Habeck and Baerbock under Scholz's thumb - "unfriendly act" annoys Greens

Created: 01/04/2022, 7:11 PM

From: Kai Hartwig

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) shows the way to Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Economics Minister Robert Habeck.

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There is disagreement in the federal government, especially on the issues of Russia and the EU nuclear plan.

The Greens are angry, Chancellor Scholz flexes his muscles.

Berlin - Before Chancellor Olaf Scholz could start negotiations on his traffic light coalition, he had to be patient.

After the federal election, the Greens and the FDP first self-confidently explored which common positions could be found.

It was clear in the camps of the two parties that Green-Yellow would become the chancellor-maker.

Ultimately, the Greens and the FDP decided in favor of the traffic light alliance with the SPD and against a Jamaica coalition led by the Union.

The CDU's disagreement also played its part.

Chancellor Scholz shows Green bosses Habeck and Baerbock the limits

Not much is left of the self-confidence of the Greens in particular.

The party around its co-chairmen Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck had to make some rather unpleasant compromises during the coalition negotiations.

And even after the Scholz government took office, the Chancellor apparently pointed out the limits to Baerbock and Habeck in particular.

According to the

, the Chancellor is said

to have clearly

indicated to his Foreign Minister Baerbock

that he wanted to take the conflict with Russia into her own hands.

Scholz wants to meet with Vladimir Putin in January to discuss issues such as the Ukraine conflict or the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with the Russian President.

Scholz makes Russia a top priority - Green politician: "An unfriendly act"

Baerbock had previously advocated a tougher approach to Russia. The leader of the Greens threatened Russia with severe consequences if its troops were to be sent to Ukrainian territory. A party colleague of the Foreign Minister told

that Scholz could formally make talks with Russia a top priority: “He is Chancellor, the EU and Putin are his level.” However, he also added that this approach was “an unfriendly act - us can't really tolerate that. "

Not only Baerbock, who recently achieved a diplomatic coup, had to bow to the head of government. Vice Chancellor Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, has already felt Scholz's determination. The Chancellor has so far made no move to oppose the EU's plans to classify nuclear power as a green energy source. Economics and Climate Minister Habeck sees it differently. "I don't think nuclear power is the right technology," affirmed the Green boss on

.

Habeck's party is doing all it can to oppose France's EU project to give nuclear power an eco-label.

For Environment Minister Steffi Lemke this is the "wrong way", she told

and

.

The question arises as to whether Scholz would rather consider the will of the coalition partner or keep the peace with France and President Emmanuel Macron.

The coming weeks will tell.