our political measures, we want our political goals to be effective and verifiable

reach. We are gradually increasing the federal budget (excluding personnel and administrative expenses)

to do this, switch to target and impact-oriented budget management, within the framework of which the

Political and content-related objectives of all funding and spending programs already in the political

Resolutions in clearly defined, measurable and aimed at the intended effect

Indicators (e.g. SMART goals) translated and given set evaluation deadlines

will. Through a regular and comprehensive effectiveness test, in the form of a uniform

Controlling, we want to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of measures and take additional

Working out budgetary leeway in order to be able to achieve our political goals more effectively.

To get a better overview of the public assets and thus a better one

To be able to draw up investment and maintenance planning, we want a record of assets

of the federal government. In this way we provide a clear overview of the consumption and accumulation of public wealth

dar - a contribution to more transparency in the federal budget and a contribution to

Intergenerational justice. At the same time, this helps the federal government and parliament to do better

Make investment decisions.

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The federal government will reduce its public investments towards the goal of climate neutrality by 2045

contradict, withdraw gradually. We will provide government funding and coverage of

Use projects by German companies abroad via KfW to help partner countries

support them to achieve their climate goals.

To finance green issues, we will expand the successful green bonds.

In the case of core tasks of the state, the implementation and implementation of the state remains in principle

Financing. Selected individual projects and procurements can be made in the context of public-private

Partnerships (PPP) are implemented. In doing so - taking the risks into account - after

uniform criteria are shown by a profitability study that the

Implementation of a specific PPP project is more economical. A controlling and the executive,

parliamentary and public scrutiny must be ensured. The respective results, inclusive

of profitability studies and awarded contracts must be transparent on the Internet

to be published. The methodology for the profitability study of PPP projects is

further developed taking into account existing recommendations of the Federal Court of Auditors and

adapted to the state of science.

We will strengthen the gender budgeting already practiced at the federal level

Analysis of the impact of fiscal policies on gender equality

further develop and apply to suitable individual plans.

Subsidies

We want to gain additional budgetary leeway by using superfluous,

Reduce ineffective and environmentally and climate-damaging subsidies and expenditures.

With the implementation of the EU Energy Tax Directive, which includes the tax adjustment of

Providing diesel fuel and gasoline, we will introduce the tax treatment of diesel vehicles

Check the road tax.

In particular, due to the manufacturers' delivery difficulties for those that have already been ordered

For plug-in hybrid vehicles, we will receive the innovation bonus to support the purchase

continue electric cars unchanged according to the previous regulation until December 31, 2022.

We want funding for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids to be degressive and fundamental

reform in such a way that from January 1, 2023 it will only be issued for vehicles that can be shown to have a

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have a positive climate protection effect that only has an electric driving part and an electric part

Minimum range is defined. The minimum electrical range of the vehicles must already be from

on August 1, 2023 will be 80 kilometers. Beyond the end of 2025, the

Innovation bonus no longer required.

The existing improvement of plug-in hybrid vehicles in the so-called

Company car taxation for newly registered vehicles will focus more on purely electric ones

Driving performance aligned. Hybrid vehicles should only be given privileges in the future

(Extraction value 0.5 percent), if the vehicle is predominantly (more than 50 percent) also in the purely

electric drive is operated. Will the vehicle not be predominantly electric

If driving is used or the purely electric part of the journey is not proven, the benefit and no longer apply

the use of the company car is subject to regular taxation (1 percent rule). With this scheme will be

Incentives are set to use these vehicles and their electrically powered vehicles as emission-free as possible

also exploiting ecological advantages. These vehicles must also have a demonstrable positive

Have climate protection effect that only has an electric driving part and an electric part

Minimum range is defined. The minimum electrical range of the vehicles is from

80 kilometers on August 1, 2023. After 2025, the flat-rate tax will be for emission-free

Vehicles (electric) then amount to 0.5 percent. We proceed for CO 2 -neutral vehicles

analogous to fully electric vehicles.

The plastic levy that already exists within the EU will be the same as in other European countries

passed on to the manufacturers and distributors.

