Dusseldorf (dpa / lnw) - After the results of the CDU and Greens, environmentalists and nature conservationists are calling for significant improvements for a possible government alliance in North Rhine-Westphalia. "We are seeing progress in the area of climate protection policy, but nature conservation remains a gap," said Holger Sticht, state chairman of the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), on Saturday. In almost all areas, the Greens had apparently given up important positions.
In the black-green exploratory paper, the BUND misses a guarantee of continued existence for the villages threatened by the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine. The relevant formulations are vague, the association criticized. There is also no specific date for the desired climate neutrality.
The BUND sees significant improvements in the expansion of the use of renewable energies and in transport policy. However, the paper lacked aspects such as a solar building obligation and the ban on new road construction.
The CDU and the Greens had agreed on key points for a possible coalition on Friday evening. At the end of their four-day exploratory talks, delegations from both parties agreed on a twelve-page result paper. On this basis, the top committees of the CDU and Greens are to decide on the official start of coalition negotiations on Sunday. So far, the two parties have never governed together in the most populous federal state.
