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With coalition negotiations concluded, the new government stands.
The most important bullet points (source):
Security
The most important bullet points (source):
Security
- abolishment of last term's accelerated naturalisation law, reversion to the status quo ante
- permanent border controls
- push-backs of asylum seekers under the Dublin rules (which require migrants arriving in the EU to seek asylum at their point of entry)
- abolishment of the right of asylum seekers to family reunion
- "deportation offensive"
- Germany will leave all national and international programmes to voluntarily take in migrants
- more countries will be designated "safe-to-return", negating a right to asylum
- asylum seekers will not receive monetary benefits any more (replaced by an electronic card allowing access only to basic necessities)
- creation of a data retention law forcing telecom providers to store IP addresses
- "Swedish conscription": mandatory examination for military service, but voluntary call-up; possibly reverting to mandatory call-ups after the mid-term if not enough men volunteer
- drastically increased military-spending
- reduction of military bureaucracy
- introduction of multi-year defence budgets to facilitate large investments
- national defence industry revitalisation through a bundle of measures, including but not limited to purchase of shares, guaranteed purchase contracts, research grants, reduction of bureaucracy and eased access to loans
- establishment of a national security council and national security advisor
- steep reduction of electricity costs
- steady reduction of corporate taxes at a rate of 1% per year
- steady reduction of business taxes at a rate of 1% per year
- tax breaks for low incomes
- more generous write-off laws
- abolishment of last term's supply chain law
- abolishment of last term's mandatory heating replacement law
- Germany will not build new nuclear power plants
- establishment of a new dedicated ministry for digitalisation
- reintroduction of fuel tax breaks for farmers
- reduction of federal government staff by 8%
- abolishment of last term's "citizen's welfare payment" (which in practice had acted as an almost universal basic income)
- mandatory language tests for all four-year-olds to ensure adequate education and integration
- federal minimum wage of €15 per hour
- increased commuting allowance
- increased pensions for stay-at-home mothers
- cannabis remains legal
- pensioners who chose to continue to work will be exempt from taxation on their self-earned income
- overtime hours will be exempt from taxation
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