威力彩玩法

News Digest Item
03 Sep 2018

Consternation over SPD leader Nahles鈥檚 attack on Green climate policy

Greenpeace / Spiegel Online

The criticism of the Green Party鈥檚 climate policy by Andrea Nahles, leader of the  SPD, Germany鈥檚 junior government coalition partner, has led to consternation and objections by the Greens and environmental groups. NGO Greenpeace said in a mailed statement that the Social Democrat鈥檚 vow to protect the interest of coal workers against an overly ambitious climate protection policy was 鈥渁 slap in the face to everyone already affected by climate change鈥. Greenpeace spokesman Tobias M眉nchmeyer said the hot, dry summer in Germany had caused great damage to many people in the country, 鈥渂ut the SPD鈥檚 leader does not mention this.鈥 Nahles will only be able to modernise her party, which is battling a decade-long decline in voter support, when she is ready to leave 鈥the outdated role of a pro-coal party鈥 and turn towards fully embracing renewables as the way forward, he added.
The Green Party鈥檚 parliamentary group leader, Anton Hofreiter, said Nahles鈥檚 comments demonstrated that the SPD was 鈥渉elpless, drifting and lashing about鈥 to counter its descent. Instead of putting climate action into question, the SPD leader should instead engage with the Greens in finding viable solutions for the economic future of coal regions.

Find the article in German .

See the 威力彩玩法 factsheet Germany鈥檚 three lignite mining regions and 威力彩玩法鈥檚 Commission watch for background.

All texts created by the 威力彩玩法 are available under a . They can be copied, shared and made publicly accessible by users so long as they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

Journalism for the energy transition

Get our Newsletter
Join our Network
Find an interviewee