Climate protection: Baerbock wants short-haul flights to be abolished 

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Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock wants to fight for the abolition of short-haul flights in the event of a government takeover.

Even cheap prices such as Mallorca flights for 29 euros should no longer exist if you are serious about climate policy, Baerbock told “Bild am Sonntag”: “Everyone can go on vacation wherever they want.

But climate-friendly taxation of flights would stop such dumping prices. "

The Greens leader said it was not fair when taxpayers' money subsidized kerosene, while long-distance train journeys were expensive, especially at peak times.

“If you travel as a family by train, you should pay less than for the short distance on the plane,” she said.

"And yes, there should no longer be short-haul flights in perspective."

The first law that she would put in motion as Chancellor would be an “immediate climate protection program”.

She also announced that it would enforce compulsory solar systems for new buildings: "In future, Germany will have to rule that, as a rule, new buildings will only be built with a solar roof."