They were never considered particularly compatible: the Greens and the Free Democrats.
Where could there be compromise lines for a common government after the election?
Munich - The polls for the federal election are shaking the Union. It is the first time since spring 2017 that the Christian Democrats and the SPD are on par again. The two parties have reached 22 percent, according to the polling institute Insa. In addition, when it comes to popularity, Olaf Scholz is clearly ahead. A traffic light coalition is becoming more and more likely - it would now have a clear majority. But how likely is it that the SPD, Greens and FDP will even come to an agreement?
Above all, the Greens and FDP do not seem to be combinable in some points at first glance.
Greens want as few cars as possible on Germany's roads, while the Free Democrats are sticking to individual transport.
"It's not a bad thing that people drive cars," says Lukas Köhler, climate policy spokesman for the FDP in the Bundestag.
"We just have to make sure that traffic can still be CO2-free."
After the federal election: compromises between the FDP and the Greens?
"Different understandings of climate policy"
The FDP and the Greens basically have “different understandings of climate policy,” says Köhler.
Greens would rely heavily on "detailed individual regulations".
"The attempt is to predict as far as possible which technology will be the right one in ten or 15 years," he says.
"As Free Democrats, we don't dare to do that."
Daniel Föst, top candidate and head of the Bavarian FDP, nods to his party colleague.
"If you add up the measures of the Greens that are currently in the room - that is, speed limit, ban on domestic flights, promotion of cargo bikes - then we save perhaps 2.5 percent of German CO2 emissions." Föst believes that people “should be restricted.
This would mean losing people's acceptance of the fight against climate change.
Instead, they want to create more incentives.
For example, by better exploiting the potential of hydrogen technology, greening buildings to make them more climate-friendly and storing greenhouse gases underground.
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Bundestag election: Laschet and Scholz "like identical twins"
"The FDP has not yet struck me as a real climate protection party," criticized Claudia Roth, the top candidate of the Bavarian Greens, to the
Munich Merkur
. "And it is primarily about a sustainable transport policy." On this point, the Free Democrats would take the line of Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU), "which has nothing to do with climate protection".
In this context, transport policy is "of central importance" for climate protection, says Roth.
However: She sees the greater evil in the SPD and Union.
“Of course you shouldn't have coalition debates now,” she says.
"But when I look at the candidates Laschet and Scholz, then they are like identical twins - especially when it comes to taking the Paris Agreement seriously." The two either fail to recognize the dimensions of climate change or are "aware of it." to ignore".
Coalitions after the federal election: “Everything negotiable” for the FDP - commonalities in climate policy?
Köhler emphasizes that "everything is negotiable" for the FDP. And: "If you go into the details, there is actually a relatively large consensus among all parties - with the exception of those at the margins," he says. “That we need CO2 pricing, for example. Or that we need an energy supply that is socially just. "
In fact, when you take a closer look at the election programs, the climate policy of the FDP and the Greens does not differ that much. At least if you disregard transport policy. Both parties want compensation for rising CO2 costs - the FDP in the form of a climate dividend for citizens, while the Greens call it "energy money". The shortage of EU emission certificates is also on both programs - this is intended to create incentives for renewable energies. And the massive expansion of local public transport is essential for both parties anyway.
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