Overview

• A 19-member leadership group is leading negotiations to resolve major disagreements over financial and migration policies.
• Key financial disputes include taxation on high earners, inheritance taxes, and the timeline for corporate tax reforms.
• Migration policy remains contentious, particularly on border controls, asylum procedures, and potential tightening of citizenship laws.
• Negotiators emphasize the need for fiscal responsibility, aiming to avoid unfunded commitments in the coalition agenda.
• Despite optimism from party leaders, significant compromises are required, and the Easter deadline for an agreement has been abandoned.