Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner warns of driving bans if the Greens do not give up their blockade on reform. The debate is based on climate targets for individual sectors of the Federal Republic set out in the current Climate Protection Act.
The transport and building sectors are missing these targets. How the traffic light coalition deals with this reveals a fundamental ideological debate. Can climate protection work without hurting? From the FDP's liberal worldview, any kind of state ban is a disaster. They are in favor of changing the climate protection Act so that individual sectors such as transport no longer have to achieve a target. There should be an overall balance that leaves room for balance between the sectors. The problem is not the federal climate protection law, but a transport policy that is not aligned with the goals of climate protection and sustainability. Instead of threatening people, he would rather talk to Wissing about solutions at the upcoming transport ministers’ conference next week. It is overdue for more climate protection to be implemented in the transport sector.