In the end, the famous Habeck pathos overcame the German economics minister, of all places in an unadorned factory building in the hills of the Brazilian metropolis of Belo Horizonte. It is the first stop on Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck’s (Greens) trip to Brazil and Colombia. In South America, he not only wants to promote the free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries these days, he also wants to contractually secure the protection of the rainforest.

But first of all, the minister is quite moved by the promises of the new Brazilian government.