A decade ago, who would have thought Green party co-leaders would rail against "geopolitical self-dwarfication", pushing joint transatlantic agenda as alternative to "China's authoritarian pursuit of hegemony".
This is exactly what @ABaerbock & Habeck do. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/baerbock-und-habeck-fuer-eine-transatlantische-agenda-17159562.html?premium
This is exactly what @ABaerbock & Habeck do. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/baerbock-und-habeck-fuer-eine-transatlantische-agenda-17159562.html?premium
Green co-leaders push "transatlantic alliance for carbon neutrality" & "transatlantic trading zone for carbon neutrality" (based on carbon border adjustment tax), open to others. Clever move to overcome Green party's inherent trade agreement skepticism by linking it to climate.
Greens propose "transatlantic agenda for resilient democracies" to guard against those undermining rule of law from within (such as Orbán) & "defense mechanisms against authoritarian states". Say Biden's Summit for Democracy & D-F "Alliance for Multilateralism" good fit for this.
Green party leaders: "We are in global competition of systems between democratic and authoritarian systems. In this competition it's crucial whether good cooperation between EU & US possible. We need joint China strategy".
Baerbock & Habeck clearly position themselves against CAI
Baerbock & Habeck clearly position themselves against CAI
Habeck & Baerbock: " It is key that democracy, human rights, rule of law & ecologization become hard criteria for our free trade. Unfortunately, EU-China investment agreement hastily pushed through by German government end of last year contradicts this very goal".
On technology, Green leaders with ambitious transatlantic agenda for regulating platforms & AI standards. But there's little to nothing in piece on degree of technological (de)coupling with China Greens propose & degree of trade (inter)dependence that's desirable with China.
Also absent in piece is anything on European & transatlantic agenda on Indo-Pacific (something German defense minister @akk has pushed) and also Taiwan, Uighur genocide designation, sanctions on Hong Kong repression & beyond. But maybe that's for another day.