With its ambitious programme for the Bundestag elections, the German Green Party aims to create a new impetus towards a ‘climate-friendly prosperity’, with a mix of incentives for innovation, regulation and CO2 pricing. The party plans to introduce an immediate climate protection programme, an expansion of renewable energies, a mobility and agricultural turnaround, and a transformation fund for regions. In her address to the IIEA, Dr Franziska Brantner discusses the Green Party’s ambition to invest heavily in climate-neutral technology, stimulate innovation, and to use the European Green Deal and the EU Recovery Fund to help propel Europe towards a social-ecological economy.

About the Speaker:

Dr Franziska Brantner has held the position of Parliamentary Secretary and Spokesperson for European Affairs since February 2018. She is a member of the Commission on Affairs of the European Union and deputy member of the Commission on Foreign Affairs. Dr Brantner has been a member of the German Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens since 2013. Prior to this, Dr Brantner was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009-2013. Dr Brantner holds a double degree in political science and economics from Sciences Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York. She earned her PhD at the University of Mannheim, which focused on the United Nations’ ability to reform.