Now Baerbock is commenting on previous coalition negotiations, foreign policy and personnel issues.
And she has a specific requirement.
Berlin - The coalition negotiations between the Greens, FDP and SPD are ongoing.
Green leader Annalena Baerbock does not see the FDP as the winner of the negotiations, it was rather a "give and take".
The talks are now about depth of content and the goal of making the industrialized country Germany climate-neutral, she said on Friday in an
interview with
Spiegel
.
She also spoke about personnel issues and the foreign policy relationship with China.
Annalena Baerbock: "Government shouldn't be oriented towards the last century"
It is no secret that both Christian Lindner (FDP) and Robert Habeck (Greens) speculate on the office of finance minister. But Baerbock does not want to clarify questions about future ministerial positions in public. "And having conversations in a trusting manner does not mean that you touch yourself with kid gloves," said the head of the Greens. On the contrary, in the future, too, people will speak Tacheles, because the parties come from different directions. However, it is much more difficult to agree on the content if you only have the questions of power in mind.
However, one thing is beyond question for them: Equality and social diversity should also be reflected in the formation of cabinets.
In concrete terms, this would mean that men and women were given the same number of positions.
Baerbock refers to her own party, which lives equality.
For the green parliamentary group, around 60 percent women entered the Bundestag.
When asked about the fact that the FDP was not concerned with equality in its own party, Baerbock replied: "A government of progress should of course not be based on the last century."
Baerbock wants active European foreign policy
In foreign policy, Baerbock emphasizes that he wants to strengthen Franco-German cooperation again. She expects a “boost for Europe” as a result. In general, Germany's foreign policy should be guided by values and based on dialogue. “But willingness to engage in dialogue does not mean naivety,” Baerbock continued. Europe must also defend its own sovereignty and security. “We are in a system competition with China. That is why it is extremely important that we achieve new European strengths, ”adds Baerbock in an interview with
Der Spiegel
.
But from Baerbock's point of view, security and foreign policy issues are not only of a military nature.
In key technologies in particular, Germany should become more independent from China.
This is the only way to ensure that data on European citizens are not passed on to the Chinese regime.
In terms of energy policy, Germany is dependent on Russia and can therefore be blackmailed.
They consider the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be wrong because it does not comply with European law.
These state that Gazprom is not allowed to own and operate the pipeline at the same time.
Greens boss on environmental issues and achieving the 1.5 degree target
Baerbock himself had emphasized during the election campaign that the next government would be the last that could do something about the climate crisis. But neither the party program of the FDP, SPD nor the Greens proposes measures with which the goal of the Paris climate agreement can be achieved, so the accusation. When asked about this, Baerbock replied that “the most important guard rails were set in the exploratory paper”. It would take a tremendous effort to even get on the 1.5-degree path, admitted the Green boss.
“But Germany is not isolated. It is essential that we focus on European and international climate and energy partnerships, ”said Baerbock. It also confirmed a massive expansion in renewable energies. For example, solar systems should become standard on new roofs, whether private or commercial. That brings a big boost in the supply of renewable electricity. When
asked by the
Spiegel
journalists whether this was the common understanding of all three parties, the Green boss simply replied with "Yes." In addition to the massive expansion of renewable energies, the traffic light parties have already agreed on other points: no tax increases, no speed limit , Exit from the combustion engine, minimum wage of twelve euros and basic child security.