“It is inconceivable that the Greens would align themselves with a single person – and that would not be in the spirit of Robert Habeck,” she told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Wednesday editions). “He already has an outstanding position as vice-chancellor, and he will also have it as the Greens’ likely leading candidate.” Lemke called speculation that the Greens could turn into something like an alliance Robert Habeck nonsense.
“The Greens wouldn’t let that happen to them and it’s in the party’s DNA,” she said. Lemke emphasized: “We have a clear quota system that allows exceptions in order to elect individual top candidates. But we never claim to reflect the diversity of the party in the leadership and that women have more than just a say on.” When asked whether the Greens would not nominate a candidate for chancellor, Lemke said: “I don’t think the question of whether we nominate a candidate for chancellor or a top candidate is crucial. The decisive factor will be who the people in our country give responsibility for the present and future in the federal election want to transfer to the future.” Lemke does not necessarily see the heating law for which Habeck is responsible as a liability for a top candidacy. “Mistakes were made in the draft of the Heating Act a year and a half ago, which Robert Habeck has since admitted – I don’t know how many times,” said the minister. “These errors have been corrected, deadlines have been extended significantly and the installation of heat pumps is properly subsidized by the state. In this respect it shouldn’t be a mortgage. But it is of course true that something has stuck and that the opposition is not getting tired of this first draft to ride around instead of applauding and saying: It’s good that someone has the size to not only fix mistakes, but also admit them.” Lemke warned the Greens must “think and act more consistently based on the reality of people’s lives and less on abstract European goals or abstract scientific findings.” At the same time, the party must “make it more clear that our goal naturally revolves around people and aims to stabilize their living conditions and their future prospects.” When it comes to the new flood protection law, she points out very specifically that it’s about property, life and limb.
