ARD talk show: “Anne Will”: Thunberg attacks the Greens – “hypocritical”

At “Anne Will” on Sunday evening, the Evacuation of Lützerath sort of discussed. The title of the talk was “ordeal for German climate policy?” It was a special show, if only because it was Anne Will’s first appearance after she announced that she wanted to do something different from 2024.

That commented hostess although at no time. But the talk also had something else to offer.

“Anne Will” – These were the guests:

Who is responsible for the violence in Lützerath?

The group spent a lot of time with the processing of violence in Lützerath, which came from both the demonstrators and the police. Above all, Luisa Neubauer and Herbert Reul faced each other.

The Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia argued that the assignment was professional. tales of one “Police Gone Wild” be nonsense. At best, there was excessive violence in isolated cases, which is now being prosecuted. Rather, the escalation came from the demonstrators. “Stones and molow cocktails flew.” That was not condemned or stopped by the organizers.

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The latter criticism was aimed directly at Neubauer, who was also on site – and of course saw the matter differently. “It was frightening,” she said, referring to the police’s actions. There were many injured and even seriously injured. Most of the demonstrators were peaceful actions of the officials however disproportionate.

Öknomo Michael Hüther: “This is purely symbolic politics”

So much for the rhetorical fronts where both sides make their points. All in all, however, Neubauer came under pressure – not only because of the violence, but simply because of the desire to save Lützerath. After all, it is the implementation of a democratic decisionwhich has been legally confirmed by courts.

Michael Hüther summarized the criticism of the procedure against this decision. “This is purely symbolic politics”, criticized the economist. The attitude is: “I’m not interested in what the rule of law has decided. My morale is crucial.”

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“Anne Will”: Thunberg accuses Greens of hypocrisy

A pure symbol? Lützerath could have been more. In retrospect, it could stand for the point at which the climate movement and the Greens finally became estranged. Greta Thunberg found clear words in this regard compared to Luisa Neubauer.

Also interesting: Greta Thunberg shocked by “police violence” in Lützerath

While the latter denied wanting to leave the party, Thunberg attacked the Greens in an interview. “It is hypocriticalwhat is happening now: first people take part in demos for Lützerath, then it is sacrificed,” said the international climate activist, referring to the party.

Ricarda Lang, who was criticized in this way, knew how to defend herself by referring to the solid compromise that the Greens had reached: Lützerath falls, will be for it five villages saved – and the exit from coal comes eight years earlier in NRW, in 2030.

Neubauer: “There is already a big compromise: the Paris climate agreement”

The bottom line is that this issue of “Anne Will” revealed one thing above all: Greens and activists are on the way to saving the climate not necessarily agree. Because while party leader Ricarda Lang praised the coal compromise for NRW as a small victory, Neubauer made a good counter-argument: “There is already a big compromise: the Paris climate agreement.” What was decided for Lützerath stands in the way of this compromise.

It is conceivable that Lützerath for the Greens in the end something like the “Hartz IV trauma” of the SPD actually becomes: the moment when the party said goodbye to its very own core in favor of reasons of state.

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