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On Wednesday, the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals presented the coalition agreement on which the new government will be based. On 117 pages, the main goals are determined, from the fight against the pandemic and the reduction of harmful gases, to the protection of wolves and the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
Two months after the federal parliamentary elections, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Liberals agreed on their positions on the priorities of the future government and the allocation of ministries in a 117-page long coalition agreement.
SPD chairman Olaf Scholz will be chancellor and present his cabinet in two weeks. Previously, the party structures must approve the coalition agreement drawn up by their leaders.
The central points of the coalition agreement are the fight against the pandemic, climate change, digitization and modernization of society. Many details have also been established, for example that all donations greater than 7500 euros must be made public.
The Social Democrats get seven ministries, including the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Defense, Labor and Economic Cooperation, Construction and Health.
The Greens will manage the Superministry for the Economy and Climate Change and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they will receive the departments of environment, consumption, agriculture, food and family.
As the smallest coalition partner, the Liberals will appoint ministers for four ministries: finance, justice, education and science.
In the Agreement, among other things, it was established that German citizens will be able to vote for the European Parliament from the age of 16. The goal of the new government is that Germans at the age of 16 can vote in elections in Germany, but for that the Constitution must be changed.
3,5 percent of the budget will be allocated for scientific research.
By 2030, at least 15 million new electric vehicles should be registered and at least one million charging stations should be built.
Aiming to completely stop coal mining by 2030, territories where many live from coal will be given help to transition to other industries. The goal of abolishing atomic energy was confirmed, and efforts will be made to ensure that no new nuclear power plants are built near the borders of Germany.
Pensions must not be less than 48 percent of the average personal income, the minimum wage is 12 euros per hour.
Cannabis for recreational purposes will be freely sold in licensed shops, the same conditions as for tobacco products and alcoholic beverages will apply.
400.000 apartments will be built annually, of which 100.000 will be social apartments with state subsidies. Solar energy panels must be installed on all state and commercial new buildings. For private construction for this purpose, the state will allocate considerable aid.
Significantly more will be invested in the construction of railways than in roads. Railways will not be privatized.
There are many regulations related to agriculture, among them so unusual that the goal is not to endanger the survival of wolves along with the development of animal husbandry.
All foodstuffs should indicate their origin, as well as the conditions under which they were transported.
The already existing right to same-sex marriages has been regulated in more detail, to such a degree that it is stated that in a "marriage of two women" with a child, both have the same right to be mothers.
Dual or multiple citizenship will be allowed. Children born in Germany, provided that one of the parents has been a legal resident for five years, automatically acquire German citizenship. Citizenship is acquired after five years of legal residence in Germany, in the case of particularly well-integrated persons after three years. Many guest worker families have been living legally in Germany for a very long time without acquiring citizenship. In order to encourage them to request it, the mandatory test of German language skills will be simplified.
The future German Government will support the accession to the European Union of the six countries of the Balkan region with the fulfillment of the necessary reforms and criteria. Accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania should be started, visa liberalization should be established with Kosovo, and negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro should be continued.
The dialogue on the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia leading them to the EU and the effort to establish lasting peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina while preserving territorial integrity and overcoming ethnic discord are supported.
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After the incidents in the Assembly of the City of Kraljevo, Vladan Slavković, councilor of the Local Front, and Ivan Matović from the Association of Indigenous Peoples were detained.
The High Court in Belgrade sentenced Ivan Stanišić to an eight-month suspended sentence for violent behavior at a public meeting in front of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, held in memory of the victims of the accident at the train station in Novi Sad. The verdict was based on a plea agreement.
Marija Vasić, professor of sociology at the Jovin High School in Novi Sad, who went on a hunger and thirst strike after two months of detention, was transferred to the prison hospital. Her husband and her godmother talk to "Vreme" about Maria, their worries and what they are going through
The owner of the company "Eagle Hills", an investor in Belgrade on the water, stated that he made mistakes during the construction of that project. "We pay the state (Serbia) 200.000 euros a day, it is ridiculous to estimate that we pay six million euros a year," said Mohamed Alabar.
The members of the security of the Assembly of the City of Kraljevo brutally attacked the opposition councilors, which is apparently the first such case of reckoning with the dissidents of the regime
The regime's retaliation will be dire if the resistance falters. Now they want to imprison the people who talked about overthrowing the government because they were supposedly overthrowing the state. But the state was hijacked and overthrown by the regime a long time ago
The Ministry of Public Investment submitted a request for a building permit for the construction of a new building for the Belgrade Philharmonic. Given that it is known that the project is too expensive and that there is no money for it, it seems that this too is just another colorful lie
The knee-jerk Supreme Being trusts in the local elections in Kosjerić and Zaječar. It must not be forgotten that for 13 years he poured heavy poisons, especially in the province, and that detoxification is a long and painful process.
Extraordinary session of the High Prosecution Council
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