Green Party realizes Germany may need fossil fuels after all as economic crisis drags on

By Nick Pope

The German Green Party wants to moderate the European Green Party’s stance on how long they want the country to use natural gas and coal amid serious economic woes and political blowback.

The European Green Party wants to move up its timeline for attaining net-zero emissions from 2050 to 2040, but the German Greens are advocating for a 2045 target date and seeking to cut out calls to end the use of natural gas by 2035 and oil by 2040, according to Euractiv. The German Greens are part of the country’s governing coalition, which has seen its popularity plummet as the country’s economy has performed poorly amid a prolonged energy crisis.

The 2045 target date is already a part of the German Greens’ platform, but the timelines for oil and gas phaseouts are points of contention between the German party and the wide European institution, according to Euractiv.

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