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SPD attacks traffic lights – “Ideological aberrations”
“I advise everyone to take the mood very seriously. There are reasons for it,” says Katrin Lange (SPD). photo
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In the election year, the Brandenburg SPD does not skimp on criticism of the traffic lights in the federal government. The SPD is also involved in this, but the attacks are primarily against the Greens. SPD deputy leader Lange says why.
“I advise everyone to take the mood very seriously. There are reasons for it,” said the finance minister to the “Märkische Oderzeitung”. But Brandenburg is “doing well all in all.” The SPD is “probably not entirely uninvolved” in this. “Of course the federal trend isn’t helping us at the moment. But we’re not the traffic light coalition in Berlin either. In comparison, sometimes a flock of chickens that’s been startled is still a well-positioned fighting formation.”
According to Lange, the discontent has grown. “Nobody in all of Europe has understood German migration policy for a long time, from Sweden to Italy. Then there is the German energy transition, which is not a role model for anyone worldwide,” she said. “When it comes to a sensible migration policy, it is basically the Greens who are constantly putting the brakes on it. We also have them to thank for the ideological aberrations in climate and energy policy that are causing acceptance to plummet. That’s why dissatisfaction is increasing, and not just among people East.”
Criticism of the traffic light coalition as early as November
Prime Minister and SPD state leader Woidke did not skimp on criticism of the traffic light coalition at the state party conference in November – in the presence of SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Woidke said he sometimes wonders whether everyone is aware of the great political responsibility they have. “I have my doubts about some of them,” said Woidke, adding: “But not about the SPD.”
However, not everything is going smoothly in Woidke’s red-black-green coalition either. The alliance is entering the election year with contentious issues such as the climate plan, hunting law, mobility law and constitutional loyalty check.
CDU parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann, who would like to replace Woidke as head of government, would prefer to continue to govern without the Greens: “A look at Berlin or Saxony-Anhalt makes it clear that alliances led by the CDU and without the Greens will move the country forward,” he said . Lange said this about the Greens: “Incidentally, I have never made a secret of my criticism of the Greens.”