Olaf Scholz is in election campaign mode.
The SPD politician again uses a platform to express his aversion to the prohibition policy of the Greens.
Berlin / Mannheim - The political skirmish between Olaf Scholz and the Greens continues cheerfully: A few days after appearing at the SPD in Vilshofen, Bavaria, the finance minister * expressed skepticism about the innovative strength of the political opponent.
Once again in the focus of his criticism: the restrictive stance of the Greens:
“You remain a party that likes to deal with bans instead of finding technological solutions,” the Social Democrat describes in a conversation with the
Mannheimer Morgen
.
For the 62-year-old, the SPD has “concrete future missions” to offer, while the Greens are of the opinion that “the appeal to renounce is done”.
Olaf Scholz attacks the Greens: Only "snail's pace" in the energy transition?
It is still a while until the general election in September, but the current exchange of blows already smells like an election campaign.
For some time now, poison arrows have been flying between the Greens and the SPD in the direction of their supposedly toughest rival: The Greens party leader Annalena Baerbock recently criticized the federal government for lack of determination and cooperation: “This society is growing beyond itself every day.
But in the federal government everyone still fights for themselves. ”Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and Scholz would not work well together on Corona aid, which gives the ministries a lot of headwind *.
Another point of criticism from Olaf Scholz of the opposition party are deficits in the expansion of renewable energies: In the federal states of Hesse and Baden-Württemberg currently ruled by the Greens, this process would only progress "at a snail's pace".
In the interview, Scholz also mentions the home ownership debate *, which Green politician Anton Hofreiter recently catapulted into new spheres.
For the SPD's hope for Chancellor, “it is not by chance that the Greens” are questioning their own home - although the party itself recently denied this.
SPD and Greens in dispute before federal election - Scholz criticizes ban policy
Days beforehand, Scholz, the only chancellor candidate who had been determined to date, criticized the Greens and explained why the SPD * is supposedly ahead of the competition in its preparations for the federal election:
The Greens, on the other hand, have received praise from the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
"The Greens' commitment to Germany as an industrial location is positive," President Siegfried Russwurm told
Rheinische Post
.
The functionary was talking to the Green bosses Baerbock and Robert Habeck "factually oriented and with respect for the mutual arguments".
Scholz himself currently sees a further suspicion: Has the Vice Chancellor offered the US government to buy liquefied gas in order not to have to fear sanctions against Nord Stream 2 in return?
(PF).
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