The newly elected president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, did not live up to the climate expectations of the head of the German government, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), on January 31, writes the WELT newspaper.
It should be noted that Lula da Silva previously promised to stop the overexploitation of tropical forests. On the basis of these statements, the German government has also linked his views on climate protection to the Brazilian politician, however, apparently prematurely.
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) reportedly attended Lula da Silva’s inauguration. Earlier, the Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulce (SPD), visited the South American country.
WELT writes that Schulze brought 200 million euros (15.5 billion rubles) with him to Brazil as seed money for the first days of Lula’s presidency. And soon more German money will flow into Brazil to help fight climate change.
However, during confidential talks between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the President of Brazil, a misunderstanding arose. The newspaper notes that Lula de Silva expressed her dissatisfaction with the EU regulation, which is currently in the final vote in Brussels.
We are talking about the fact that in the future it will be possible to import into the EU only those products in the production of which the tropical forest has not been harmed. Scholz is only indirectly involved in this regulation, but is actively promoting supply chain law in Germany.
This law imposes on German companies the obligation to demonstrate that they only use products that comply with social, environmental and all kinds of standards. Scholz heralds this law as an advantage and explains that in the future everyone who does business with the Germans can be sure that everything will be fair. The newspaper points out that Lula da Silva obviously has different points of view.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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