Handelsblatt: Greece fulfills the EU target for RES

The rejection of the compulsory vaccination by the German Parliament and the enlargement of NATO in the press comments. A reference to renewable sources in Greece.

The financial newspaper of Düsseldorf Handelsblatt publishes video entitled: “Greece fulfills the EU target for renewable energy sources” and notes that “Almost 22% of energy consumption in Greece is covered by renewable energy sources. According to the EU, the country has achieved the target by 2020. By the year 2030, the percentage will increase to 35% “. The video refers to the visit of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the inauguration of the Photovoltaic Park of the Hellenic Petroleum Group in Kozani.

The vote in the German Parliament on compulsory vaccination

However, the dominant issue in the German press is yesterday’s vote in the German Parliament and the failure of the government to pass the bill on compulsory vaccination. THE Berliner Zeitung “We do not need to dwell on past knowledge of coronavirus variants or spread fear of future pandemics. Instead, we should allow the virus to become endemic. And that’s part of our personal responsibility.” “But this is only possible when we get out of the panic situation and get used to making our own decisions again, instead of being forced to do it: see vaccination.”

For the same subject the TAZ writes: “This is the first disaster for the coalition government in four months. In terms of compulsory vaccination, it fails to do what it was elected to do: to rule. Without the war in Ukraine, which requires everyone’s attention. “This defeat would be even more serious for Soltz. It is not cynicism. It is the reality.”

NATO enlargement

H Süddeutsche Zeitung refers to the desire of Finland and Sweden to join NATO and the newspaper comments: “Above all, the development in Scandinavia shows how NATO expansion has worked so far: neutral states are asking for the protection of the alliance, because they no longer feel safe Neutrality seems like passivity and reservation, but neutral states also create an exploitable security vacuum.From the Baltic states to northern Macedonia and, of course, Ukraine, the threat has a name: “In this respect, the dynamics of enlargement are closely linked to the Russian perception of aggression, that is, that Moscow is threatened by the West. No, the threat comes from the other side.”

“The situation is very serious. The alliance, which was recently declared ‘brain dead,’ must suddenly act as if it were very much alive. But the momentum sparked by the Ukraine war cannot hide the fact that that NATO had lost its seriousness 20 years ago. ”

Maria Rigoutsou

SOURCE: Deutsche Welle