Germany will ratify the CETA agreement and promote treaty negotiations with Chile, Mexico and the United States
Nov. 11 () –
Germany has announced this Friday that it will leave the Energy Charter Treaty (TEC), an initiative from which countries such as France, the Netherlands or Poland have also withdrawn for standing in the way of the climate objectives set in Paris.
“We are constantly aligning trade policy with climate protection and, therefore, we are withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty,” the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection said on her official Twitter profile. , Franziska Brantner.
In another message on the same social network, he stressed that it is an “important” measure for Berlin, since it takes place within the framework of the XXVII Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). in Egypt.
“In addition, we take diversification seriously and we want to quickly establish partnerships with Chile and Mexico that allow free and fair trade,” he said, adding that from Germany they are going to ratify the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, At the same time, they are going to deepen cooperation with the United States.
For his part, the deputy head of the Free Democrats parliamentary group, Lukas Koehler, explained that “in the face of the growing threat from authoritarian regimes, we must strengthen economic relations with our allies in the Western community of values”, according to Bloomberg.
Likewise, the deputy of the Greens, Andreas Audretsch, has highlighted that “the numerous demands for billions show to what extent the Energy Charter Treaty stands in the way of climate protection”, as stated by the aforementioned agency.
The ECT allows energy companies, especially those related to fossil fuels, to sue countries before a court system if they consider that the legislation goes against their interests. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) described this treaty as a “serious obstacle to climate change mitigation”.
