Traffic light coalition on the abyss: Who survives the week of decisions?

Traffic light coalition on the abyss: Who survives the week of decisions?

Berlin-The traffic light coalition is on the abyss! In the so -called “autumn of decisions”, the “week of decisions” started and everything hangs on the silk thread. A decisive meeting of the coalition tips is imminent in which Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Minister of Finance Christian Lindner (FDP) and Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) will exchange information about the urgent questions of economic and financial policy. But can this broken alliance continue?

disputes within the coalition

The dispute within the traffic light coalition is legendary. Scholz, Habeck and Lindner each presented their own plans for economic policy, and now the SPD and the Greens of the FDP are facing. The current bastow apple? A basic paper from Lindner who calls for a radical change of course in economic policy without consultation. The tensions are at the peak and the question is in the room: will the coalition be withstanding pressure?

The collaboration is tedious, and conflicts about fundamental political beliefs repeatedly blame. Especially according to the budget judgment of the constitutional court, which the government brought into financial difficulties, it becomes clear that giving and taking in the coalition is becoming increasingly difficult. Lindner already emphasized in September that three central questions have to be clarified: irregular migration, guardrails for economic policy and the federal budget.

the budget as a decisive factor

On Wednesday, the coalition committee will meet with the most important members of the federal government and the traffic light parties. If no agreement is reached, the fatal consequences for the coalition could have until the regular election in September 2025. The budget for the coming year is a hot iron because billions of billions have to be closed. Lindner calls for drastic savings, while the SPD brings billions of billions of measures to support industry.

A failure of the coalition could also have far -reaching consequences: from January only legally mandatory expenses could be made, while funding decisions are on ice. The possibility of a new election in March is in the room if the FDP burst the traffic lights. An early end of the coalition and the uncertainty about the political future of Germany make the situation tense.