The climate tragedy now in Berlin will change the election campaign

BERLIN – Between the desperation of those who have lost loved ones and the tears of those who are left homeless after the floods in western Germany, there is room for a cynical reflection: what will happen in the September elections? The topic of climate change has always been the workhorse of the Grünen. But the ecological party is going through a very delicate moment, with Annalena Baerbock, co-president and candidate for the Chancellery, at the center of the controversy for the alleged copying of parts of her book “Jetzt”, “Now”.