FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai has vigorously contradicted Economics Minister Robert Habeck because of skeptical statements about the traffic light coalition’s climate policy.
“On the contrary: the agreements of the coalition committee on climate protection policy are a paradigm shift for Germany: the climate protection law will be transferred from the planned economy to the market economy,” said Djir-Sarai of the German Press Agency in Berlin. Instead of unrealistic annual targets for individual sectors, the cross-sector target of climate neutrality from 2045 will count in future.
“This goal can only be achieved – also in the transport sector – if the citizens are taken along on the way there. Climate protection can only succeed with the people, not against them,” said Djir-Sarai.
“Mr. Habeck should finally understand that. Everything else leads to a further division in society.” And: “The climate minister Habeck should stop looking for scapegoats. With all personal appreciation, a leader should not behave like that.”
Habeck had expressed skepticism that decisive progress for more climate protection in transport could be agreed in the traffic light coalition. The Green politician said “Zeit Online” (Thursday): “One result of the coalition committee is that this government will no longer be possible in the transport sector.”
With a view to the long deliberations of the coalition leaders, he said that many discussions had revolved around climate protection and transport. “And I’m not giving away a secret when I say that the measures agreed there will by no means mean that Germany can meet its climate targets in the transport sector.
The agreed measures are not enough to fill the gap.” Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) will see it that way. (dpa)
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Source: Tagesspiegel
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