Green Party co-leader 脰zdemir: climate protection a priority in coalition talks
The German Green Party鈥檚 co-leader, Cem 脰zdemir, has said that climate protection, European integration, and social justice are the topics his party will be most adamant on in a possible coalition with the conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the economic liberal FDP. In an interview with the Hamburger Abendblatt, 脰zdemir said that for the coalition talks to succeed, 鈥渆verybody needs to feel like a winner鈥�, meaning that each party has to make gains in policy areas that they deem particularly important. 脰zdemir said that for talks on a so-called 鈥楯amaica鈥� coalition (CDU/CSU, FDP, and Greens), it was necessary for Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU to 鈥渞esolve their internal differences鈥� first. The Greens鈥� co-leader said that Germany had to phase out coal-fired power plants and focus on the production of emissions-free cars to maintain its strong position in the automotive sector, adding that the Greens were 鈥渞eady to assume responsibility鈥� in a government coalition, 鈥渂ut not at any price鈥�.
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See the 威力彩玩法 factsheets Climate & energy stumbling blocks for Jamaica-coalition talks and The long road to a new government coalition in Germany for background.