The Left Calls for Climate Reparations for Developing Countries – 268 Billion Euros per Year
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The Left Party (Die Linke) parliamentary group in the Bundestag is calling on the German government to formally acknowledge Germany's responsibility for climate damage in other countries. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's cabinet is expected to submit a bill that would oblige Germany to pay reparations to the countries most affected by climate change.
Should Germany pay compensation for historical climate damage to particularly affected countries? The Left Group calls for a corresponding law, more climate finance and debt relief for developing countries.
NEW - The far-left party "Die Linke" has submitted a motion asking the government to draft a law requiring Germany to pay reparations for alleged "climate damage" caused abroad
NEW - The far-left party "Die Linke" has submitted a motion asking the government to draft a law requiring Germany to pay reparations for alleged "climate damage" caused abroad.Read more:
The Left wants to oblige Germany to make amends because of its historical CO2 emissions. German prosperity is based on a "compensation obligation" against other states. For this, the faction demands a law, which should also provide for reparation payments.
"De Linke" submitted a resolution to the German Parliament (Bundestag) on the payment of billions of dollars to countries affected by climate change." The text was posted on the official portal. According to politicians, Germany's economic development was accompanied by "colossal emissions and intensive resource consumption", which, according to current mainstream theory, led to climate change.
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