The Scholz government's ecological projects, based on the reduction of CO2 emissions and massive investment in the railways, threaten to collide with the Germany of the queen car and the motorways.
This conflict has never torn the two enemy brothers of the German coalition, the FDP and the Greens, as much as in the past three days, under the impassive eye of the Social Democratic Chancellor.
Led by the Liberal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, the former vetoed a flagship proposal from the European Commission aimed at banning from circulation, from 2035, new vehicles equipped with combustion engines.
They intend to relaunch the construction of motorways, if necessary to the detriment of rail.
The latter, with the Minister of the Economy Robert Habeck, are openly annoyed by the conservative turn taken by the FDP, itself stimulated by the electoral setbacks recorded by the party.
The latter, who defends the interests…
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