John Wadephul is basically a peaceful fellow, but if the chief politicians of the Union group, comes to speak on the coalition partner, is tempted by his tone of voice easily. Soon the budget plan for the remainder of the term.
Wadephul has reasonable grounds to suspect that the Finance Minister Olaf Scholz wants to keep the Bundeswehr just for the benefit of others, namely social-democratic pet projects. The set SPD-Ministers in recent times, very combative. The Union is now annoyed for a counter-offensive.
salvation foray in retirement
“It is always tempting for politicians to make promises that make life in the short term, more enjoyable” says Wadephul. The aims of the social Democrats, has opened in the war of the concepts. The Minister of labour, Hubertus Heil, left at the corners for in the coalition agreement of pension way of agreed minimum short – hand, there is also a fixed means test. Not to send arms to pensioners on social welfare is a matter of respect, healing said.
the CDU and the CSU intervened unsuccessfully in the coalition Committee. CDU-Chef Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer started the gauntlet. That the Union could agree to a basic pension, “without any Form of means test”, exclude you, said the party Chairman, recently the RND. An increase of low pensions to individuals that are secured by a Partner or own assets, not out of the question.
it is also a dispute about money. In an examination of the means in accordance with the criteria for the basic security, the basic pension would cost the Federal government about 500 million euros. Salvation procedure required approximately five billion euros – ten times.
That Scholz pledged not to the party friend, the billion only in public, but the project has also explained to the first priority, incensed, the Union is almost more than salvation not agreed to do. “Priority”, – quotes Wadephul from the coalition agreement, should additional income finally in the defence and – in parallel – the development of policy flow.
Leyen has other ideas
The key figures of the Minister of Finance read, but completely different. If on 20. In March, the Federal Cabinet will decide not only the draft of the budget in 2020, but also to the financial plan until 2023, Scholz plans to leave the Highlight in the medium term, to just 3.3 billion euros are on the rise. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, has significantly different ideas: the equipment shortcomings in the Bundeswehr and to realize the planned large-scale projects of the multi-purpose combat vessel up to a new heavy transport helicopter that has logged in, the CDU-politician to 2023 is a need of a good 28 billion euros.
That desire and cash in location apart, is not uncommon. But behind this gap of the next coalition conflict. The Federal government has recently assured Nato that they met until 2024, although the target of two per cent of military expenditure in relation to gross national product, but at least 1.5 percent. In Leyens demand for a linear Grew up with the brand 2023’d just achieved. According to Scholz’s offer, Germany would be away from his commitment with 1.23 percent.
Before the exit from the coalition?
then There would have to rain from one year to the next, a gold the allow a 1.5-percent miracle. The Union does not want to. Who from the multilateralism of speech, says Wadephul, must then also be in practice. Not only the USA, but also the smaller Nato partners are expected “to be right” that the great Germany bar, its contribution to the common security. And “responsible politicians” should explain to the people that peace and freedom in Europe called for a price.
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In principle, no one denies that in the case of the SPD. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas defendant on the same day on a visit to the Bundeswehr in Mali, the army had been saved “broken” and improvement in “total overdue”. But in salvation, the basic pension to provide in addition to the purpose of the SPD the reasons for an exit from the Grand coalition is quite blatantly. “Pension or arms” would result in an entire election campaign. If the SPD tackled the climate-law of their Minister of the environment Svenja Schulz and the Union in turn holds the call for the complete abolition of the solidarity surcharge is high, would be in case of need everything for the final coalition crisis.
