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The Greens are holding a digital party conference today to discuss ways to get out of the Corona crisis. The party has lost a lot of approval in the polls since the pandemic began, but it is calm.
By Angela Tesch, ARD Capital Studio
“No, we did not press the pause button, but we are working on how to proceed,” said Katrin Göring-Eckardt, parliamentary leader of Alliance 90 / The Greens in the Bundestag. Party leader Robert Habeck hopes that the political debate in Germany will soon open up to other issues, such as climate protection.
“And then the polls are completely irrelevant to me.”
Habeck sees his party united in great unity, be it in local councils, in state governments and parliaments, or in the Bundestag. He is excited about another number:
“We passed the 100,000 mark for the first time in the history of our party. We have never had so many members. And hosting a party that is so big digitally in crisis is a sporting challenge.”
Greens want to be more noticeable again
Over the weekend, 100 delegates will discuss what ideas and demands will make the Greens more visible. Bringing climate protection and economy together has long been on the Greens’ agenda. The commercial location of Germany and Europe is only competitive if it is sustainable. That was true before the crisis, says co-president Annalena Bärbock, and even truer after the crisis:
“Of course, we have to work together to preserve jobs, but these jobs, these suppliers, these branches of industry will not be sustainable unless they are also prepared for the climate crisis. And that’s why the billions now they are investing they are even more important they have to be oriented towards sustainability. “
You do not have to choose between the economic problems of the crown and the protection of the climate, you must unite the two. That would also require companies today, says Baerbock. Companies that are now investing sustainably should be relieved.
Green ideas become expensive
The Greens’ proposals will be costly for the state budget: € 100 billion this year to boost retail, for a Corona parental allowance, and for significant increases in short-term job benefits for low-income workers.
In the long term, over the next 10 years, the Greens are demanding a € 500 billion investment program. That is money well spent. For this, the debt brake currently suspended in the Basic Law had to be modified and made more flexible.
Proportionality is the order of the day.
The pandemic must first be contained. Proportionality is the order of the day. Robert Habeck criticizes the Federal Government for not adequately explaining the successes and failures in the fight against the pandemic and, without speaking directly with the Chancellor, instead accuses: You did not understand! This is wrong and a relapse into old political rituals:
“To control this and maintain the common ground that we have achieved in Germany, clear communication is needed, what steps are necessary under what conditions. A strategy is needed. And this strategy is slowly becoming unrecognizable because countries – even in competition of prime ministers, this strategy is increasingly blurred. “
Winfried Kretschmann, Green Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, will be able to provide information on the actions of the federal and state governments today at the Internet Party Conference. The guests’ speeches will be videotaped, among others, by Jean-Claude Juncker, the former head of the EU Commission.
