Two days before the latest parliamentary election, crowds gathered in towns and cities around the nation, calling for serious action on climate change.

The so-called “Europe Green Deal” negotiated last December calls for a 55% reduction in gas emissions over this decade and a low-carbon share in the 27-member bloc by 2050.

As one journalist covering the election said to me,’the debate over climate policies in Germany has to be taken a very hard look at.’

She will remain as caretaker administration until a new federal government is formed after last month’s elections.

“I won’t be there anymore but will watch closely how far the ability to compromise goes,” she said during an audience in Cáceres to be presented with the European Prize of Carlos V by King Felipe VI.

The question is how quickly, and how soon.

Speaking about the deadly floods in Germany last July, she said:”people speak much too often about the costs of climate protection and much too little about the cost of failing to protect the climate.”

It also urged people to concentrate on the “new market opportunities, new technologies, new employment opportunities” that will develop as a result of the energy transition.

Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel ) MdB is a German politician serving as the chancellor of Germany since 2005. (wikipedia)


Helmut Kohl

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl ; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German statesman who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998. (wikipedia)

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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European Union

The European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of 4,233,255. (wikipedia)


Simone Veil

Simone Veil ; née Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) (wikipedia)


European act of state in honour of Helmut Kohl

The European act of state in honour of Helmut Kohl was an act of state to honour former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl following his death, and took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, (wikipedia)