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Traffic light until christmas? "Speed ​​limit not enforceable"

2021-10-19T14:22:39.868Z


Traffic lights instead of Jamaica: For now, Prime Minister Kretschmann seems to have made his peace with it. He hopes to invest in climate protection. But he no longer wants to fight for the speed limit.


Traffic lights instead of Jamaica: For now, Prime Minister Kretschmann seems to have made his peace with it.

He hopes to invest in climate protection.

But he no longer wants to fight for the speed limit.

Stuttgart - After the explorations with the SPD and FDP, Baden-Württemberg's Green Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann can make friends with a traffic light alliance at the federal level.

"Each of the parties was able to bring their core concerns home," said Kretschmann on Tuesday in Stuttgart.

For the Greens this is climate protection.

However, all three partners should have made concessions.

"Of course you have to let go of something."

"I'm actually also sure that we will have a new government before the Christmas break," said the Green politician, who after the federal election had campaigned for talks about a Jamaica coalition with the Union and the FDP to be open.

Kretschmann wants to leave the speed limit to his grandchildren

Kretschmann admitted that the Greens failed with their demand for a general speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour on the highways at the FDP.

“It was not enforceable,” said Kretschmann.

However, he had expected that beforehand.

The speed limit is not decisive for climate protection and the energy transition.

“The speed limit is of less importance for climate protection.” A coal-fired power plant emits as much climate-damaging carbon dioxide as 13.5 million vehicles in road traffic.

"I'm not the biggest supporter of symbolism now." It is more important to make decisive progress on climate protection.

In the coalition negotiations with the SPD and FDP it is now a matter of "reaching compromises where everyone keeps their brand essence".

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FDP and Greens in the Southwest: Jamaica is not off the table

In the country, Prime Minister Kretschmann prevented a traffic light in the spring.

He wanted to continue to govern with the CDU.

Now the discussion begins again - at the federal level.

FDP and Greens in the Southwest: Jamaica is not off the table

Because for the federal government with a focus on new energies

Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) is relying on a federal traffic light coalition with a clear focus on climate protection and renewable energies.

"Lower Saxony and the climate would benefit a lot if we finally got ahead with renewable energies," said Weil in an interview with the "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" on Wednesday.

Because for the federal government with a focus on new energies

Exploratory talks begin: also meetings of small parties

Five days after the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the first exploratory discussion between the election winner SPD and the CDU will take place this Friday.

This was confirmed by party circles on Thursday at the request of the German press agency.

The media had previously reported.

As a rule, confidentiality is agreed for exploratory talks;

it is about a first tapping of positions in order to sound out possible overlaps and compromise possibilities.

Exploratory talks begin: also meetings of small parties

Ten years ago he once said: “What a gun is for an American, the lawn is for a German.” He was heavily criticized for this at the time. After the rejection in the explorations, he said to himself: "Our grandchildren better fight it, I don't devote myself to it anymore." Nevertheless, it was a missed opportunity because there is now a majority in the population in favor of the speed limit. A survey recently showed that 60 percent of Baden-Württemberg residents are in favor.

The SPD, Greens and FDP want to start their coalition negotiations this Thursday.

In the explorations it was agreed to drastically accelerate the expansion of renewable energies.

The plan also includes a faster exit from coal-fired power generation, "ideally" by 2030. The SPD receives its minimum wage of 12 euros, which the FDP strictly rejected during the election campaign.

The liberals are enforcing a super write-off for investments in climate protection and digitization.

Tougher pace against tax evaders for more climate protection

Kretschmann believes that the energy transition will progress with the help of investments by citizens, municipalities and municipal utilities in solar systems and wind turbines.

Nevertheless, the federal government must invest heavily in a modern transport infrastructure.

Here the Green politician is hoping for additional income through more decisive action against tax evaders.

"Those who pay taxes have to pay them too".

If you collect the taxes better, "double-digit billions" could quickly result.

He does not believe that there is a two-thirds majority in the Bundestag and Bundesrat in favor of reforming the debt brake in order to achieve more investment in climate protection.

The debt brake must be designed accordingly, without having to change the constitution.

Kretschmann for a drastic reduction in electricity prices

The head of government announced that the SPD, Greens and FDP agreed that something had to be done against the rise in electricity prices, which hit poor people in particular.

“There is unanimous agreement that electricity prices have to drop drastically.” That will already be introduced with the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), but it will certainly continue.

It was also agreed that if the CO2 price were to increase, at least some of the additional funds would have to be returned to consumers.

Since the beginning of the year there has been a CO2 price in transport and heating.

Currently, 25 euros are due per ton of climate-damaging carbon dioxide (CO2), and the price is to rise gradually to 55 euros by 2025.

dpa

Source: merkur

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