Charles III of England started his three-day visit to Germany today, to inspect how far the country is deindustrializing under his Green agenda. Bild nobility editor Alexander [Graf] von Schönburg explained that “Charles is very close to Germany. He sees us as pioneers in Climate and Environment policies. He was here more than 40 times, including at his relatives', the Hessens, the Hohenloher, the Badens.” “He wants us to understand that having Germany as first State visit [as King] is—I know it from highly reliable sources—a sign of his unique love for our country.”
However, Charles’s policies are increasingly rejected by the German population, as the failure of the “carbon-neutral” referendum in Berlin earlier in the week shows, and the government itself is forced to soften some of its policies under the heat of a growing public discontent with its social effects.
After almost 30 hours of meeting, coalition partners agreed on softening their Climate Protection Act. This is far away from reversing those destructive policies, but enough to freak out the climate lobby. The resolutions provide for faster planning procedures for major infrastructure projects, including 144 highway projects as well as for railroads, power grids and renewable energies. In addition, key points of the Act are to be amended. For example, the strict annual sectoral targets for greenhouse gas emissions are to be softened for transportation and buildings. In the future, it will be possible to compensate for missed targets in one sector in another.
