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“Here’s the proof that Merkel will stop climate change,” jests Tageszeitung, with a shot of a Darth Vader in front of a snowclad Brandenburg Gate. The Berlin daily reports that according to the WikiLeaked documents, US diplomats in 2008 believed the German chancellor was pursuing an “aggressive” climate policy with massive support from the population. The TAZ counters that “Merkel isn’t actually pursuing an ‘aggressive climate policy’, she contents herself with announcing it” – and then puts environmental issues on the back burner. As for mass support, the TAZ calls that assessment “rather far-fetched”, and reminds its readers that hardly any other nation flies more, drives bigger cars or consumes more energy per capita than the Germans.
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