INSM allegations against Greens Inaccurate to wrong

Status: 14.06.2021 10:22 a.m. INSM lobbyists want to brand the Greens as a supposed “prohibition party” – and list everything that could be prohibited under their government. But the allegations are only half done, as a dpa fact check shows. With advertisements in daily newspapers and on German media websites, the lobby organization Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM) is targeting the election program of the Greens and their candidate for Chancellor Annalena Baerbock. The company, which is financed by the employers’ associations in the metal and electrical industry, lists several topics on which the Greens allegedly wanted to tame the Germans with bans. “All bans can be substantiated by the green draft program,” tweeted the INSM. But is that really true? The German Press Agency has examined four allegations more closely.

No new registrations from 2030

ALLEGED DEMAND: “You are not allowed to drive an internal combustion engine.” EVALUATION: Wrong. FACTS: The Greens election program for the federal election in 2021 stipulates that from 2030 there will no longer be any new registrations for cars with internal combustion engines. However, the party does not call for a ban on existing vehicles of this type of drive. Such vehicles are likely to exist for much longer, because according to a study from 2020, cars on German roads are on average 9.6 years old. On the way to climate neutrality, which the current federal government (without participation of the Greens) has decided for 2045, Baerbock’s party is betting on a quota for “emission-free cars”. In addition, the motor vehicle tax should make vehicles with internal combustion engines more expensive. In its more detailed explanations of the campaign, the INSM classifies this accordingly on its website, but massively shortens the topic in its striking thesis. The Greens also encourage “car-free city centers and districts”. Driving there would actually be prohibited – regardless of the drive.

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Ban on night flights

ALLEGED CLAIM: “You are not allowed to fly.” EVALUATION: Wrong. FACTS: The Greens aim to reduce air traffic. The party only becomes clear in the election manifesto with regard to short-haul and night flights. Short-haul flights should not be banned, but rather become “superfluous” by the expansion of rail traffic by 2030. In mid-May, Baerbock said: “There should be no more short-haul flights in perspective.” In fact, according to the election manifesto, the Greens want to ban night flights – for reasons of noise protection. The INSM shortens the statement here too. In the explanations on its website, the initiative only speaks of a “total moral ban”. By the way: CDU Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet has recently been open to renouncing domestic German flights – if there are appropriate alternatives.

Criticism of agreements

ALLEGED CLAIM: “You are not allowed to participate in free trade.” EVALUATION: Inaccurate. FACTS: An essential part of the idea of ​​free trade is the dismantling of trade barriers, which may well include social or environmental standards. The Greens really do not want open markets without any regulations. In the party’s election manifesto, however, it says: “We want (…) trade agreements that serve the prosperity of all people, demand environmental and climate protection and strengthen relationships with our partners in the fight for democracy and freedom.” For this reason, a planned free trade agreement between the EU and the Latin American trade association Mercosur is rejected, and the Ceta agreement between the EU and Canada is not supposed to be ratified “in its current form”. But even the INSM advocates restrictions, even though it obviously sets different priorities than the Greens: According to the lobby organization, “new legal standards, for example in the area of ​​investment protection”, should be developed for free trade agreements.

Top earners should pay more

ALLEGED CLAIM: “You are allowed to keep even less of your money, even though you are already paying high taxes.” EVALUATION: Partly wrong. FACTS: According to the Greens’ plans, there should actually be higher taxes for top earners, but in return the party wants to relieve those on low to middle incomes. Specifically: The election program provides for single persons with a taxable income of more than 100,000 euros per year to raise the tax rate to 45 (instead of the previous 42) percent. For incomes of more than 250,000 euros, it should increase to 48 percent. At the same time, the basic tax-free allowance – i.e. the tax-free part of income – is to be increased, which in turn is more likely to benefit people with lower wages. According to calculations by the employer-related Institute of the German Economy (IW) in Cologne, all singles with an income of up to 80,000 euros per year would pay less tax in the future if these plans were implemented. According to IW data, this means relief for the bottom 95 percent of incomes.

Sharp criticism of the campaign

The INSM campaign has been massively criticized for days. Chancellor candidate Baerbock is portrayed as Moses, above it is written “We do not need a state religion”. The Berlin anti-Semitism commissioner, Samuel Salzborn, said of the ad: “An election campaign is an election campaign, no question – but also and especially in times when there is heated political debate, chains of associations that accept anti-Semitic allusions are fatal.” The “Moses analogy, the reference to the strict religion of the law, the term ‘state religion’ – all of this arouses anti-Jewish stereotypes in the metaphor that are fatal in the political debate – regardless of any difference in content,” said Salzborn.

