Overview

• Jakob Blasel, co-chair of the Grüne Jugend, proposed nationalizing RWE, Leag and Thyssenkrupp to enforce stricter climate protection
• He recommended a status guarantee to ensure workers in fossil industries transfer to non-fossil sectors without loss of rights or benefits
• CSU General Secretary Martin Huber rejected the plan as “socialist nonsense” that would harm the German economy
• Debate has shifted to Article 14 of the Basic Law, which permits expropriation only through legislation and mandates fair compensation
• The proposal has intensified tensions between the Green Party’s youth wing and its centrist leadership over the pace and scale of climate action