Following the Greens’ losses in the European elections, climate activist Luisa Neubauer accuses the party of having given in too often on climate policy in the federal government. “The Greens were elected to government with the hope that they would defend red lines in ecological issues,” Neubauer told the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” and the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten”.
“There is a need to argue about the different ways of meeting climate targets,” said the activist from the climate protection movement Fridays for Future. “However, they have given in far too often on ecological grounds.” The Greens, together with others, have made a real difference in the European Parliament in recent years, said Neubauer. “But in the European elections, a lot was projected onto the traffic light government. Hence the losses.”
Neubauer also blamed other parties and the media. “The climate crisis affects everyone in Germany,” she stressed. “Nevertheless, many parties did not talk about it during the election campaign.” Every party in the European Parliament must also have climate policy. “But if you don’t discuss this during the election campaign, people have no chance of voting with an informed mind.”
She accused parties like the CDU and FDP of “cheapest populism”. “Again and again, claims about the unsubstantiated possibilities of e-fuels or the impending end of the world due to heat pumps were discussed as if they were data and facts,” said Neubauer. There hasn’t been a serious, honest and objective debate on the climate for two years.
“I am also disappointed with large parts of the media. They have failed here,” said Neubauer.
