“Negligent”: Climate activists criticize traffic light plans - a slogan triggers controversy

Above all, the SPD around Olaf Scholz was addressed in the most recent climate demonstrations.

Critics are bothered by the activists' tone of voice.

Berlin - “Capitalism?

Also painted green shit! ”Shortly after the start of the coalition talks, the activists of“ Fridays for Future ”(FFF) increased the pressure on the SPD, Greens and FDP.

Annalena Baerbock defended herself on Wednesday at “Maybrit Illner” (ZDF) against the impression of critics that there would be setbacks in climate protection at a traffic light.

Nevertheless, thousands demonstrated in Berlin on Friday for more ambitions on the subject.

One of their slogans, however, caused irritation.

But it is not the opening quote of this text that was on one of their banners, as

noted indignantly.

But - as the

first

reported - the following: “Who betrayed us?

Social Democrats. ”The historical background of the slogan: It was directed against the SPD for the first time in the November Revolution of 1918 because it had prevented a real socialist overthrow.

Fridays for Future demonstrate in Berlin: Twitter users debate slogans

However, the NSDAP happily jumped on the bandwagon with the rhyming: “Who will set you free?

The Hitler Party! ”She added to the slogan.

Some users consider it "unlikely" that the National Socialists took over the slogan, but in the course of the debate you can currently find this yellowed poster that has been photographed in the course of the debate:

There is your source pic.twitter.com/OfW3R5lKH6

- TAFKA Dr.

van Brumms 🦠🧬🧫 (@DrBrumms) October 23, 2021

Representatives of the NPD and the AfD have already used the anti-SPD slogan, reports the

in the context.

"Nazi speech"?

Criticism of FFF slogans at demos in Berlin

Against this background, the FFF activists made themselves vulnerable with the allusion.

The criticism followed promptly, most likely on Twitter.

The FDP politician Karoline Preisler criticized the “Nazissprech”, SPD member Ali Kaan Sevinc wrote: “Shame on you, honestly!

You are leaving the democratic spectrum. "

"Who betrayed us?" Really now? What else is to come?

“Be ready for peace and socialism!”?

Anyone who was against socialism in the #DDR was against peace in demagogue logic.

Back then, that was enough to lock people up.

#FFF # b2210 Rhetoric from Hell.

Nazi speech🤮.

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- Karoline Preisler (@PreislerKa) October 23, 2021

FFF in the threads are also protected.

"Overdramatizing" and "reactionary and embarrassing" is the criticism of the use of the slogan by FFF.

Now two camps are facing each other, the conflict of which this user probably sums up quite well: "No, it's not about the criticism itself, but about a very specific slogan."

Fridays for Future go to the Greens: "Don't do things by halves"

In terms of content, the demos were about fears that climate targets could be neglected in the coalition negotiations.

FFF activist Luisa Neubauer warned the traffic light negotiators to keep their promises.

"And when we stand here now and say: 'Dear government, dear coalition partners: inside, 1.5 degrees', then we mean it, it is not up for negotiation, we do not do things by halves," said Neubauer in front of the SPD Headquarters in Berlin.

Greenpeace boss Martin Kaiser also warned on Friday against loosening the review of climate protection measures.

"Any weakening of the sector goals would be negligent and the opposite of the promised new beginning in climate protection," Kaiser said of the

.

What is meant is the review of the permitted emissions that all important sectors, including transport and industry, are allowed to emit each year.

Coal phase-out “ideally” in 2030?

Greenpeace disagrees

In Germany, the Greens in particular are under pressure to get a lot out of the coalition negotiations for climate protection.

In the exploratory paper, the parties agreed, among other things, that the coal phase-out "ideally" should be achieved by 2030 and that the expansion of renewable energies should be pushed forward.

A future federal government would have to stick to the Paris goal, Kaiser said.

The coal phase-out could not “ideally”, but must “come bindingly by 2030”, affirmed the Greenpeace boss.