The traffic light begins to work. Baerbock threatened Russia with consequences in the Ukraine conflict, while Fraeser criticized the actions of Belarus. The news ticker.
- The new traffic light government * gets to work at lightning speed. Annalena Baerbock and Nancy Fraeser have already started on their first trips (see first report).
- Annalena Baerbock * threatened Russia with consequences if the Ukraine conflict escalated (see update from December 9th, 10:20 am)
- Nancy Faeser spoke about the situation on the EU’s eastern external border and criticized Belarus (see update from December 9th, 11.25 a.m.).
- This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from December 9th, 2:20 p.m .: The new Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to coordinate closely with her French colleague Gérald Darmanin on migration policy, for example. “Traditionally, the cooperation between Germany and France is particularly important,” said the SPD politician on the sidelines of a meeting of the EU interior ministers German press agency.
Faeser also met her French colleague Darmanin in Brussels. This invited her to visit Paris, said her spokesman. The minister wanted to quickly accept the offer. In the conversation, both sides emphasized the importance of the issue of migration. The negotiations of the EU states on a reform of the asylum and migration policy have, however, been stalled for years. At the beginning of 2022, France will take over the six-month EU Council Presidency and then lead the talks.
Traffic light start abroad: Faeser shoots against Belarus – Baerbock threatens Russia with serious consequences
Update from December 9th, 11:25 a.m .: The new Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) is in Brussels for her first visit abroad. There Belarus described the instrumentalization of migrants as “scandalous and inhuman”. Ruler Alexander Lukashenko exploited the plight of the people for domestic political goals, criticized Faeser at the meeting of the EU interior ministers. Due to the cohesion of the European Union, however, there have been “initial successes”. Faeser called it “important that legal standards are adhered to at the border”. In addition, aid organizations should have access to the migrants.
Update from December 9th, 10:20 am: In the worsening conflict in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) threatened Russia with serious consequences if it escalated. “Russia would pay a high political and, above all, economic price for a renewed violation of Ukrainian statehood,” said the Green politician on Thursday after a meeting with her French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris.
Military escalation must be avoided. Solutions can only be found through diplomatic channels, said Baerbock. You and Le Drian are ready to get deeply involved personally. Le Drian said France and Germany wanted to hold a new meeting at ministerial level as soon as possible.
Update from December 9th, 10.15 a.m.: The new building minister Klara Geywitz (SPD) wants to seek dialogue with the construction industry to implement the goal of 400,000 new apartments per year. The private economy is needed for this, Geywitz told the broadcaster RBB. “Of course we have to build up construction capacities, which is why we need reliability for the construction industry,” she added.
The industry must know that it is not a “one-off show of strength”, but rather a “permanent attraction of residential construction in the Federal Republic”. Together with Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens), your ministry wants to specifically address the shortage of skilled workers in the building trade. Geyiwtz also announced that it would give the municipalities more support in housing construction. The aim is to find suitable areas and to help small communities with the complicated planning. “There are many municipalities that do not even know what areas they still have to build on,” said the SPD politician.
In addition, there were “many particularly small villages or municipalities” that did not even have appropriate land use plans. “We want to help them first of all to have a good planning basis,” said Geywitz. According to the coalition agreement, the Ampel-Coalition plans to build 400,000 new apartments a year, 100,000 of which are publicly funded.
Traffic light start: Chancellor Scholz with Prime Minister’s Conference at the beginning of his term of office – also his first international appearance
First report: The traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, FDP and the Greens begins work – at lightning speed. The new federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz * (SPD) does not have a closed season. Yesterday (December 8th) she was sworn in in the Bundestag. Prior to this, all ministers received their certificates of appointment from Federal President Steinmeier. The new federal cabinet met for its constituent meeting that evening.
Just one day after the swearing-in, the Prime Ministers want to discuss the dramatic Corona * situation and the next steps with the Chancellor. This is not a premiere for Scholz: He has also usually been present at the previous federal-state conferences, first as Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister, and most recently as Chancellor-designate. It remains to be seen whether new rules to contain the pandemic will be discussed. Before the meeting with the Prime Minister, there is already an appointment on the international stage. US President Joe Biden * is organizing a two-day summit for democracy that Scholz wants to attend digitally. It should be about authoritarianism, corruption and respect for human rights.
Traffic light gets to work: Baerbock and Fraeser set off on their first trips straight away
The new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is already on the way: On Wednesday evening, she left for inaugural visits to Europe. First is Thursday (9th of December) one appointment in Paris on the program, then two in Brussels. There she will meet, among others, John Kerry, the US special envoy for the climate. According to the new Foreign Minister, international climate policy occupies an important place in foreign policy under Baerbock: “From day one I will give international climate policy the place it deserves on the diplomatic agenda: at the top”. She also wants to bring this department to the Federal Foreign Office *.
On Friday (10th of December) it goes to Warsaw. Among other things, she wants to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the management of the climate crisis and the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. According to US intelligence agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a new invasion of Ukrainian territory. The situation on the border between the two countries remains tense, with Russia having relocated hundreds of thousands of troops to the border area.
Germany has “no more important interest than a strong and united Europe,” emphasized Baerbock before her first visit. The main thing is to listen to your closest partners. The basis for this is “to always think into the perspective and history of the other, especially when it comes to controversial issues”. In the 177-page coalition agreement of the Ampel coalition, the new federal government sees Germany in a “serving relationship for the EU as a whole”.
Interior Minister Nancy Fraeser * (SPD) is also leaving for her first trip to Brussels. In the Belgian capital she takes part in the meeting of EU interior ministers. Among other things, it will deal with the fight against organized crime, threats in the area of migration and cooperation in the fight against terrorism. (bb with material from dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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