FDP head Lindner calls for āreasonable energy policyā
The Free Democratsā (FDP) leader, Christian Lindner, has said his party will strive for āa reasonable energy policyā if it is going to be part of Germanyās next government. The economic liberal FDP could become part of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkelās conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the environmentalist Green Party, dubbed the āJamaicaā coalition because the three partiesā colours - black (CDU/CSU), yellow (FDP), and green (Greens) ā match those of the Caribbean countryās flag. The FDP would be āready to talk about how this goal can be achieved. But the goal itself is non-negotiableā, Lindner said in an interview with Welt Online. He said the FDP āwill only enter a coalition if thereās a turnaround in German politicsā, but would otherwise join the opposition. The FDP head argued that the Green Party needed to resolve an internal dispute between its centrist and left-leaning members before any serious coalition talks can start, adding that āIād welcome if those Greens in favour of political realism gained the upper handā.
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See the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheets Climate & energy stumbling blocks for Jamaica-coalition talks and The long road to a new government coalition in Germany for background.