◌ Environment & climate

The federal government has presented a regulation that converts the annual reduction targets for the years 2031 to 2040 anchored in the Federal Climate Protection Act into binding annual total emissions. Instead of just percentage requirements, concrete maximum levels for greenho…

The position on the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the years 2028 to 2034 was determined in the EU Parliament. This is the long-term budget of the European Union, which sets financial priorities and spending limits for a period of seven years. The basis for the vo…

The Bavarian state parliament has voted on an amendment from the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS faction. The application referred to the state government's draft law to amend the Bavarian Water Act and other legal provisions. Specifically, the question was what priority should be given t…

The Hamburg parliament voted on a motion from the CDU parliamentary group that is directed against the so-called “future decision” on climate protection. The background is a referendum from 2025 that envisages Hamburg becoming climate neutral more quickly by 2040 (instead of the …

As part of the Bundestag debate on climate policy, a motion from the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS parliamentary group entitled “Tax luxury flights – finally address the climate protection gap in transport” was rejected in a roll-call vote. In its proposal, the group points out the larg…

Two bills from the AfD parliamentary group to eliminate the consequences of climate protection and restore the energy infrastructure in Germany were rejected in a roll-call vote in the Bundestag. In a corresponding recommendation for a resolution by the Committee for Economic Aff…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted a motion to the Bundestag calling for the reintroduction of agricultural diesel reimbursement. The agricultural diesel refund of 21.48 cents per liter is to be paid out retroactively to January 1, 2024. In addition, the CO2 pricing on die…

The state parliament in Bavaria has rejected a request from the AFD parliamentary group to abolish the EU CO₂ fleet limits. The application calls for the Bavarian government to work at national and European levels for the complete abolition of CO₂ fleet limits for vehicles. The r…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted a motion to the Bundestag that calls for the so-called combustion engine ban to be withdrawn. From 2035 onwards, only zero-emission cars will be registered across the EU in order to reduce pollution, particularly CO2 emissions, in the tra…

An amendment from the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS parliamentary group to the Third Bavarian Modernization Act was rejected in a roll-call vote. The amendment proposes, among other things, to delete paragraphs 9 to 11 amending the Water Act, the Bavarian Nature Conservation Act and the…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted an urgent motion for a roll-call vote in the Bavarian state parliament. In it she calls for the abolition of free public parking spaces for electric cars. From April 1, 2025, all cars with an E license plate will be allowed to park free o…

In a joint motion, the parliamentary groups of Alliance 90/The Greens, CDU and FDP are calling on Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig to create comprehensive transparency about the circumstances of the “Climate and Environmental Protection MV Foundation” in order to restore lost trus…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted a motion to the Bavarian state parliament for a roll-call vote. According to the application, the state parliament should call on the state government to improve municipal flood protection. Percentage increases in funding rates for differ…