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Ricardo Lang
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From the mask dispute to the nuclear power plant extension: There is currently plenty of potential for conflict within the traffic light coalition.
Ricarda Lang is now reprimanding Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing.
In view of the missed German climate goals, the Green Party chairwoman called on the FDP politician to ensure a reduction in CO₂ emissions in the transport sector.
"16 years of failed climate and energy policy and the effects of a war, which required considerable efforts to ensure energy security last year, are also leaving their mark on the climate balance," Lang told the editorial network Germany (RND/Thursday).
So far there is no suggestion from Wissing's house.
»The Ministry of Transport urgently needs to present a plan on how to achieve the climate targets in the transport sector.
This could include, for example, investments in a reliable, punctual train or the overdue reform of company car privileges," Lang demanded.
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) had already made similar statements, but without attacking Wissing directly.
According to calculations by the think tank Agora Energiewende, Germany missed its climate target again last year.
According to preliminary figures, greenhouse gas emissions stagnated in 2022 at 761 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂).
It would be the third missed target in a row after 2020 and 2021.
The Federal Environment Agency will present final figures in March.
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