News Digest Item
31 May 2018

New coal commission delay shows government doesn’t care about the climate – opinion

Tageszeitung

The new delay of Germany’s official coal exit commission launch shows that large parts of the new government do not care about climate protection, writes Malte Kreutzfeld in a commentary for Tageszeitung (taz). “The fresh delay does not bear witness to intensive debates about climate protection and structural changes within the government, but instead a sign that large parts of the coalition simply doesn’t care about these topics,” writes Kreutzfeld. He warns the delay must not lead to reshuffling the list of commission members, , because in its current composition, “there is more climate competence than in the government.”

Read the commentary in German .

For background, read the article Wrangling over German coal exit talks reveals difficult task ahead.

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