It is very clear why the Radicals and the Alternative are not part of Denmark's new climate target for 2035, which the government stands alone with. The parties believe that the climate target of an 82 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is unambitious.
- One thing is that the government sets such a low target that it almost doesn't matter. Another thing is that they are not willing to negotiate long-term and broadly in the Folketinget, says the political leader of the Radical Party, Martin Lidegaard, in a comment on X.
- It is historically low, Lidegaard continues.
The political leader of the Alternative Party, Franciska Rosenkilde, calls the climate target the government's "biggest failure" so far.
- Then consider the Christmas holiday a declaration of bankruptcy, and the gods know that the SMV (SVM government, ed.) has had a lot, writes Rosenkilde on X.
The Radical Party and the Alternative Party, together with the Unity Party and the Socialist Party, have wanted a climate target for 2035 of 90 percent. But in the negotiations, the government has stood firm on its desire for a target of 82 percent - compared to the starting point in 1990.
- We have had good discussions, but I can confirm that we have not succeeded in finding common ground to be able to make a broad agreement, says Climate Minister Lars Aagaard (M) in a press release.
- That is why we are setting our own climate target for 2035, but the door is still open for cooperation.
Several feel excluded from negotiations
According to the Red Unity Party's political spokesman, Pelle Dragsted, the other parties have been thrown out of the negotiations.
- It is completely absurd. The government has thrown all the green parties - the parties that created the climate law - out of the negotiations on a climate target for 2035 and is now unilaterally adopting a ridiculously unambitious climate target, writes Dragsted on X.
The Conservatives also wanted a higher climate target, says political climate spokesman Frederik Bloch Münster on the same media.
One party that would have liked to have been included in the government's agreement is the Liberal Alliance. But they were not allowed to, writes climate spokesman Steffen W. Frølund (LA) on X.
- The government did not want to enter into the agreement with LA alone. But whatever. It was probably not so opportune for them to de facto support LA's climate policy and thereby call it wise, he writes.
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