SPÖ gentleman to NEKP: Another lazy black-green compromise

“The government’s rumored NEKP draft is just a lazy compromise. The last draft of the NEKP missed the target by 13 percent. Now the individual sector targets are no longer applicable. However, without clear sector goals, there will still be uncertainty and the necessary decisions will not be made. Instead of clarity, the ÖVP is signaling to companies ‘better wait and see, a loophole will open up’. But even industry representatives view this very critically. The European head of ‘Stellantis’ recently described it as follows – in relation to the end of combustion engines: “, SPÖ environmental spokeswoman Julia Herr quotes the Stellantis European boss and thus criticizes the rumored agreement between the black-green government on the last NEKP draft. ****

Herr once again criticizes the fact that the climate law with binding sector targets is still missing. “This is also a failure of this federal government in terms of climate policy, which will take bitter revenge as the climate crisis becomes increasingly threatening,” said the deputy. Finally, club chairwoman and environmental spokesperson for the SPÖ. (End) sr/lp