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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The German federal government pushing the EU towards sensible energy policy?? Am I dreaming?

This made my day!

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The government is kind of progressive now. The green party is part of it. The conservatives are not part of it at the moment...

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I'm aware of "the traffic light", it just feels like it's been a while since Germany pushed the EU forward instead of holding us back (arming Ukraine, regulation about combustion engines in future cars, etc)

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Habeck is a member of the Greens and the Greens are in fact rather sensible. They

a) have supported arming Ukraine (along with FDP, while SPD has dithered), almost from the start

b) are not at fault for the German Vote, rather that is the doing of FDP, silently supported by chancellor Scholz

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I guess (and hope) Scholz is not like Merkel, but German leadership is kind of hit or miss.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The understatement of the century

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Scholz literally modelled himself after merkel, also he is a corrupt pig. Most sort-of sensible decisions happened despite him, not because of him

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Well, then at least some people are not idiots in the Bundestag.