First impression of Coalition agreement: It could have been worse – at least when it comes to climate and traffic. The critical heel line begins in 898: “We stand by German and European Climate goals. (…) We implement the Paris Climate Agreement for this and further the climate of climate in Germany with an approach to the goal of neutrality that brings climate protection, economic competition and social balance together and depends on innovations.”
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Heavy political prose in the coalition agreement leaves a lot open
Looks good at the first time. Otherwise there are many appropriate things in the contract. A paragraph is often the opposite. Heavy political prose usually leaves open that really wants an alliance. Hence a small translation aid:
1. “We want to reduce air traffic -special taxes, fees and levies and withdraw the increase in air traffic tax. We will continue to support regional airports with an approach to flight security costs.”
Meaning: We are committed to climate protection, but until everyone can fly to dirty for small money.
Climate target
2. “We achieve German and European climatic goals by reducing CO and other greenhouse gases in Germany mainly by reducing the credit for negative emissions and highly qualified and reliable CO in non-European partner countries, by reducing CO and and other greenhouse gases in Germany, to Germany and other greenhouse gases.”
Meaning: If we do not achieve our climate goals on our own (including because we all want to continue flying for dirty money), we move the problem outwards – and that with the proven tools of the mechanism of compensation.
Every fifth iPhone is built in India3. “We do not use opt-in for agriculture in ETS 2.”
Meaning: Greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture are still not overshadowed. We basically trade emissions a great thing, but we are all afraid of tractor demos.
Hydrogen economy and electricity
4. “We will accelerate the structure of a hydrogen economy and make it more practical.
Meaning: Hydrogen fossil is made from natural gas if necessary. Capacity? We do not care. We want hydrogen.
5. “High-voltage similar current transmission network (HGü) should be applied as overhead lines where possible.”
Meaning: We want to save money. If the initiative of the citizens takes place on the roof, then it is the same.
Domination
6. “We also want a strong motor vehicle and supply industry as a major industry in the future. (…) We rely on technology openness. We want to work actively to close the penalty based on the boundary values ​​of the fleet.”
Meaning: We want to continue burning.
7. “We will promote e-dubility with purchasing encouragement. In addition, we take the following measures: E-vacancies in tax funding to increase the gross price limit by 100,000 euros to a tax bias of the company’s cars.
Meaning: Those earning bills are now allowed to run a single fetting e-SUV at the cost of German Treasury. The European Union should take care of poor people.
8. “We want to implement a fundamental rail improvement in the medium period. We will do DB Infrago is unknown ahead of groupWithin the integrated group. ,
Meaning: We really do not know, whether the rail infrastructure should actually become independent of Deutsche Bahn AG, or not? Never mind, we can still take care of it later. But “unbundling” looks good.
9. ,German Center for Mobility In Munich, we re -activate and continue to expand the related network. ,
Meaning: Bavaria had to get something, otherwise Marcus Soder will get angry.
energy
10. “We will abolish the heating law. We make new contrast (creation of energy law) more technical, more flexible and easy. Prevention from obtainable coâ‚‚ should become a central control variable.”
Meaning: We continue as before, but now it is not called this way. If we only write “Open Technology” in the law, no one will often notice.
11. “We want to include the construction of 20 GW Gas Power Plant Output by 2030 as part of the modified power plant strategy quickly.”
Meaning: We do not want gas power plant, open technology or.
12. “The schedule of taking coal -fired power plant from network or reserve should be based on how quickly it is to build taxable gas power plants.”
Meaning: You do not have to overdo it with openness of technology. We want a gas power plant.
Exile and storage of carbon dioxide (CCS)
13. “We will decide on a legislative package immediately after the election period begins, which enables the accumulation and storage of carbon dioxide (CCS), especially to avoid emissions from the industrial area and for the difficulty for gas power plants.”
Meaning: It does not matter whether with coâ‚‚ – we want a gas power plant.
14. “We are reviewing the environmental legal aid law on points that we will customize beyond European law. We try to focus on direct concern in case of lawsuit and partnership rights. We reduce the Environment Information Act.”
Meaning: Always this annoying civil society. From now on it is governed.
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(Vza)
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