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Urgent appeal against German Climate Change Act filed

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Published: April 24th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Wants to stop the German Climate Change Act: CDU climate expert Thomas Heilmann

It is unclear whether the German parliament will be able to water down the Climate Change Act this Friday as planned: Thomas Heilmann, lawyer, MP for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Chairman of the Climate Union, filed a motion with the Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday for a temporary injunction against its adoption. He criticized the fact that there was not enough time to discuss the amendments made by the coalition parties to the government draft. The motion was presented as a draft on Friday and was only officially filed on Wednesday. It concerns central and complex issues of climate action, Heilmann said. „We can’t do this in such a hurry.“ The government’s timetable was „simply unreasonable.“

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