From the socially just climate change to the agreement of job and family: In the ARD “Wahlarena”, Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock patiently answers questions from the audience.
Green chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock had to ask critical questions from citizens on Monday in the ARD “election arena”. She defended positions such as the demand for a speed limit of 130 on motorways, an earlier coal phase-out than 2038 or a climate change with social balance.
Regarding the speed limit, Baerbock said: “This is something I will campaign for”. There needs to be rules in society, “just as we have rules on the football field.” The Chancellor candidate of the Greens did not accept the objection of the questioner that a speed limit would be dealt with by itself with an increased volume of e-cars because energy would have to be saved because of the batteries. There are now batteries with a range of 700 kilometers. “Therefore, in my opinion, it will not regulate itself,” said the Greens chairwoman.
Baerbock defends the Greens’ climate plans
She vehemently defended the Greens demand for an earlier end to coal. “I am convinced that we have to bring the coal phase out from 2038 to 2030. For the victims of the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley, for example, cannot be said:” We will continue as before for 17 years. ”
But then it is part of the honesty of politics to say that if the coal phase-out does not come until 2038, then Germany will not achieve its climate targets, added Baerbock. In response to the questioner that there was a threat of power failures, the Chancellor candidate countered: “There will be no area-wide bottlenecks.”
In response to the fear expressed by a woman from a rural region of excessive pollution because of the planned CO2 price, Baerbock said that local public transport had to be expanded in rural areas. In addition, the purchase of e-cars should be financially supported.
Scholz follows Tuesday – Laschet on September 15th
The 75-minute broadcast also dealt with tax and social policy. The Greens wanted to increase the top tax rate – also to get more police out on the streets. Baerbock wants to use the wealth tax, which is also demanded by the Greens, primarily for education.
Baerbock was the first of the three candidates for Chancellor to face audience questions in the ARD “election arena”. The program with SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz will be broadcast on Tuesday, the program with CDU applicant Armin Laschet will follow on September 15. With Baerbock as candidate for chancellor, the Greens initially experienced a surge in the polls, but are now in third place behind the SPD and Union. Baerbock is striving for an alliance with the SPD, but sees the Left as a possible third partner with skepticism.
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