Alternative to the federal government – the Greens present their own “Plan for Germany”.

The Greens would like to position themselves as an alternative to the federal government with comprehensive economic and social proposals. In a key proposal presented in Berlin today, the party promotes “new growth” with more investment, less bureaucracy, lower energy prices and stronger social security.

The application from the party leadership is available to the German Press Agency. Specifically, among other things, stronger taxation of very high assets, a digital tax for large platform companies and reforms in care, pensions, education and the labor market are proposed. “Just making cuts, as the federal government is doing, is not a reform,” writes the party, referring to cuts in health care, pensions and families.

At the same time, the party admits the traffic light coalition's mistakes. “The traffic light policy has unsettled people instead of radiating reliability.” We want to learn from this. The Greens were part of the federal government together with the SPD and FDP from December 2021 until the traffic light coalition broke up in November 2024.