On Saturday, the Green Minister for Climate Protection and Transport contradicted Conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who the day before had opposed the end of combustion engines in the EU from 2035. The approval of a European pre-agreement in this respect was postponed last week following the blocking of Germany. “Ideological adherence to combustion engines will not save the climate“, said in a message posted on Twitter Leonore Gewessler. “We take the climate crisis and the concerns of Austrians seriously. The chancellor should do the same“, she continued.
Ideological adherence to combustion engines will not save the climate
In a speech on Friday, Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) railed against warnings about a “apocalypse” and had described Austria as “automotive country par excellence“because of the many jobs generated by this industry.