Federal, state and municipal finances

We need powerful municipalities that are capable of acting. There are many municipalities with high

Old debts that can no longer be freed from this situation on their own. You lack that

Financial strength for urgently needed investments. We therefore want these municipalities from

Relieve old debts. This requires a joint, one-off effort by the federal government

and the countries whose municipalities are affected by the old debt problem. The previous

Debt relief efforts by these countries should be taken into account. This can only be done in one

Overarching consensus can be achieved, which requires the agreement of the countries and a change in the

Basic law requires, for which the corresponding majority in the German Bundestag and Bundesrat

is necessary. The corresponding discussions with the federal states and the other political groups of the

democratic parties in the German Bundestag, the federal government will soon be in the year 2022

to lead. Care should be taken that their own contributions to debt relief are made

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are, a renewed such over-indebtedness legally prevented in the future, the investment power

strengthened and close monitoring is established. We also want to make sure that it is

a consideration of the situation of the East German municipalities there, which is also through

contaminated sites through no fault of our own are challenged. We also want topics such as the situation of the

old

communal

Housing associations

and

the

Claim

and

Address the Entitlement Transfer Act (AAÜG).

The federal government is committed to its support for municipal investment activities, including in the area of

Climate protection and transformation. We build for targeted support

Barriers to investment in the funding programs and adjust the conditions accordingly

Utilization especially for low-tax or over-indebted municipalities.

We want to improve the municipal funding programs by reducing bureaucracy and there,

Where possible, bundle them sensibly and provide them with practical deadlines. This requires a tight

Coordination between the federal government, municipalities and states.

There must be a balanced distribution of burdens between the levels of the public budget

be respected. Especially with new tasks that the federal government transfers to the other levels

wants, more attention is paid to the balance of financing.

steer

Fair taxes are the basis for the state's ability to act. We want the tax system for

Make people and businesses easier. To do this, we want digitization and

Advance the reduction of bureaucracy in the tax administration. Tax evasion and tax avoidance

we will fight more intensely.

We want to create an investment premium for climate protection and digital assets that support the

Allowing taxpayers in 2022 and 2023 to share a share of the purchase and

Production costs of the assets acquired or manufactured in the respective year

Fixed assets that serve these purposes in a special way, from tax profit

to be deducted ("super depreciation").

We want to extend the extended loss offsetting until the end of 2023 and the

Extend loss carryforward to the two immediately preceding assessment periods.

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A good equity base of the company is elementary for the success of the German one

Economy and strengthens resilience to crises. We will therefore look at the option model and the

Evaluate retention taxation and check to what extent practical adjustments

required are.

We will extend the tax regulation of the home office for employees until December 31, 2022

and evaluate.

We will increase the training allowance for the first time since 2001 from 924 to 1,200 euros.

We will implement the ruling of the Federal Fiscal Court on the Retirement Income Act. A double

We will also avoid pension taxation in the future. Therefore, the full deduction of the

Pension insurance contributions as special expenses - instead of according to the step-by-step plan from 2025 - brought forward

and take place as early as 2023. In addition, we will only have the taxable pension component from 2023

increase by half a percentage point. Full taxation of pensions will not be possible until 2060

achieved.

We will set the saver lump sum as of January 1, 2023 to 1,000 euros or 2,000 euros

Increase co-investment.

We want to enable the federal states to structure their property transfer tax more flexibly in order to achieve the

To facilitate the acquisition of owner-occupied residential property. We use this for counter-financing

Closing tax loopholes in property acquisitions by corporations (share deals).

In order to achieve a level playing field in European competition, we will work with the

Countries to further develop import sales tax.

We want to make it clear by law that there is a non-profit organization within their

can be used politically for tax-privileged purposes as well as occasionally beyond

can take a position on current political issues without endangering their non-profit status. we

create manageable, standardized transparency obligations and rules for disclosing the

Donation structure and funding.

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We will remove existing tax law hurdles for donations in kind to charitable organizations

Eliminate the destruction through a legally secure, low-bureaucratic and simple regulation

to prevent these goods.

Enforcement, simplification and digitization

The strategic approach against tax evasion, financial market crime and money laundering

we will strengthen our organization and personnel in the Federal Ministry of Finance, including customs,

Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), Federal Financial Services Agency (BaFin) and the

Strengthen the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

The fulfillment of tax obligations for citizens is to be achieved through digital processes

can be made easier, for example with pre-filled tax returns (Easy Tax). We will

therefore continue to drive the digitization of the taxation process consistently and for this

ensure that tax regulations can in principle also be implemented digitally. Our goal is that

the entire interaction between taxpayers and tax authorities is possible digitally.

