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28 Sep 2017

FDP head Lindner calls for ā€œreasonable energy policyā€

Welt Online

The Free Democrats’ (FDP) leader, Christian Lindner, has said his party will strive for ā€œa reasonable energy policyā€ if it is going to be part of Germany’s next government. The economic liberal FDP could become part of a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the environmentalist Green Party, dubbed the ā€˜Jamaica’ coalition because the three parties’ colours - black (CDU/CSU), yellow (FDP), and green (Greens) – match those of the Caribbean country’s flag. The FDP would be ā€œready 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 ā€œwill only enter a coalition if there’s 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 ā€œI’d welcome if those Greens in favour of political realism gained the upper handā€.

Find the article in German (behind paywall).

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.

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