Government coalition: Coalition appears united in the fight against extremism

After more than four hours of deliberations in the coalition committee, the leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD agreed to implement the agreed reforms “quickly”. According to information from ZEIT, the parliamentary group leaders described the atmosphere in the committee as “good and constructive” in a text message to the parliamentary groups.

“We are aware that our democracy is facing a historic test these days,” the text message continues. “We are firmly determined not to leave our country to the extremists,” write “with best regards” Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei, CSU regional group leader Alexander Hoffmann and SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch.

The coalition agrees that economic growth, secure jobs and social cohesion must be at the center of the coalition's further work program. "That's why the coalition committee discussed all current issues in order to quickly complete the associated projects."

The leaders of the Union and SPD ended their discussions in the coalition committee about the further course of reform on Wednesday evening shortly after 10 p.m. The main topics of the meeting were the further implementation of the reform projects approved in July and the 2027 budget.