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Against the background of the ongoing exploratory talks for a possible traffic light coalition, the Green politician Omid Nouripour has spoken out in favor of a general speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour on German motorways.
"It is necessary that we get out of this three-way club in the world where there is no speed limit, and those are Germany, North Korea and Syria," said Nouripour in the SPIEGEL top-level conversation with moderator Markus Feldenkirchen.
"It brings a lot." He would like it very much.
At the same time as the preliminary soundings between the FDP and the Greens, the speed limit on motorways was publicly discussed. Liberals had publicly stated that they still did not want a general speed limit. In return, Green Party leader Anton Hofreiter had declared that his party did not want to make the enforcement of the speed limit a condition for future participation in the government. Nouripour also did not want to make a forecast as to whether a speed limit would come, he was skeptical of all predictions, he emphasized. It is still completely unclear which ideas will be juxtaposed in the negotiations.
Nouripour sees a great need for negotiation in financial policy.
“The question is: where does the money come from?” During the election campaign, the FDP declared that investments were needed to modernize the country and the infrastructure.
“During the election campaign, the FDP said: no new taxes, no tax increases, no debts.
I only have a Hessian Abitur, but I can't keep up. "
"We can close all the dead spots in this country in two years, everyone," said Nouripour.
But that requires fresh money, which can only be done if the new government takes money into hand.
The joint exploratory talks between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP on a traffic light coalition began on Thursday in Berlin.
The Greens and the FDP had spoken out against parallel tripartite talks on a possible Jamaica coalition led by the Union, but such an alliance had not yet been ruled out in principle.
Jamaica is not finally excluded, even if CSU boss Markus Söder interpreted this in a TV statement, Nouripour told SPIEGEL.
"Söder's first reaction is: That means Jamaica is dead. That makes him the only one who says that."
Nouripour, who belongs to the Realo wing of the Greens, said that he himself prefers a traffic light, not only because of the content-related agreements with the SPD.
The Union's greatest difficulty is that its internal affairs are more important than forming a government.
"If they get that turned off, then we can certainly talk to each other again," said Nouripour, referring to the current situation of the CDU and CSU.
You can see the complete SPIEGEL top-level conversation with Omid Nouripour tonight on spiegel.de.
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