Schulze warns Lindner against budget cuts in development and climate aid
Schulze added that she could "humanly understand why people would prefer to withdraw into their own shell in the face of the many global crises". "But that would clearly be the wrong path for a strong industrialized country like Germany. The problems would still come to us because they can only be solved globally." Germany's prosperity depends on cooperation with partners around the world.
In the Funke interview, Lindner had previously mentioned international financial aid, for example in climate protection, as one of three major areas in which the German government could make savings in order to close the gaps in the budget for 2024. Schulze countered this by saying that it would be money well spent if the German government were to advance global climate protection. "Not investing would be much more expensive - also for us in Germany," said the SPD politician. "Unchecked climate change would also cause enormous damage in our country."
At the start of the World Climate Change Conference in Dubai, Germany and the host country United Arab Emirates each pledged 100 million dollars (around 92 million euros) for the new international fund to compensate for climate damage. "It was precisely because the budget situation in many donor countries is so tight that my joint announcement with the United Arab Emirates was so important," said Schulze, defending the decision. "This raises global expectations of other emerging countries such as China to also contribute to the fund."
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