Merkel will give her presumably last speech in the Bundestag

She comments on the EU summit in a government statement, which will also begin on Thursday. In the late afternoon, the Bundestag will decide on the new climate protection law. This stipulates a reduction in emissions of at least 65 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Greenhouse gas neutrality should be achieved by 2045 at the latest.

At the mammoth meeting, which will last until Friday morning, numerous legal and domestic political proposals of the grand coalition are to be decided. It concerns the criminal laws against lists of enemies of right-wing extremists, forced prostitution, stalking, inadmissible nude photos and illegal trading platforms.