Green leader Omid Nouripour has described the SPD as a “highway party”. Making good climate policy is “not so easy with coalition partners who focus on something else,” said Nouripour at the Greens’ political Ash Wednesday in Cologne. In the case of the social democratic friends, motorways often still have priority. “There is a motorway party in this country, and that is Social Democracy.”
The CDU, in turn, is characterized by the fact that it does not know how to deal with the legacy of former Chancellor Angela Merkel. This should be whitewashed with sayings beyond the limits of decency and volume. “But people are not stupid, they see that,” said Nouripour. “And if there is a party that simply sticks its head in the sand when there is a headwind, as the CDU is currently doing, then that will not be appreciated.”
