“We have to learn to live with it” The SPD last minute come back – but why? The post-flood period has led to the stagnation of the CDU and Greens in the polls. [...] The SPD’s growing support in the polls doesn’t come with a lot of excitement for SPD candidate, Olav Scholz, however, nor for the party itself in climate-related social media debate (except around Karl Lauterbach, Deputy Chair of the SPD):There is an open effort on Twitter to remind the German population of the SPD’s lack of climate action at both governmental and city level (Scholz was the former. [...] The two days with by far the most engagement on Scholz and the SPD (19/08 & 29/08) focused on criticizing: 1) the rejection of phasing out coal (#Kohleausstieg) before 2038 (against scientific advice); 2) the fear of backlash on climate policy from lobbies and the older generation distracting from the necessary and urgent climate actions (#Triell). [...] The limited negative reactions originated from criticisms related to : 1) the lack of action of the Greens that have taken part of the NRW government for years; 2) the instrumentalization of the floods by Baerbock to promote faster environmental action. [...] Highlight these inconsistencies are the two measures taken by the Polish government in July: On the one hand the announcement of EUR 500M subsidies allocated to support household purchases of electric cars; And on the other, the adoption of draft legislation that makes it possible to sell forested land for infrastructure investments.
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