The youngest member of the CDU federal executive committee, Wiebke Winter, has called on her party to make climate and energy policy one of the priorities in the content reorganization.
The 25-year-old told the German Press Agency: “The climate crisis is one of the most urgent crises that we have to deal with in the 21st century.
Berlin - I consider it essential, for democratic reasons alone, that each party presents a program on how it wants to meet the Paris climate targets. ”That has been missing so far.
"The long-term consequences of climate change must be averted in favor of the next generation," said Winter.
She is state chairwoman of the Junge Union Bremen and co-founder of the “KlimaUnion”.
The Union has very high levels of competence in the areas of economy and security.
“The climate issue is a security issue.
We must reckon with many security and disaster risks if we do not reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. "
The CDU should now determine how it wants to reposition itself in terms of content, said Winter after the historic defeat after the federal election. “We need the new basic program: What does the Union stand for? What does it mean to be conservative in 2021, what do we associate with this term and what do we want to represent with it? To be conservative means to want to preserve - this must also mean our earth. "
Consistent solutions would have to be found to get the climate crisis under control, said the politician.
“It's a second to twelve now.
This was shown very clearly here in Germany this year by the heavy rain catastrophe in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
As the CDU, we now need a clear compass of content on how we want to meet the Paris climate targets.
We have to discuss this path because we certainly do not all have the same ideas on how this can work.
But we need a solution, we owe that to the population - like all parties, by the way. "
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On the Day of German Unity, SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz called for a further harmonization of living conditions in East and West.
“Today we are one country, but there is still a lot to do,” Scholz wrote on Twitter before the unity celebrations in Halle in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
“We need the same salaries, pensions, and perspectives.
We can only do that if we rely on what we have in common. "
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The CDU presented a paper for a "turbo" in the expansion of renewable energies.
That is a good start.
“If we want to get away from fossil fuels, we need a lot more CO2-neutral electricity produced in Germany.
That is why we have to push ahead with the expansion of renewable energies on a massive scale.
We also have to underpin the expansion with clear figures.
We need an addition of at least 1000 gigawatts by 2035 so that we can meet our electricity needs. "
There are conflicts over the expansion of renewable energies.
“We have to talk about that,” said Winter.
"But we also have to be honest and say: If we want to meet the Paris climate targets, we currently have no other solution than to expand renewable energies." Dpa
