The weekly climate protests of students have reignited the dispute over the reduction of the voting age within the Federal government. Federal Minister of justice Katarina Barley (SPD), to allow young people more political participation and the voting age should be reduced. “We should introduce a right to vote from the age of 16,” said the top candidate of the SPD for the European elections, the “Passauer Neue Presse”.
the young people demonstrating for the protection of the climate and so dedicated, was “great,” said the SPD politician. “This does away with the prejudice that young people would be active enough and not politically involved.” It deserve “great respect” that the students go for their future on the road. “Such young people we want”,“ added Barley.
Deputy Chairman of The Union faction in the Bundestag Thorsten Frei (CDU), declined to Barleys proposal. “The right to vote would be invalidated by a lowering of the voting age ultimately,” he said to the daily mirror. One could hardly justify, “why anyone about the fortunes of a country and a society should not have a say in what we consider to be in all the other areas Mature enough to regulate its Affairs without the consent of his parents”.
So minors should not a mobile contract or not a movie in the cinema watch the the FSK-youth release is missing, said. There is a broad consensus in society that a young person with age of 18. Life year attained the age of majority. “This is the right time to transfer to him the right to vote,” said the CDU politician. In addition, the Minister of justice, engage in contradictions, if you wanted to on the one hand, strengthen the protection of adolescent in court, because they think they are Mature enough to handle it, but on the other hand, the choice of old wool lower.
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In Germany, are gathering under the Motto of “Fridays for Future” every Friday in many cities, pupils and students during class time to protest against the failure of the policy prior to the n climate change. You call for the observance of the Paris climate protection agreement. The demonstrations are controversial, because they take place during school time. As Minister of education, Anja Karliczek (CDU), said they reject student strikes during class time.
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German Chancellor Merkel (CDU) praised the protests. These were a “good Initiative”“. Merkel said in her weekly Video Podcast, you support it, if students for the climate went to and fought. Could the climate protection goals can only be reached, if there is a restraint in the society. At the Munich security conference, Merkel had called the student protests as an example of mobilisation through campaigns on the net. This had caused irritation. Also, CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak had criticized the initiator of the international protests, the Swede Greta Thunberg, as naive.
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Luisa Neubauer, the organizer of the “Fridays for Future” in Berlin, told this newspaper that while it was gratifying that now, important politicians expressed their Protest. “The climate, but nothing,” criticized you. “A reasonable response to our protests would be a more ambitious climate policy.” The debate on lowering the voting age and over irrespective of the climate protests. “We will make the European elections a climate of choice,” announced the student.
