Berlin (dpa-AfX)-Union Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz expressly known for climate protection and has promised another policy in the area. “Surprisingly, there is a relatively little discussion about climate policy in this election campaign,” admitted the CDU boss when asked by a viewer in the ARD “Wahlarena” program.
There are differences in the Greens, said Merz. So the Union relies on technology openness and innovations. “We don’t want it with more regulation.” According to his assessment, the course of the traffic lights and the Greens does not have the consent of the population in the long run. “If so, then we have to do it with the population.”
The small proportion of Germany in the world population and the emissions does not mean that it doesn’t matter what the Federal Republic is doing, Merz said. “I say that if we have twice as much CO2 emissions per capita than the world average, we have a problem and we have to solve that.”
Merz said the Union also rely on CO2 pricing, which makes heating and recharging more expensive. It is not the case “that the prices go through the ceiling, that won’t be the case”. The climb will be gradual to take the population with you ./hrz/dp/he