German Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Robert Habeck called on politicians to solve problems during a speech at Columbia University in New York. “Solve the ***** problems we have now.

Politicians should not simply pass on problems to the next generation,” Spiegel quotes him as saying. He also touched on the climate agenda and condemned US policy in this area. ‘You are not on the path to climate neutrality,’ he noted, emphasizing that the United States is one of the leaders in greenhouse gas emissions.