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The new breakaway party in German politics, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), says it wants to dismantle the European Union and abolish the current climate protection policy if successful in European elections. Among the party’s plans is the abolition of CO2 certificates trading. “This certificate trade is completely unsuitable for achieving climate policy goals,” states the new party’s draft European election programme. It also calls for the indefinite use of combustion engines and a return to imports of oil and gas from Russia. The draft was made available to dpa in advance. The newspape…

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