The over 358,000 members of the SPD From today to coordinate the coalition agreement with the Union. At 8:00 a.m., an online platform is to be activated, on which the social democrats can hand in their votes until April 29 at 11:59 p.m. The result is to be announced on April 30th.
Party leader Saskia Esken campaigned for approval of the 144 -page contract. She also sees “light and shadow” in it. The loosening of the debt brake for defense purposes, the special fund for investments and the measures to strengthen the economy ESKEN emphasized as a good basis for working between the Union and the SPD. “I assume and hope that we will get good approval.”
20 percent of the members must participate
To accept the Coalition agreement Not only a majority of the votes are required, but also a participation of at least 20 percent of the members in purely digital coordination. The members received a password by post with which they can – in combination with their membership number – to be encrypted online. If you have no internet access, you can hand in your voice in SPD branches.
With the minimum wage of 15 euros and tax reduction for low and medium -sized incomes, the SPD has anchored some of its campaign promises in the coalition agreement. However, the planned tightening of migration and social policy are controversial. The contract is therefore rejected the management of the Jusos and calls for renegotiations.
Klingbeil replied to the critical voices from the youth organization on Monday evening at a dialogue conference in Hanover that there would be no renegotiations. If black and red does not come about, there will be new elections or maybe a minority government, he warned. There is a risk that the forces in the Union are strengthened, which are for normalizing the relationship to the AfD. “If we fail, then they will be louder.”
So far, only the CSU has accepted the coalition agreement by board decision. The CDU’s approval is still missing. The party of the designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz will decide on April 28 at a small party congress. The chancellor’s election in the Bundestag and the swearing -in of the entire cabinet is planned for May 6th.