In the area of corporate taxation, it is important to us to modernize the tax audit

and accelerate. To this end, we are particularly committed to improved interfaces,

Standardization and the sensible use of new technologies. To secure the

Connectivity of the tax administration to digital change and for a noticeable reduction

A central organizational unit is set up for the tax bureaucracy at federal level.

We want to noticeably reduce tax bureaucracy, for example through higher thresholds and

fully digitized processes.

We want to use the planned tax research institute to obtain a more up-to-date and better data situation

for example for the evaluation of tax regulations - also with regard to their negative impact - or

provides the lost tax revenue due to tax evasion and tax structuring

and thus improve the basis for evidence-based legislation.

Combating tax evasion and tax planning

It's a question of justice and fairness, tax evasion and aggressive

To pursue and prevent tax arrangements as consistently as possible. Germany

will lead the way in the fight against tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance

take in.

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We are going to the already introduced notification obligation for cross-border tax arrangements

also on national tax arrangements of companies with a turnover of more than 10 million

To expand the euro.

We will continue to fight sales tax fraud. This path is intended in collaboration with

the countries are intensified. We will become an electronic reporting system as soon as possible

Introduce nationwide uniformly that for the creation, checking and forwarding of invoices

is used. In this way, we significantly reduce the susceptibility of our VAT system to fraud

modernize and reduce bureaucracy at the same time the interface between the administration and the

Operated. We will work towards a definitive VAT system at EU level (e.g.

Reverse charge).

Building on the measures of the last legislative period, we will do everything we can to

prevent abusive dividend arbitrage transactions. To make this fraud-proof safe too

we want to introduce new technical possibilities, e.g. B. Blockchain, use even more. We will

ensure that tax losses suffered are consistently reclaimed and collected. Of the

The exchange of data and information between the financial supervisory authority and the tax authorities is also expected in the future

possible in suspected cases of abusive dividend arbitrage and market abuse

be.

We will continue to actively campaign for the introduction of global minimum taxation.

Income flowing out of Germany should be taxed appropriately. Both a non-

as well as double taxation is to be avoided. To do this, we will consider withholding taxation,

in particular by adapting the double taxation agreement, expand, and the

Supplement the interest rate barrier with an interest rate limit to avoid undesirable tax structures

avoid.

We will work to ensure that the EU's list of tax havens is constantly updated in order to

To comprehensively record tax havens. We will change the OECD rules against circumvention

in the international financial account information exchange (CRS and FATCA). aside from that

we will work to expand the exchange of information.

We advocate more global tax justice, especially with regard to the global south.

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European economic and financial policy

The Stability and Growth Pact has shown its flexibility. On its basis we want

Ensure growth, maintain debt sustainability and make it sustainable and climate-friendly

Investment. The further development of the fiscal policy rules should be based on these goals

orientate themselves in order to strengthen their effectiveness in the face of the challenges of the time. The SWP should

become simpler and more transparent, also to strengthen its enforcement.

We want to strengthen and deepen the economic and monetary union. We want that with that

Reconstruction program a quick and forward-looking recovery after the crisis throughout

Europe succeeds. That is also in the elementary German interest.

We want to strengthen established budget security instruments (OLAF, EPO, European

Court of Auditors).

Banking union and financial market regulation

We strive to complete the banking union, to protect the European economy and the global one

To strengthen the competitiveness of German and European institutes. The three-pillar model and

the German banking landscape with its many small and medium-sized locally anchored institutions,

but we also want to preserve larger, internationally positioned banks.

As part of a comprehensive overall package for the single financial market, we are therefore ready to offer a

to create European reinsurance for national deposit insurance schemes that are used by the

Contributions strictly differentiated according to risk. The prerequisite for this is a further reduction in risks

in the bank balance sheets, further strengthening the resolution regime and maintaining the

Institutional security for the savings banks and Volksbanks - with the clear objective of economic security

To avoid additional burdens on the small and medium-sized banks belonging to them. About that

In addition, steps must be agreed to limit the state-bank nexus and create an excessive one

Effective prevention of concentration of government bonds on bank balance sheets. One

Full communitarisation of the deposit guarantee systems in Europe is not the goal. We also want

enable capital and liquidity to be used more flexibly within EU banking groups

can.

We are committed to a powerful European banking and capital market that will prevail

Competition and diversity of business models is shaped. We want the capital markets union

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deepen. To this end, we will remove the barriers to cross-border capital market transactions in the EU

and make it easier for SMEs to access the capital market. We will be at EU level

advocate for differences in bankruptcy, tax, consumer protection, regulatory and

Dismantle company law. We will be working on the revision of the MiFID / MiFIR financial market rules

Strengthen market transparency to avoid the fragmentation of European securities trading

to counteract.

