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Coalition Agreement Applies for the Duration of the by Cabinet According to Their Relative Strengths ONLINE Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. DOCUMENTATION February 2014 www.kas.de Shaping Germany's Future Coalition treaty between CDU/CSU and SPD 18th legislative period NON-OFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF THE COALITION TREATY BETWEEN CDU/CSU AND SPD BY KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung February 2014 Online-Documentation PAGE 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 │ PREAMBLE: SHAPING GERMANY'S FUTURE 7 │ 1. GROWTH, INNOVATION AND PROSPERITY 1.1 Strengthening Germany's economy……………………………………………………….7 1.2. Investing in Germany's future: Education and research……………….....16 1.3. Investing in Germany's future: Infrastructure……….........................24 1.4. Leading the transition in energy policy to success……………………….……31 1.5. Rules for the financial markets……………………………………………………………40 41 │ 2. FULL EMPLOYMENT, GOOD WORK AND SOCIAL SECURITY 2.1 Improving employment opportunities………………………………………………….42 Active labour market policy………………………………………………………………..42 2.2. Good work…………………………………………………………………………………………….43 Modern labour law………………………………………………………………………………43 Comprehensive safety at work………………………………………………………....45 2.3. Social security………………………………………..………………………………………...…46 Social security for old people………………………………………………………….….46 Self-administration and compensation………………………………………………48 Interfaces between the Social Security Codes………………………………….48 2.4. Health and caring……………………………………………….………………………….……48 Outpatient health provision………………………………………………………….…….48 Hospital provision……………………………………………………………………………….50 Medicines, health professions and prevention……………………………..…..52 Financing and risk structure compensation………………………..…………….54 Caring………………………………………………………………………………………..……….54 56 │ 3. SOLID FINANCES Solid state finances – sustainable and fair to the generations…………56 Ability to act in the Federal Government, in federal states and municipalities…………………………………………………………….……………………………..61 62 │ 4. SOCIAL COHESION 4.1. Strengthening cohesion and improving equality of opportunity Shaping population change …………………………………………...…………….…62 Strengthening the family…………………………………………………………….….….62 Ensuring equality…………………………………………………………………...……….…66 Self-determination in the ageing process……………………………..………….68 Respecting sexual identity…………………………………………….……………….….68 Shaping integration and inward migration……………………………………..…68 People with and without disabilities…………………………………………………..71 Civic engagement and voluntary services…………………………………….…..72 Churches and religious communities……………………….………………………..73 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung February 2014 Online-Documentation PAGE 3 Emigrants, expellees and national minorities……………….…………………..74 4.2. Quality of life in the city and the country…………………………….……………74 Good, affordable living……….………………………………………………………………74 Urban and regional development…………………………………………………….…76 Environment………………………………………...……………………………………….……77 Agriculture and rural areas………………….…………………………………………….79 Consumer protection………………………………………………………………….…….…81 4.3. Culture, media and sports……………………………………………….…………………83 Culture………………………………………………….…………………………………………….83 Media…………………………………………………………………………………………………..87 Digital media…………………………………………………………………………………….…89 Sports………………………………………………………………………………………………….90 4.4. Digital agenda for Germany…………………………………………………………….…90 Digital growth country no. 1 in Europe……………………………………………..91 Digital education and research - fair and innovative……………….……….92 Digital life and work - strengthening rights and opportunities…………92 93 │ 5. MODERN STATE, INTERNAL SECURITY AND CITIZENS' RIGHTS 5.1. Freedom and security………………………………………..…………………………..…..93 5.2. Modern state, living democracy and participation by citizens…….…….98 101 │ 6. STRONG EUROPE 108 │ 7. RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WORLD 118 │ 8. WORKING METHOD OF THE COALITION Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung February 2014 Online-Documentation PAGE 4 PREAMBLE: SHAPING GERMANY'S FUTURE demand a new and sustainable model for prosperity. The global economy is only recovering slowly from the con- The CDU/CSU and SPD coalition seeks to ensure that the sequences of a major financial crisis. It is necessary to foundations of our prosperity and cohesion are secured work hard for every success. The European debt crisis is and expanded. Our objective is for every German citizen not yet overcome, and will also demand efforts from us – children, women and men, young and old, in East and in the coming years. West – to be able to lead a good life and for our country to continue to make effective progress. At the same time, we are facing new and far-reaching challenges in the form of demographic change, scarcity In recent years, Germany's economy has outpaced near- of skilled