When coalition government Center-Left Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens and Neolithic Free Democratic Party (FDP) emerged after the final German federal federal election in the decline of 2021, then the upcoming Chancellor Olaf Skollaz (SPD) did not object, Belg Said “Climate Chancellor”. This was not surprising: Climate crisis was a top issue during the election campaign.
The new government fought against climate change for the Ministry of Economy and appointed Vice Chancellor Robert Habec from Greens as his head.
After three and a half years, the campaign speeches barely mentioned climate protection. The major issues are how to curb irregular immigration and how to promote Germany’s dull economy.
Doubt of renewable energy
The Center-Daan, the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Frederick Merz-Vo,, according to the elections, the next German Chancellor-Husse often stated that around 29,000 electric-up wind turbines from Germany are a fork in his favor. ,
In November 2024, Merz told public broadcaster ZDF, “I am also confident that if we do the right thing, we can one day again destroy wind turbines – because they are ugly.”
CDU/CSU BLOC believes as an energy source in nuclear fusion, although technological development in the region has stuttered for decades. Last year, power generation from renewable sources discovered as solar and wind, which was about 56% of the German energy production.
However, Merz wants to revive the nuclear power plants, the final of which went offline in 2023. The country’s target to reduce greenhouse gas by 2030 by 2030 is not part of CDU/CSU plans by 2030.
Martin Kaiser, a climate expert at the environmental organization Greenpeace, said, “The fact that the growing climate crisis in this election campaign is not one of the top three issues of parties, it is inconsistent and wrong.” “Because now, we need a consistent and social-oriented climate policy.”
Oil and gas from america
Recently, Environmental Group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) when the German Chanman Sholaz approved the import of oil and liquidized gas from the US in an interview with the German newspaper, Handblatt Scholz, arguing that increasing imports will reduce energy prices.
However, one of the managing directors of WWF Germany, Heik Vasper said, “More oil and gas in the world market means one thing: fuel the climate crisis. Wood cost billion – and a unstable economy.”
Climate protection is one of the central concerns of greens.
Greens’ Environment Minister Steffi Lamke told DW, “I am negligent that other parties are now arguing against climate protection.” “We know that we need climate security and climate change optimization.”
Climate policy failures
Greenpeace expert Kaiser believes that the climate balance of the coalition of the Grut German government is now a blame of SPD, greens and FDP. Hey, the reaction to Russia’s aggression war on Ukraine and the decision of the Constitutional Court, due to which budget cuts damaged the government’s climate policies on a large scale.
In November 2023, the court did not allow the government to use around 60 billion ($ 62 billion) funds, which was laid for climate security. It was found that originally the Covid-13 was allocated to combat the economic impact of the epidemic, but the court was not possible for a different purpose.
In response to that decision, the government, among other things, cut a purchase premium for electric cars, causing sale for sale.
In 2023, plans were leaked to phase fossil fuel heating systems for a new law of the Minister of Economy Habec. It said that starting in 2024, the heating system in new buildings should be operated by renewable energy. This law was debated by passion for months by the government and the public, and what was adopted with adequate amendments to reduce costs at individual homes. Habec and his green party saw a decline in their approval rating.
Kaiser said that the FDP -led Ministries of transport and construction failed to develop measures to reduce CO2 emissions. Hey said that SPD and Greens’ companions allow them to get away from it, with fear that otherwise, the alliance may be different.
In the election campaign before the vote of 23 February, climate security has taken back the back seat despite frequent reports of climate change storms and flood disasters and the rapid rise in temperature and sea level worldwide.
“The next extreme weather also occurs – the next flood in Bavaria, for example – that we will again feel that it is all getting very close to the house,” Lisa Budum, Greens’s Bundestag, Germany’s Greece Permitary Group of Germany A climate expert for the lower house of Parliament told.
“When we look at the International Forum and see that Donald Trump is withdrawn from the United Nations Climate Agreement – it is ever imported that Europe moves forward. And it will not happen without Germany.”
This article was original in German.
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