Venture capital financing, financial market Germany

Germany is to become the leading start-up location in Europe. The future fund will

Open the venture capital market to institutional investors and the German

Purposefully supplement the financing landscape with a flexible module design. We will

IPOs and capital increases as well as shares with different voting rights (dual class

Shares) in Germany, especially for growth companies and SMEs.

We will implement Basel III / IV with all of its central elements. The EU-

Commission a good foundation. In the implementation, we pay attention to investment-friendly

Framework conditions (access to ratings and preservation of the SME factor). In the course of COVID 19-

The easing of capital requirements introduced by the pandemic should be systematically evaluated

in order to be able to assess whether and to what extent the relief can be maintained.

Banking supervision and regulation must comply with the principle of proportionality.

We want to reduce competitive disadvantages for smaller banks. For this we rely on a custom-fit

Regulation and substantial relief (SREP process, reporting) for very well capitalized

small and medium-sized banks with low-risk business models. We will do an evaluation of the

Effectiveness of financial regulation in terms of proportionality, financial stability,

Carry out consumer protection and red tape.

We are going to give the Financial Stability Committee a mandate to deal with the macro-prudential

To examine instruments for gaps that we want to close. The ones already recommended

We are introducing income-based instruments.

“Shadow banks” are to be regulated and supervised appropriately; we support the

Work by the Financial Stability Board and will prompt the Commission to prompt

Submit regulatory proposals.

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We want to limit distortions caused by high-frequency trading by means of suitable market rules. the

We want to speculate in food by lowering the position limits to European

Limit level.

Financial consumer protection and pension provision

We want to continue the reform of the German financial regulator BaFin. The cooperation and the

Exchange of information between the various BaFin supervisory areas and with others

German and international authorities must be intensified. As an employer, BaFin must

become more attractive. The creation, takeover, restructuring or capital strengthening of banks

and financial service providers should be faster than before. We'll work for a stronger one

Use standardization for the creation of brochures. We become the skills of BaFin

further strengthen the examination of investment prospectuses. We become the consumer council

further strengthen BaFin.

We will immediately check how the transparency in credit scoring in favor of those affected

can be increased. We will implement recommendations for action promptly. We'll be at the

BaFin set up a comparison website for account fees.

We will commission BaFin to identify regulatory loopholes in the gray capital market.

In the case of residual debt insurance, we will conclude and conclude the insurance contract

of the loan agreement by at least one week.

Sustainable Finance

We want to make Germany the leading location for sustainable financing, and we want to be at the

Orientate the model of financial stability. Appropriate framework for sustainable

We support financial products. We reject equity rules that are not in line with risk. Climate and

Sustainability risks are financial risks. We advocate European minimum requirements in

Market for ESG ratings and the mandatory consideration of sustainability risks in

Credit ratings from major rating agencies.

We are committed to ensuring that a uniform transparency standard for

Sustainability information for companies is set. Ecological and possibly social

We want to integrate values into existing accounting standards in dialogue with business,

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starting with greenhouse gas emissions. We therefore support the project of the European

Commission to develop a “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive”.

Based on the recommendations of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Board, the Federal Government will create a

Implement a credible sustainable finance strategy with an international reach. The advisory board

should be continued as an independent and effective body.

Money laundering

In order to effectively combat money laundering, something coordinated between the federal government, the federal states and the EU is required

Strategy. The responsibilities must also be checked here. Possible recommendations from the FATF

Where necessary, we will quickly implement the German examination into German law. With especially

Money laundering supervision will be transferred to BaFin to those obliged to operate close to the financial market. For the

ongoing evaluation and improvement of the effectiveness of anti-money laundering in Germany

the necessary information and knowledge base should be built up. The money laundering

Reports from the non-financial sector, such as B. the real estate sector, we want to facilitate and

significantly increase in enforcement. We want illegal real estate financing through appropriate ones

Combat measures. This includes proof of taxation for commercial property buyers

from abroad as well as a ban on purchasing real estate with cash.

We will work at EU level to convert the central money laundering regulations into one

To transfer regulation. The aim is to make the fight against money laundering across Europe more effective

and to close any remaining gaps. We are for an effective and independent EU

Money laundering authority as proposed by the European Commission and we stand up for their

Based in Frankfurt am Main. The EU supervisory authority should not only concern itself with the classic

Financial sector, but also the misuse of crypto assets for money laundering and

Prevent terrorist financing.

