Jamaica parties caught in climate policy quarrel in countdown of exploratory talks
Germany鈥檚 aspiring Jamaica coalition parties still disagree on a range of key policy fields one day before exploratory talks for a new government are scheduled to end, Gregor Waschinski writes for news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). 鈥淭here鈥檚 a hurricane gathering over Jamaica,鈥� Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy leader of pro-business party FDP said. Green parliamentary group leader Anton Hofreiter said the 鈥渉urricane鈥� was because no progress had been achieved on climate protection policy. His party even had to 鈥渨rangle hard鈥� for Germany鈥檚 climate protection goals, Hofreiter said, adding that the negotiating partners were not ready to make concessions even after the Greens had done so last week. The conservative CSU鈥檚 Secretary General Andreas Scheuer said the final round of exploratory talks on Thursday are likely to be 鈥渁 tough nut to crack鈥�.
In a separate article on Spiegel Online, Ren茅 Pfister says the parties would not allow talks to fail 鈥渋f they are in their right mind鈥� even if substantial disagreements remained. The alternative to a Jamaica coalition would be new elections. 鈥淲ho would benefit from this crash?鈥�, Pfister asks.
The parties鈥� chief negotiators will convene on Thursday evening to discuss final positions on climate, energy, and transport, as well as on migration, finances and other disputed policy areas. After exploratory talks are over, the parties will decide internally whether they move on to official coalition negotiations.
Read the Spiegel Online article in German .
See the 威力彩玩法 article Germany鈥檚 aspiring coalition parties disagree over coal exit speed and 威力彩玩法鈥檚 coalition watch for background.