Annalena Baerbock, Germany's Green party co-leader and candidate for chancellor in the September national election, speaks at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Apr 26, 2021. BERLIN: The leaders of Germany's Greens will resist a push by party activists this weekend to adopt more ambitious climate policies, balancing their ecologist message with care to ensure poorer voters are not left out of pocket after September's election.
A poll published on the eve of the conference highlighted the problem. While Merkel's conservatives gained 5 percentage points to 28 per cent, the Greens dropped 6 points to 20 per cent. "Everyone makes mistakes. We have paid for ours dearly in the polls but now it is about doing better and it is not just about me but about how we can together change this country," Baerbock told ARD television when asked about the new poll.The fuel price debate has left Baerbock and Habeck keen to show"social balance" in the election platform to be agreed this weekend and to project moderation and maturity as they seek to reignite their stumbling campaign.
The upshot is that the leadership will resist a motion to raise the CO2 levy for oil and gas, for example to €80 per tonne in 2022, instead of the €60 in 2023 proposed by the party brass. The leaders will also stress that revenues from the higher CO2 price would be channelled back to poorer people.
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