Category: Technology
Ecology should be given greater consideration in the traffic route plan
(GermanPolicy.com) – The traffic light parties – SPD, Greens and FDP – want to review the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030. This should be done from an ecological point of view. Unnecessary and harmful projects could not be extended. Environmental associations should be included in…
World Climate Conference: subsidies for fossil fuels should be canceled
(GermanPolicy.com) – In its final declaration, the World Climate Conference has called on all countries to turn down the use of coal. In Glasgow, Scotland, the countries also agreed to recommend that subsidies for the fossil fuels oil, gas and coal be abolished. The goal…
By 2030, two thirds of cars in Germany with electric drive
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to a study by the management consultancy EY, the proportion of electric cars will be 32 percent of all new registrations in the coming year already. This corresponds to 1.18 million purely electric cars as well as hybrids. By 2030, two thirds…
Merkel considers G20 in Rome a success
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the G20 conference in Rome as successful and constructive. The meeting sent out a “good signal for Glasgow.” The final document for the G20 summit states that climate neutrality is to be achieved “by the middle of the…
Opel boss: all contracts will be kept
(GermanPolicy.com) – Opel boss Uwe Hochgeschurtz has assured the employees of the car manufacturer that all three production sites in Germany will be retained: Rüsselsheim, Eisenach and Kaiserslautern. The manufacturer – a part of Stellantis – will adhere to all contracts. With his statements, Hochgeschurtz…
Walter-Borjans (SPD) in favor of starting Nord Stream 2 operations
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD co-president Walter-Borjans has spoken out in favor of putting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline into operation. It is about an infrastructure that will help make the Federal Republic of Germany climate neutral, he explained. Greens co-chairman Baerbock is against an operating…
‘Traffic light’ parties in favor of coalition negotiations
(GermanPolicy.com) – SPD, Greens and FDP are in favor of starting coalition negotiations that could lead to a joint Federal Government. An exploratory paper says: “We are a constellation that can bring together three parties with different traditions and different points of view to form…
Laschet for support of photovoltaics
(GermanPolicy.com) – Armin Laschet (CDU), the candidate of the CDU and CSU for the office of Federal Chancellor, would like to make photovoltaics on the roof more affordable for homeowners if the Union parties win the Federal Election. After an election victory, the Reconstruction Loan…
Baerbock wants more wind power in the south and west
(GermanPolicy.com) – Annalena Baerbock, the Greens’ candidate for the office of Chancellor, would like to use two percent of the country’s area for wind energy after the Federal Election. It is crucial to “build massively in the south and west”. In the north and east,…
Laschet: electricity should become cheaper
(GermanPolicy.com) – The CDU has presented a 15-point plan with regard to renewable energies. Agencies reported that Germany should switch to renewable energies “as soon as possible.” According to the CDU’s plan, “electricity has to be sustainable, regenerative and made from renewable sources – and…
FDP wants climate policy by way of modern technologies
(GermanPolicy.com) – Instead of bans, the FDP wants to stop climate change by means of modern technologies. Bureaucracy threatens freedom in Germany, FDP chairman Christian Lindner said. That is why the FDP wants an “uncomplicated state” in which the hurdles of “bureaucratism” are lowered. At…
Scholz: expanding sustainable energies faster
(GermanPolicy.com) – The SPD candidate for the office of Federal Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, would like to see renewable energies expanded more quickly. For this there must be changes in the law so that CO2 neutrality can be achieved by 2045. With regard to a coal…