The FIU must have the necessary constitutionally secured powers and access

to all the necessary information. We will be liaison officers from the state criminal police offices in the

Use FIU. We want to further improve the risk-based approach. We also want quality

improve the number of reports by providing the obligated parties with more feedback.

We want to set up customs in a more modern and digital way, so that it can prevent illegal employment and financial crime

can track more efficiently. The necessary training and further education capacities should be available for this

and IT processes are needed to carry out the work of customs officers

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Facilitate handling of the enormous amounts of data. In addition, procedures should be less bureaucratic

implemented.

We will improve the quality of the data in the transparency register so that it is economical

Authorized persons are actually expelled in all prescribed cases. We want the digital one

Link to other registers existing in Germany. We will

Link the database land register with the transparency register to obfuscate the true

Quit owner of real estate. Linking and use will be in compliance with data protection regulations

design.

Digital financial services and currencies

For FinTechs, InsurTechs, platforms, NeoBrokers and all other idea providers, Germany should have one

of the leading locations within Europe. It applies that with the new technologies, such as. B.

Blockchain, to use related opportunities, to identify risks and an appropriate one

create a regulatory framework. We will therefore be effective and expeditious

Provide approval procedures for FinTechs. Digital financial services should be without

Media breaks work; for this we will create the legal framework and the possibility to

Expand electronic securities issuance to include stocks.

The process of introducing a digital euro as a complement to cash, which is a legal

We want the means of payment in Europe to be accessible and generally applicable to everyone in a constructive way

accompany. Europe also needs an independent and open payment traffic infrastructure

Interfaces for barrier-free access to digital financial services for everyone

Consumers and retailers.

We need a new dynamic in relation to the opportunities and risks from new financial innovations,

Crypto assets and business models. We advocate a level playing field with equals

Conditions of competition within the EU, between traditional and innovative

Business models and towards large digital companies. The European

We make financial market supervisory law fit for digitization and for complex group structures,

to ensure holistic and risk-adequate supervision of new business models. we

need joint European supervision for the crypto sector. We commit

Crypto asset service provider for the consistent identification of beneficial owners.

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Insurance

When reviewing Solvency II, we will ensure that the European

The insurance market is strengthened and the stability of insurance companies is even better guaranteed,

Among other things, by appropriately taking climate risks into account. We want strictly

evidence-based and risk-based capital requirements. In this context, the

Conditions for long-term investment by capital repositories are improved. Also for

We want small insurance companies and pension funds for a more proportional one

Regulation.

Auditing

Auditing is of great public interest. We want the independence of

Further strengthening of auditors and the high concentration on the

Audit market with suitable measures, for example in the public

Contract award, oppose.

IX. Working methods of the government and political groups

As an alliance of three partners with different traditions and perspectives, we are on the move

agreed in an innovative alliance that brings renewal, progress and opportunities to solve the

great challenges our country is facing.

To do this, we are forming a stable and reliable government that is energetic, innovative and future-oriented

designed to be results-oriented.

We want as a coalition in this spirit within the Federal Government, with the German Bundestag

and the Federal Council and the federal states work together.

Cooperation between the coalition partners

This coalition agreement is valid for the duration of the 20th electoral term. Commit the coalition partners

to implement the agreements reached in government action. You wear for the whole

Coalition politics shared responsibility. They will do their job in parliament and government

Coordinate continuously and comprehensively with each other and on procedural, factual and personnel issues

Build consensus.

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The coalition partners meet monthly for coalition talks in the coalition committee

to discuss fundamental and current political questions with each other and the other

Coordinate work planning with each other. In addition, they meet on all matters

of fundamental importance, which are agreed between the coalition partners as well as to

Matters that one of the coalition partners would like to be discussed. The coalition committee

prepares the guidelines for the work of the coalition. The coalition committee consists of standing

Representatives of the three coalition partners, including the party leaders, of the

Federal Chancellor and the heads of the government, the head of the Federal Chancellery as well as the

Chairman of the coalition parliamentary groups in the German Bundestag. Meetings of the coalition committee

are prepared together.

Cooperation between the political groups

The coalition factions vote in the German Bundestag and in all of the bodies appointed by it

uniformly from. This also applies to questions that are not part of the agreed policy. Changing

Majorities are excluded.

