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Kretschmann: Many Greens maintain “old enemy image” when it comes to cars
Winfried Kretschmann is sitting in a Mercedes EQC. photo
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A culture war against the car is harmful, says Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister. And calls on his party to rethink.
Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) has his party in favor of a “culture war against the Car” criticized. “The car has never been very popular with the Greens because it emits CO2, needs roads and affects nature,” said Kretschmann of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”.
However, there are now electric cars that do not emit any CO2. You have to react to this development. “Instead, many Greens continue to maintain their old image of the enemy,” said Kretschmann.
Party speeches then called for cycling and the construction of rails. “But you can’t solve the climate problem of private transport with that, mankind won’t do that,” said Kretschmann in the interview. The Chinese would not switch back to bicycles. “No, they build electric cars and attack us with them.”
Of course, modes of transport other than cars are also in demand. Especially in rural areas, the car cannot be completely replaced by public transport. “That’s an impossibility. That’s why you don’t have to wage a culture war against the car, that’s harmful.” It makes more sense to tell people: “Please buy an electric car.”