Thread by @JeremyCliffe

Germany's 🔴🟢🟡 coalition agreement, some key points: Greens get foreign ministry & new economy-climate mega ministry, FDP get finance ministry. Deal includes coal exit "ideally" by 2030, €12 min wage, 400k new homes/year, expanded state-based investments in green, digital etc.

Liberalising social policies are an area of broad common ground between the three parties, and it shows. Coalition deal includes cannabis legalisation, allowing multiple-citizenship, faster naturalisation, voting age lowered to 16, strengthened reproductive & LGBT+ rights.

The coalition deal title "Dare more progress" is a clear echo of Willy Brandt's "Dare more democracy"

The transformation of German-ness in short space of time is remarkable. As late as 1990s the law treated it almost exclusively as something inherited. Under the 🔴🟢🟡 deal some migrants will be eligible for citizenship after just 3 years. Truly, Germany as a "migration country".

The coalition agreement also contains some promising signs for the euro zone, sharply summarised by @lucasguttenberg in this thread:

https://twitter.com/lucasguttenberg/status/1463507724185088007

Annalena Baerbock of Greens, in line to be foreign minister, talks of paradigm changes in foreign policy with greater focus on values. Reflected in elements of coalition deal eg explicit reference to China's threat to Taiwan.

More details on ministries. Alongside chancellery, 🔴 get interior, defence, health, labour, international development, housing. Alongside foreign + economy/climate, 🟢 get environment, family/youth, agriculture. Alongside finance, 🟡 get transport/digital, education, justice.

Few more policy details: 80% renewable energies by 2030, introduction of equity pensions, minimum pension stable at 48% of average wages, R&D spending goal of 3.5% of GDP, Germany to be observer to Treaty the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but continued NATO nuclear sharing.

Some questions as to how much this is all pie in the sky. Past performance no guarantee of future results etc but last two governments delivered about 80% of their original coalition agreements by end of term.

Write-up on the @NewStatesman shortly...

And we will be making a special follow-up episode of the Germany Elects podcast to discuss the coalition deal, the new government and the road ahead for 🇩🇪 - out in the week of 6 December.