The procedure and work in Parliament will be agreed between the

Coalition factions established. Motions, legislative initiatives and inquiries at parliamentary group level

are introduced jointly or, in exceptional cases, by mutual agreement. the

Coalition factions will come to an agreement on this. The agendas of the

Cabinet meetings should be communicated to the coalition groups in advance.

We will strengthen parliament as a place for debate and legislation.

We welcome the fact that the coalition groups intend to reach a cooperation agreement in order to

To meet this requirement: The rules of procedure of the German Bundestag should

reformed, the question time and the survey of the federal government more dynamic and interactive

designed, the parliament in particular on international affairs

Government declarations strengthened and for certain committees public meetings, which in

Real-time transmission will become the rule. Scrap printed matter and minutes that are not accepted as

Classified information is classified as classified, should be published and the rights of the

parliamentary committees of inquiry especially with a view to the appeals of parliament

to be checked.

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Work in the federal government

In the cabinet, decisions are made by consensus, no coalition partner becomes

overruled.

The coalition factions are in all bodies, advisory boards and committees appointed by the cabinet

represented according to their balance of power. The appointment is made by mutual agreement.

In principle, all coalition partners are represented, provided that the number of representatives

Federal representative admits.

For the cross-departmental coordination of special goals of the coalition agreement

Cabinet committees are formed whose tasks and members are mutually agreed between the

Coalition partners to be determined.

The ministerial and collegial principles remain fundamental to government action.

The coalition partners will be a joint working and

Prepare the implementation plan for the plans of this contract and update it continuously. the

The federal government will continuously document the implementation of the agreement.

The coalition partners agree to modernize the rules of procedure of the federal government and

the changed national and international customs with a view to the efficiency of the

Adapt government action.

The coalition partners make personnel decisions in the federal government by mutual agreement. this

also applies to personnel proposals made by the federal government to international organizations and to EU

Institutions. In the case of overriding personnel issues, the coalition partners strive for an overall

offers a balanced solution that does justice to all three partners and reflects a fair distribution. For

Personnel issues in the highest federal authorities themselves and subordinate authorities as well

The departmental principle applies to direct and indirect federal participations, unless otherwise

is agreed.

Pandemic control

We are redesigning the federal government's crisis management to combat the corona pandemic

put in order. To this end, we will immediately set up a joint Federal Government's crisis team

better coordinate the nationwide fight against the corona pandemic.

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An interdisciplinary scientific pandemic council is set up to provide scientific advice

created at the Federal Ministry of Health.

European policy coordination

In order to achieve the best possible representation of German interests at European level, the

Federal Government a united appearance towards the European partners and institutions

to ensure. To this end, the coalition partners within the federal government will coordinate closely

and

regular

European policy

Coordination

come together.

the

The federal ministers are responsible for voting within the framework

their specialist and coordination responsibilities and in close cooperation with the

Chancellor noticed.

The coalition partners appear in the European elections according to their affiliation to their respective

European party families as well as in the coming municipal and state elections in one

fair competition against each other.

Distribution of departments

The division of responsibilities of the federal government from SPD, Alliance 90 / The Greens and Free Democrats

is determined as follows:

The SPD provides the Federal Chancellor.

Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen appoint the Federal Chancellor's deputy

Article 69 of the Basic Law.

The SPD is in charge of the following ministries:

 Inside and home

 Labor and social affairs

 Defense

 health

 Build

 Economic cooperation and development

The head of the Federal Chancellery with the rank of Federal Minister is provided by the SPD.

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Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen are in charge of the following ministries:

 Foreign Office

 Economy and climate protection

 Family, seniors, women and youth

 Environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection

 Food and Agriculture

The right to nominate the European Commissioner is included

Alliance 90 / The Greens, provided the Commission President is not from Germany.

The FDP is in charge of the following ministries:

 Finances (also § 22 GO BReg)

 Justice

 Transport and digital

 Education and Research

Ministers of State in the Chancellery: The Minister of State

in the Chancellery, the Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration

and the Minister of State for the new federal states is provided by the SPD. the

Minister of State for Culture and Media provides Alliance 90 / The Greens.

The ministers of state in the Federal Foreign Office are Alliance 90 / The Greens.

The right to make proposals for the respective offices lies with the respective coalition partners.

Parliamentary and permanent state secretaries have the right to make proposals

with the respective federal ministers.

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