‘Full steam ahead’ on tackling climate changeThe Greens’ chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock says Germany must go “full steam ahead on climate protection”. The restructuring of industry must be accelerated because “the markets of the future are climate neutral,” she said. Coalition fighting talk from LaschetArmin Laschet, the CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor, has warned the pro-business FDP against forming a coalition with the SPD and the Greens. “In a traffic light (Ampel) coalition, the FDP would be constantly threatened with expulsion – because the Left would immediately be standing by. The latest polls show the SPD, with 25 percent, still a couple of points ahead of the CDU/CSU with 22 percent.

Source: The Local September 21, 2021 15:33 UTC