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The three parties planning to form a new federal government in Germany have presented a coalition agreement that is to serve as a pre-agreed policy roadmap for the next four years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany’s Coalition Agreement<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | November 30, 2021<\/p>\n

The three parties planning to form a new federal government in Germany have presented a coalition agreement that is to serve as a pre-agreed policy roadmap for the next four years.<\/p>\n

The platform for the new government indicates there will be little substantive change from the policies pursued by outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n

The lack of bold fresh ideas is the direct consequence of an inconclusive election in September and that the parties seeking to form a new government are ideological rivals that do not agree on almost anything.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s current finance minister, Olaf Schulz, who narrowly won the general elections on September 26, is expected to be inaugurated as chancellor in the first week of December.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen how long the new government \u2014 to be formed by a fractious three-way coalition consisting of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) \u2014 will last.<\/p>\n

The 178-page coalition agreement<\/a>, presented in Berlin on November 24, was finalized after two months of haggling (negotiators reportedly<\/a> spent \u201chours\u201d debating single sentences). It contains eight main sections that focus on a panoply of domestic and foreign policy issues to be pursued over the next four years.<\/p>\n

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