“Never Greens again!” Ecological party only CDU “lap dog”? Autobahn shows an abyss for Habeck’s summiteer

Berlin / Wiesbaden – For decades, the Greens were at the forefront when it came to Environmental protests it gave. On site or in parliament. Now the party is getting ready for him Elections to the Bundestag 2021 fall under the responsibility of the government for the second time And now of all time, already now, you are beginning to feel the disadvantage of your success: Dannenröder ForestWhen activists protest against the construction of a highway, they are suddenly seen as opponents. Perhaps a preview of major failures …

Greens in a dilemma: environmental politics like Bolsonaro? The Autobahn dispute reveals a delicate problem

In HessenA lot is currently happening, where the A49 will also be leveled through the Dannenröder forest under the black and green state government. The forest is busy. One demonstration chases the other. And activists have now identified a new enemy: the Greens. The one close to the ecological party mug identified a protest banner drafted with particular harshness in early October: “Bolsonaro in Brazil, in Hessen Al-Wazir.” A hard attack on the green Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Al-Wazir. Jair Bolsonaro is considered to be the gravedigger of the rainforest. “Voldemort” was also called Al-Wazir. Saw the slogan “Never again the Greens” Spiegel brushed on a banner

The location is spicy. in the Bundestag demanded the Green * more recently, including a blanket moratorium on new federal highways and highways. They asked for a works freeze on the A49. This received bitter criticism: he spoke of a “spontaneous relapse into green politics” Oliver Luksic, FDP Traffic Expert – and a “car haters party”. The ridiculous came from Former Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU): We must remind the Greens that “not even electric cars can fly”. Perhaps that was the Greens’ reaction to a mind-warming dilemma.

Because the Greens may have been more affected by an indictment from the former coalition partner. SPD. Yours Vice President Sören Bartol launched the ecological party populism In front. In the federal states, green transport ministers happily build roads, the Bundestag demands otherwise. The party also stands now in Hesse. As Federal Managing Director Michael Kellner in a demonstration at Dannenröder Forest he spoke, anger echoing loudly in the audience.

Greens in trouble: Hessian deputy prime minister sees himself powerless, but the mistake could have happened earlier

How does the party react? Al-Wazir says: His hands are tied. The Bundestag had decided to build, the courts had given their go-ahead. “A minister cannot and should not choose which law to implement,” he emphasized in the state parliament. And he highlighted: “I was always against the project.”

The report of the mug However, depending on the match, a mess may have been made. the Green State Member of Parliament Katy Walther He stated that the coalition agreement with the CDU * included a lever to avoid the Autobahn. However, in hindsight, it doesn’t seem too powerful. Continuous and legally secure planning and secure financing were needed. Both are already available. Obviously, the concessions were necessary to participate in the government.

Black and green after the next federal election? SPD already sees the eco-party as a “lap dog” of the CDU

Of the Member of the Bundestag Konstantin von Notz had a significant exchange on Twitter on Sunday. It was also “funny” that “especially those who otherwise never miss an opportunity to accuse the Greens of uncompromising fundamentals are citing compromises in state-level coalition agreements as a betrayal of the Green cause,” he complained. Also a poison arrow to the direction of the SPD knocked down – representing “urgently needed changes” in terms of Climate, transport and agriculture but, otherwise, explicitly different positions.

The return carriage followed quickly. “It’s funny that he is campaigning on the Bund with Fundi positions and the opposite at the state level with # Schwarzgrün as the CDU lapdog,” said the Hessian. The leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Bastian Fleig.

Greens in the stress of the road: Luisa Neubauer counts on the party – “with every tree cut down …”

Either way, it could be uncomfortable for the Greens. A clinch with climate and environmental protectors could cost votes. And the heaviest samples could be after Election of the Bundestag possibly yet to follow. Because Dobrindt probably wouldn’t have needed it to remind the eco-party of a problem: under one Unionskanzler * the A49 will not be the last new motorway to be built. Even if the junior partner’s name is Green, and whose electorate largely keeps their fingers crossed for the protesters.

Louise Neubauer, German icon of Klimabewegung “Fridays For Future” * already has a species Open count list: “With each tree felled”, the “ecological integrity of the greens (blacks)” decreases. And Friedrich Merz of all people has already made it clear: black-green, that’s an option … (fn) *Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

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