FDP, CDU and AfD make it more difficult to build wind turbines in Thuringia's forests

Parliament - FDP, CDU and AfD make it more difficult to build wind turbines in Thuringia's forests

TheFDP and CDU have once again amended a law in Thuringia together with Björn Höcke's AfD. The three opposition parties pushed through an amendment to the Forest Act in the state parliament on Friday against the red-red-green minority coalition of Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left Party). The legally controversial law, which was put forward by the FDP, is intended to make it more difficult to build wind turbines in Thuringia's forests. A general ban on wind turbines, which was in place until 2022, was overturned as unconstitutional by the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

The first amendment to the law, in which the votes of the AfD, which has been classified as proven right-wing extremist by the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, played a decisive role, caused a nationwide debate a few weeks ago. At that time, the CDU, as the largest opposition group in the state parliament in Erfurt, pushed through a reduction in the land transfer tax to 5.0 percent together with the FDP and AfD. The CDU had justified its actions by saying that good initiatives could not be prevented just because the AfD was threatening to vote in favor. The Thuringian CDU had received backing from the head of the federal party.

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1. Despite the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruling the general ban on wind turbines in Thuringia's forests as unconstitutional, Bodo Ramelow's red-red-green minority coalition in the Thuringian state parliament faced difficulties, as the FDP, CDU, and AfD collaborated to make it more challenging to build wind turbines.
2. Björn Höcke's AfD, labeled as proven right-wing extremist by the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, played a crucial role in the first amendment to the Forest Act, sparking a nationwide debate.
3. The amendment, which included reducing the land transfer tax to 5.0 percent, was pushed through by the CDU in the Thuringian state parliament in Erfurt, along with the FDP and AfD, despite criticism from Prime Minister Ramelow's coalition.
4. Bodo Ramelow and his coalition are now facing increasing challenges in the State Parliament, as the opposition parties are striving to alter policies, including those related to renewable energy sources, in the face of the FDP and CDU's collaborations with the AfD.
5. In the near future, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe may be approached with another dispute over this amendment in relation to the construction of wind turbines in Thuringia's forests, impacting the country's broader goal of transitioning to renewable energy sources.

Source: www.stern.de