The deputy SPD parliamentary group leader Detlef Müller has expressed concern about the tensions in the traffic light coalition with the Greens and the FDP.
“The image that we are currently giving as a coalition is not good,” said Müller of the “Welt” (online Sunday, print Monday). “We have a state of emergency, people are unsettled and afraid,” emphasized the SPD politician. In such a situation, leadership is needed. That wouldn’t exist if uncoordinated individual opinions were presented every day, said Müller with a view to proposals to contain the energy crisis.
The role of the SPD, constantly having to mediate between the FDP and the Greens, is unsatisfactory, criticized Müller. “Instead of constant new requests to speak via the media or Twitter, I would like to see the traffic light parties and parliamentary groups meet for the first time in the near future, in which we will agree on the most important measures and a uniform line,” said the SPD politician.
Among other things, the FDP, in contrast to the SPD and the Greens, is demanding that the three remaining nuclear power plants continue to operate beyond the end of the year.
FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai has now suggested, according to the “Welt”, that the increase in the commuter allowance should apply from the first kilometer. So far, the decision has been made to increase the commuter allowance for a commute from 21 kilometers from 35 to 38 cents per kilometer retrospectively to January 1, 2022. At the same time, Djir-Sarai renewed the demand that the three nuclear power plants – which are supposed to go offline at the end of the year – continue to run for a limited period of time.
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