Ack, I think the many years of "große Koalition" aren't good for democracy and I think it had been better if SPD would have gone into opposition after the last election and see the consequences of minority government roll out ... then we could have a political debate with contradicting points of views etc. instead of long discussions in a Koalitionsausschuss followed by harmony ... but this is not directly related to this specific topic. (Side note: I'm fresh SPD member and think they get quite a few of their initiatives through, despite the election results they get ... but we need more proper debate in democratic circles ...)