Can Armin Laschet save the CDU / CSU from the negative vortex shortly before the federal election with his new climate protection team?
He shoots at Olaf Scholz.
Munich - Armin Laschet under pressure, the Union in a downward trend - the election campaign just before the final spurt. For weeks, the chancellor candidate from his own party ranks has been held responsible for poor poll results for the federal election. The election campaign is not tough enough, and the Union has to assure again and again: No, there will be no more candidate changes. Most recently, party colleagues such as Saarland's Prime Minister Tobias Hans complained that Laschet has still not set up a competent team. This is exactly where Laschet comes in: yesterday he presented his new team, which is supposed to support him in climate policy.
They should save the climate for the Union - and help Laschet out of the downward spiral: Wiebke Winter, Andreas Jung and Thomas Heilmann.
The three do not belong to the top ranks of the party, but are, according to Laschet, the "strong minds of the CDU".
"And that is the problem of the competitors", he teased in the direction of the Greens * and SPD * "That they don't have such heads."
Armin Laschet's climate team: 100 percent renewable energies "as soon as possible"
The climate team has drawn up a 15-point plan - the aim is for Germany to cover 100 percent of its electricity needs from renewable energies “as quickly as possible”, according to the paper.
Andreas Jung, 46, parliamentary deputy for budget, finance and local politics, says: “For this we rely on market economy incentives.” For example solar roofs: “Regulations, bureaucracy, taxes, levies - everything has to go.” Then it would be a “new one Boom for renewable energies ”.
Regulations, bureaucracy, taxes, levies - all of that has to go.
Andreas Jung, 46, parliamentary deputy for budget, finance and local politics
Wiebke Winter, 25, head of the Bremen Young Union, takes over with a dry "Moin" - she too emphasizes that Germany must invest more in research and development in order to create acceptance for climate protection among the population.
"How can we use hydrogen and how can we produce it better - so that we can become pioneers in this area?"
Laschet shortly before the federal election: the Union's climate team - many goals, little concrete
And the CDU member of the Bundestag Thomas Heilmann, 57, retains the tenor: incentives instead of bans.
"We will perhaps be able to fight climate change in Germany with renunciation, restrictions on prosperity and bans, but never internationally." One has to show countries like China how one can "earn money" with climate protection.
However, there was a lack of concrete ideas.
At least a few tangible measures can be found in the paper: Abolition of the EEG surcharge, acceleration of planning and approval procedures - for example for wind turbines - and a digital cadastre for energy systems.
The expansion of the grid should also be accelerated, and interest-free loans for solar systems should be available.
Armin Laschet during the election campaign - "It is not chancellor if you imitate the diamond"
All of this is "more promising than the bans we heard from the SPD and the Greens again yesterday," says Laschet with a view to the TV triad of the Chancellor candidates on Sunday *.
Laschet came off worst in surveys *.
Journalists ask why he seemed so “pinched”.
"Let's let the voters decide what they think is chancellor," says Laschet.
"It's not chancellor if you imitate the diamond." Swipe at Olaf Scholz.
In the next few weeks Laschet wants to introduce more “strong minds” - then on topics such as digitization, taxes and internal and external security.
It is not a change of strategy.
“I've been a team player since I've been in politics.
I always attached great importance to that, ”he says.
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