The climate activist Luisa Neubauer specifically wants to urge the Union to take more concrete measures in climate protection.

Neubauer thinks it is likely that the Union will be involved in the next federal government.

“There is no majority in the Union for the necessary climate protection,” Neubauer told the FAZ podcast for Germany.

That shows the election program.

The aim is to build up pressure.

"In the electorate of the CDU / CSU there is a majority in favor of climate protection measures."

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Neubauer does not have a desired coalition.

“The focus on the party colors is not crucial.

We will have to change so much in such a short time that completely new questions arise.

How does a policy work that can withstand the size and speed of the climate crisis?

This will require the size and creativity of all parties. "

The idea that Fridays for Future are a kind of run-up organization for the Greens stems from the "idea that the Greens are the sole agents of the Paris Agreement," said Neubauer.

“That is the complete overestimation of a single party and also a misinterpretation of the situation.

As long as climate protection policy is outsourced to a single opposition party, it will not work.

Climate protection makes everyone responsible. "

Regarding the debate about the Greens as a party to ban, Neubauer said: "The beating on the Greens will not go on for long," said the climate activist. "Many other parties got away with criticizing the Greens 'proposals without making their own." The Germans' greatest concerns are the climate and nature conservation. “Even if you do liberal or conservative climate protection, the bottom line is to reduce emissions. You can't make up for it. Mr. Laschet can say that there is no speed limit with us. Then he also has to explain how he wants to save the necessary emissions in a different way. Should fewer cars drive, but at high speed? "

In the FAZ podcast, Neubauer also spoke about the fact that Angela Merkel's chancellorship had shaped her.

"Ms. Merkel depoliticized me, like perhaps some of my generation, because they thought everything would be fine," said Neubauer.

It took Neubauer to realize "that the climate crisis is not under control".

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