Chancellor Olaf Scholz assumes that unemployment will no longer be an issue in Germany in a few years. "In the next few years, Germany will leave the problem of unemployment behind," said the SPD politician on Monday after the cabinet meeting at Schloss Meseberg in Brandenburg with a view to the upcoming restructuring of industry to make it more climate-friendly. "There is a lot to do, for which we need a lot of women and men who are committed in this country, but also come from other countries, so that all the work that is now being done in Germany can be done." Currently, the unemployment rate is still 5.7 percent.
Scholz said that in its first year, the government had managed to lead the country through the crisis triggered by the Russian war of aggression. This has "created a momentum for our country", which should now be taken along in order to master the upcoming major challenge of the ecological transformation of the economy.
"We need speed," Scholz emphasized with a view to the restructuring of the economy and energy generation, for example, four to five new wind turbines would have to be built per day by 2030 and electromobility would have to be promoted. We are facing major challenges in terms of transformation," said Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens). However, he also pointed out that 20 years ago there was hardly any green electricity in Germany and that much has been achieved since then.
The leaders of the traffic light coalition have drawn a positive balance of the cabinet meeting. "That was a very good cabinet meeting," said Scholz. "What has taken place here is a very tangible underhook and also the common conviction that it will succeed." Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) also spoke of a "good closed meeting". With a view to the disputes in the coalition, the chairman of the Free Democrats said that there had also been many opportunities for informal talks in Meseberg. "This will also help us for day-to-day political business in Berlin."