The Green candidate Baerbock is for a solar roof obligation and tax increases.
It also gives an idea of what it thinks of certain possible coalition partners.
Berlin - “Hardly a family flies to Mallorca for 29 euros.
In the holiday season, the ticket prices are significantly higher ”: Annalena Baerbock * wants to fight for the abolition of short-haul flights in the event of a government takeover.
If you are serious about climate policy, cheap prices should no longer exist.
That said the Chancellor candidate * the Greens * the
picture on Sunday.
“Everyone can go on vacation wherever they want.
But climate-friendly taxation of flights would stop such dumping prices. "
The Greens leader said it was not fair when taxpayers' money subsidized kerosene, while long-distance train journeys were expensive, especially at peak times.
“If you travel as a family by train, you should pay less than for the short distance on the plane,” she said.
"And yes, there should no longer be short-haul flights in perspective."
Baerbock reveals Chancellor's plans: tax increases and solar roof compulsory
In addition, her party wants to relieve the burden on low-wage earners, and to raise the top tax rate by three percentage points to 45 percent for everyone who earns more than 100,000 euros a year.
For married couples, the limit should be 200,000 euros.
From 250,000 euros or 500,000 euros, a rate of 48 percent is then considered.
The first law that she would put in motion as Chancellor would be an “immediate climate protection program”.
She also announced that it would enforce compulsory solar systems for new buildings: "In future, Germany will have to rule that, as a rule, new buildings will only be built with a solar roof."
Baerbock on possible coalition partners of the Greens: "Except of course the AfD"
Baerbock did not want to reveal her coalition partner preferences in the interview: “If we were to become the strongest force, we would invite all democratic parties to talks with which a majority would be possible.
Except of course the AfD. "
When asked whether she considered the left * to be capable of governing, the 40-year-old replied that she had “a great deal of dissent” with parts of the party, including regarding her overly indulgent attitude towards authoritarian regimes such as Russia.
But parts of the CDU / CSU are “not crystal clear”, she said, referring to their support for Nord Stream 2.
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