personnel and the continuing digitalisation of ly all other countries in Europe. The economy is entering our lives. Only one in every hundred people in the world its fifth year of growth in succession, employment is at a lives in Germany. Our population is the oldest in Europe record level, state and social insurance revenues have and our society is becoming more diverse as the propor- increased, thereby significantly reducing strain on the tion of people with an immigration background grows. national budget, and new borrowing by the Federal Gov- The Internet and digital technologies are not just chang- ernment has been reduced to almost zero. Germany is in ing our everyday lives; they are also leading to sweeping good shape – thanks, among other things, to a targeted changes in business and the world of work. After the in- reform policy undertaken in the past. Our country was vention of the steam engine, industrialisation and the able to respond decisively to the international financial start of the computer age, we are now in the middle of crisis and resulting economic slump, as well as the debt the fourth industrial revolution with the "Internet of crisis in Europe. Politicians reacted by creating the things". We want to use the opportunities this presents framework Germany’s citizens utilised intentionally. Col- in order to provide people in our country with good pro- lective bargaining partners safeguarded jobs by acting spects. responsibly. Together, we were able to ensure that our country emerged stronger from the crisis. These are The social market economy is a significant component of grounds to be confident. our liberal, open and solidly united society. It provides us with a proven compass that directs us along the However, not everyone has been able to share in this course to prosperity and full employment, while positive development. We cannot accept insecure em- strengthening the social balance and cohesion in our ployment conditions and income levels that are insuffi- country's society. We aim to strengthen the social mar- cient to live on; neither can we accept the gap in income ket economy, while anchoring its principles within Eu- inequality which is only closing slowly or the large num- rope and beyond, and shaping conditions so our country ber of families and elderly who cannot get by without offers every individual fair opportunities for a good fu- basic social security. This also applies to the inadequate ture. To achieve this, we seek the following: number of women in leadership positions as well as the wage gap between women and men. Young people's ed- Stopping new borrowing and reducing the debt/GDP ra- ucation and future opportunities must no longer be al- tio lowed to depend on their social background. Rising en- ergy prices must not be allowed to overburden either For us, solid finances with balanced budgets are essen- private households or companies. All these are reasons tial. We aim to stop new borrowing on a sustained basis, for continuing our political efforts. reduce the debt/GDP ratio and, at the same time, ensure that the Federal Government, federal states and munici- Over the coming years, we aim to continue positive de- pal authorities have the potential to invest. Only in this velopments and overcome our shortcomings. In four way will we do justice to our responsibility to our chil- years' time, our country should be in an even better po- dren and grandchildren. We are agreed that combatting sition than it is today. This is a significant task. Our ex- tax evasion, effective tax enforcement and consistent port-oriented economy is interwoven into an internation- adherence to the debt ceiling are essential in safeguard- al network in a variety of ways, and we are competing ing revenues and the state's ability to act. A solid and with other industrialised nations as well as with a grow- fair budgetary policy will continue to create the precon- ing number of dynamic, up-and-coming economies in ditions for a stable currency, growth and secure jobs. newly industrialising countries. Global inequalities, cli- mate change and the consumption of scarce resources Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung February 2014 Online-Documentation PAGE 5 Strengthening competitiveness and increasing invest- Strengthening the equality of opportunity through edu- ments cation We regard Germany's opportunities as deriving from an Education, science and research are key concerns of the internationally competitive economy comprised of small coalition. They form the basis for achieving participation, and medium-sized enterprises that are built around the integration and equality of education, and for maintain- core of what continues to be a modern and dynamic in- ing our prosperity in future generations as well. This is dustry. Our country needs its export strength as well as why we want to further increase the funds available
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