Friday June 18, 2021
Elderly “used as an excuse”
Neubauer demands clear text from the government
Activist Luisa Neubauer takes the established politics hard in court. On the one hand, she defends the Greens against attacks and, on the other hand, demands clear text from the government to the population regarding the challenge of climate protection.
The Fridays-for-Future activist Luisa Neubauer accuses the political parties of a “mendacious climate debate”. Poor people were “used as an excuse” to do less climate protection, said Neubauer. The politicians had “advocated social injustice for decades and made a policy for the economy and not for the people,” said the activist.
In the debate about cheap flights and higher gasoline prices, the impression arose as if more climate protection was not possible because of social issues, said Neubauer. It is the task of politics to create an appropriate social balance. “The government needs to start talking to people clearly about the challenges we are facing.”
Higher gasoline prices have long been decided
Regarding the recent political attacks against the Greens, Neubauer said: “One might think that some parties are trying to cover up their lack of climate protection programs by criticizing the Greens.” At the beginning of June, Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock sparked a heated debate about higher gasoline prices after she had declared that her party wanted to increase fuel prices by 16 cents by 2023. The rising CO2 price, which automatically leads to higher gasoline prices, has long been a policy of the federal government.
“Some parties apparently want to fool people,” said Neubauer. The government should concentrate more on complying with international climate agreements and “creating socially just climate protection for everyone”. For this, Fridays for Future will fight together with trade unions and social associations in the coming weeks, announced Neubauer.
The activists of Fridays for Future want to take to the streets again this Friday, exactly 100 days before the federal elections, to advocate adherence to the climate targets. They want to resume the weekly strikes, some of which had come to a standstill during the corona pandemic.
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