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Connecting for the climate without financial worries – Alfred Platow (76) made this promise. He heads the German company Ökoworld. His announcement: his company pays the fines for the climate stickers “one hundred percent”.
Now the boss of the company is rowing back. The turnaround follows less than three days after the announcement. The reason: there was loud criticism. In addition, the question of criminal liability for these aid payments arose.
Surprised by the “emotional magnitude”
Platow explains his change of mind in a press release: “I expected criticism, but not to this emotional degree.” It also says: “Moreover, the reactions are less about the content of climate protection, but almost exclusively about the subject of fines and compensation and possible incitement to commit crimes.”
Rainer Wendt (67), national chairman of the German police union, also criticized a possible incitement to crime. “When a financial services company uses its economic opportunities to promote and incite such crimes, it raises questions,” Wendt told Bild newspaper. “For example, if fines are replaced by Ökoworld AG, the prosecutor’s office must investigate aid and incitement to crime.”
But Platow doesn’t want to completely drop the climate stickers. The manager wants to transfer 20,000 euros privately to an environmental fund to support the protests. He emphasizes that no company funds are used.
For climate adhesives, however, the downturn is a major blow. On Wednesday, the Twitter account of German activist group Last Generation said: “This commitment removes a major hurdle to participate in future protests.” (Darling)
Source: Blick
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