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Anton Hofreiter combative: "Everything is in"

2021-03-27T15:25:40.788Z


District - The Greens in the district voted Anton Hofreiter with 95.4 percent as a direct candidate for the federal election.


District - The Greens in the district voted Anton Hofreiter with 95.4 percent as a direct candidate for the federal election.

At the digital assembly meeting of the district association, the 51-year-old received 62 of 65 votes on Saturday morning.

There was no opponent.

Flaming speech for "real and, above all, rapid climate protection"

In his passionate application, the now most prominent politician from the district advocated “real and, above all, rapid climate protection”.

“Everything is included,” he said, meaning: “The climate change is possible” - also a “leading role” for the Greens in the federal government.

Greens want to steal the direct mandate from the CSU this time

“We have a very good election program and we are the original.” With his district association, the Unterhachinger wants to “achieve the best and most impressive result that the Greens have ever had”.

The Greens see the chance to steal the direct mandate from the CSU.

"We'll take on the duel with Florian Hahn," said district chairman Volker Leib.

It was the first digital assembly meeting for the district association and also for Hofreiter, who is running for the fifth time.

He has been in the Bundestag for almost 16 years, and since 2013 he and Katrin Göring-Eckardt have been leading the green parliamentary group.

Hofreiter made it clear that the Greens are fighting for a far-reaching political change in the areas of energy, agriculture and mobility.

As a partner, he wishes "if possible not a conservative party, because then it goes slower."

In his white shirt and dark gray jacket in front of the screen, he addressed many crises in his seven-minute speech: corona crisis, democracy crisis, deficiencies in digitization and bureaucracy.

Nonetheless, he appeared confident and progressive: “The problems are not dominating everything.

Solutions are recognizable, never before have people had so much knowledge. "

"It is up to us humans how much CO2 we blow into the air."

Hofreiter relies on science, because neither the climate nor the virus can be negotiated.

“The corona pandemic shows how important science is for our lives and for politics.

We now urgently need to apply the lessons learned to the climate crisis. ”The success story of renewable energies is visible: wind, sun, geothermal energy.

"How much CO2 we blow into the air in our hands, like humans."

Hofreiter made it clear that there shouldn't be too many concessions.

But also that there is a willingness to change.

“I did an industry tour in the summer,” he said.

Even the steel industry is relying on "green steel" and building wind turbines.

"We will vigorously accelerate the energy transition and remove obstacles."

Years ago, when he was still in the district council, there was a debate about wind turbines in the district.

“Now it's finally getting concrete.

We have the goal of climate neutrality and 100 percent renewable energy firmly in mind. "

Just became a father

The botanist with a doctorate, who grew up in Sauerlach, also stands for international solidarity: "As a biologist I have traveled to many countries." He knows how unfair it is in many parts of the world, "why we have to change a lot."

Hofreiter, who doesn't really make a fuss about his private life, got married and has just become the father of a son.

"It has always been about preserving our livelihood," he said at the end of the speech, "with a small child it becomes even clearer: it is simply about the fact that we have only leased the earth from our children."

Meticulous attention to legal security

The Greens had decided on a digital list, "also out of solidarity with the artists, cultural workers, retailers and restaurateurs," said Volker Leib from Oberhachingl.

With the co-chairman Sabine Pilsinger from Graefelfing, he went through all the formalities point by point, which took longer than the candidate's speech, meticulously paying attention to legal certainty.

Now the written final vote must follow as a postal vote.

Source: merkur

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