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Customers will not be served food and drink on the spot starting from 12 pm on May 7 until a new notice to prevent and control COVID-19 in Da Nang. (Photo: Tran Le Lam/VNA) On the evening of May 6, the People’s Committee of Da Nang City issued Official Letter 2707/UBND-KGVX on continuing to suspend services for epidemic prevention and control. COVID-19 . Chairman of the People’s Committee of Da Nang City Le Trung Chinh requested that from 12 o’clock on May 7, the operation of restaurant , shops, food and beverage service establishments; Stores are only allowed to sell goods to customers to take away, order and sale online , delivery to customers’ places; It is strictly forbidden to serve guests on the spot. Previously, at 0:00 on May 4, Da Nang city suspended cultural festivals, sports, religion, beliefs, worship, art performance events; the operation of non-essential business and service establishments at amusement parks, places of entertainment, beauty establishments, bars-pubs, discos, karaoke, massage, video games, cinemas, casino, public internet service point; walking street activities, night market. Da Nang temporarily suspends the organization of collective meals and drinks (filial weddings, weddings, parties, housewarming…) with more than 30 people; fitness, sports and bodybuilding activities at the gym, yoga, billiards; indoor sports activities; sports and martial arts activities that have direct contact; swimming activities; teaching and learning activities in schools. Public means of passenger transport (including taxis, grab cars) in the area are allowed to operate but transport no more than half of the permitted number of people for each type of vehicle and take measures to prevent and control the epidemic according to the law./.

Starting at 12 o’clock on May 7, Da Nang spends on take-out sales. Previously, the People’s Committee of Da Nang City issued a document on the suspension of non-essential activities to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. Specifically, from 0:00 a.m. on May 4, Da Nang announced the suspension of cultural, sports, religious, belief, worship, and art performance events; operations of non-essential business and service establishments at amusement parks, entertainment venues, beauty establishments, bars, discos, karaoke, massage, video games, cinemas, casinos, public internet service point; walking street activities, night market. In addition, the city also stopped organizing eating and drinking groups with more than 30 people; fitness, sports and bodybuilding activities at the gym, yoga, billiards; indoor sports activities; Swimming activities are also suspended.

Accordingly, from 12 o’clock on May 7, Da Nang temporarily suspends operations of restaurants, shops, and food and beverage service establishments. Only sell goods to customers to take away, order and sell goods online, delivery to customers. Restaurants are strictly forbidden to serve on the spot. This was done right after three consecutive cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Da Nang today. Earlier, on the evening of May 3, the People’s Committee of Da Nang City also requested to suspend many non-essential activities to prevent and control the epidemic. Notably, cultural festivals, sports, religions, beliefs, worship, art performance events. Temporarily suspending activities of non-essential business and service establishments at amusement parks, entertainment venues, beauty establishments, bars – pubs, discos, karaoke, massage, video games, etc. cinemas, casinos, public Internet service points; walking street activities, night market. In addition, temporarily suspending the organization of collective meals and drinks (funerals, weddings, parties, housewarming…) with more than 30 people, encouraging people to organize simply, neatly, and not crowded. Physical activity, sports, bodybuilding at the gym, yoga, billiards; indoor sports activities; sports and martial arts activities that have direct contact; swimming activities. Public means of passenger transport (including taxis, GrabCars) in the city are allowed to operate but transport no more than 1/2 of the allowed number of people for each type of vehicle and take measures to prevent and control prescribed translation.

“We will finish pouring concrete tonight. However, it is necessary to wait 3 days for the concrete to freeze, to avoid the situation where the vehicle will shake, possibly cracking the bridge deck,” said PMU representative Thang Long. prefer. Nam Thang Long viaduct route will be opened to traffic when the up and down slope is not completed. Photo: Ngoc Tan. This position said the viaduct has 6 slopes up and down, but only the slope in Co Nhue needs to prohibit the road for construction. The remaining 4 ramps are connected to independent box girders, separated from the main bridge, so no road is prohibited. The plan to prohibit roads for construction of up and down slopes has been approved by the Department of Transport of Hanoi. From the evening of April 23, the traffic police and the traffic bar will coordinate with the contractor to divide the traffic flow. Previously, the Mai Dich – South Thang Long viaduct lacked the downhill after the traffic opened, causing many drivers to complain, indirectly leading to the situation where a series of vehicles turned against the rules on the Thang Long bridge. Exchange with Zing Mr. Duong Viet Roan, Director of Thang Long Project Management Board, explained that 6 up and down slopes cannot be constructed at the same time with viaducts due to lack of space. Mr. Roan said the construction unit is speeding up to complete all 6 ramps up and down.