Dr. Sarah Lohmann, 2021, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)
What the numbers say about the energy landscape
In this traditional state of Bavaria where election banners offering defense of “
Heimat” (Homeland) seized the day in the last election, the posters wedged between ancient church domes on cobblestone streets now tout pictures of wind farms and slogans like “New Energy,” “For a clean environment and honest politics,” and “Economics and climate without crisis.” And that’s not just the placards from the pro-environment Green party. The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which has ruled the state uninterrupted since 1957, is now making affordable climate neutrality and renewables expansion a key part of its election platform.
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