Foreign Minister says Germany needs “business-friendly climate protection”
Spiegel Online
Germany needs to demonstrate that “climate protection and economic success are not mutually exclusive,” social democratic Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag. According to a Spiegel Online article citing the interview, Gabriel said other countries would only follow Germany’s lead if it managed to reconcile ambitious climate policy with job security and industrial success.
Read the article in German here.
See the CLEW factsheet What business thinks of the energy transition for background.
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