berlin the centreleftled alliance that will lead germany from wednesday has declared ambitions to make europes biggest economy greener and fairerin their coalition agreement the social democrats the greens and the liberal fdp addressed issues from climate protection to foreign policy to cannabishere are the main points of their roadmap for germanygermanys nonewdebt rule had been suspended in the coronavirus pandemic allowing the government to borrow billions to finance its way out of the crisisbut the countrys next government known as a trafficlight coalition because of the parties red green and yellow colours plans a return to the rule that is anchored in the german constitutionin their agreement they pledged to reinstate the socalled debt brake by 2023maintaining the debt brake was a must for the fdp and social democrat finance minister olaf scholz who will be germanys next chancellor has also long been an advocate of the rulethe parties also agreed to not raise taxes during their mandate according to a tweet by fdp leader christian lindner a win for his party which has refused to raise any fiscal pressure on taxpayersin return the social democrats secured their electoral promise of raising the minimum wage to 12 euros 14 from the current 960 eurosto keep housing affordable the coalition agreed to build 400000 new homes a year including 100000 using public funds a cap will be introduced on rental hikes limiting any increases to a maximum 11 percent in three yearsthe threeparty combo also agreed to lower the voting age to 16 something likely to favour the greens and fdp which have younger supporters than angela merkels conservatives who are largely backed by germanys army of pensionersthe greens main win came in the form of an accelerated exit from coal energy which is to be brought forward by eight years to 2030the parties also agreed to further develop the countrys current climate protection law in 2022 and to bring about all necessary laws regulations and measures on this frontthe expansion of sustainable energy will be drastically accelerated and all hurdles and obstacles will be removed with the goal of ensuring that sustainable energy will make up 80 percent of the countrys mix by 2030with an eye on germanys powerful automotive industry the parties agreed to put 15 million purely electric cars on the road by 2030 up from just over 500000 currentlycombustion engine vehicles will no longer receive approval from 2035the parties emphatically say they want to increase europes strategic sovereignty likely to please the continents second biggest power france which has made this a priority of its eu presidency beginning in 2022but the transatlantic relationship will remain a central pillar for germany and nato is an indispensable element for the countrys security the text saysand potentially grating to poland or hungary the parties want an eu which protects its values and rule of law internally and externallypresenting the coalition deal annalena baerbock the coleader of the greens who will take on