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Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel鈥檚 assessment of why his Social Democratic party suffered so many losses in recent elections is 鈥渉ypocritical鈥�, J枚rg Staude says in a commentary for klimaretter.info. Gabriel said his party had neglected its voters鈥� core issues, at times focusing too much on protecting the environment and climate change. Staude says environmental protection almost never played too great a role for the party, which has in fact caused 鈥渟tagnation and regression鈥� by protecting coal, limiting the expansion of renewables and rejecting stricter emissions limits. Far from neglecting industry, Gabriel 鈥渉anded out billions in gifts to energy-intensive industries鈥� in his former role as economy minister, Staude argues. The writer says US President Donald Trump鈥檚 anti-environmental thinking seems to be spilling over to Germany, and that Gabriel鈥檚 article can be seen as an attack on SPD head Martin Schulz, who recently said climate protection necessitated an end to coal-fired power production.

Read the commentary in German .