News Digest Item
30 Jun 2017

SPD parliamentary group head calls for “19:1 alliance” against Trump

dpa

Social Democratic (SPD) head of the federal parliamentary group Thomas Oppermann called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to forge a “19:1 alliance” against US President Donald Trump on climate policy, reports news agency dpa. In a speech in the German Bundestag, Oppermann said Trump wanted to divide western countries and weaken international treaties and institutions, writes dpa.

Read the article in German here.

For background, read the CLEW article EU leaders pledge to work for joint solution on climate at G20 and the CLEW dossier G20 2017 - Climate and energy at the Hamburg summit.

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