Gemany’s second most supported Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Party will run on a bold social and climate agenda including doubling of carbon price, no production of combustion engine vehicles after 2030, 45 % tax for incomes over 100 000 EUR, 24 months of parental leave and flexible working hours. No decision over candidacy for chancellor.
Interesting… I myself found their new platform to be a pleasant surprise. Because I had the exact same sentiments that you just described before but this program for me is much more “rot-rot-grün” than “schwarz-grün” or Jamaica… Can you clarify which points you mean?
Well, maybe I am just a bitter old fart ;)
But to me these party programs have little to do with what they actually plan to do and more about signaling potential coalition partners and voters that eye for certain coalitions (as voters usually vote strategically with a certain coalition in mind).
This party program IMHO stinks of them wanting to go as strong partner into negotiations with the CDU, while keeping enough somewhat leftist points around (but not enough to alienate center former CDU/SPD voters) that an alternative center-left coalition stays a credible threat in the negotiation.
Furthermore some of the left-leaning talking points are pure lip-service that even their own voters don’t believe in anylonger, but which can be “nicely” used in negotiations with the CDU (but no-one else) to get concessions about other points.