Overview

• Over 358,000 SPD members have started a two-week online vote on the coalition contract, with results expected on April 30.
• The contract includes key policy compromises such as a 15 Euro minimum wage, a 500 billion Euro investment fund, and tax cuts for low and middle incomes.
• Significant opposition comes from the SPD's youth wing, the Jusos, which criticizes the contract's provisions on social and migration policies as inadequate.
• SPD leadership, including Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken, is urging members to approve the deal, warning that rejection could lead to new elections, a minority government, or empower pro-AfD factions in the Union.
• While the CSU has approved the contract, the CDU's decision is pending, with a vote scheduled for April 28.