FDP brakes on heating law – “100 questions to Robert Habeck”

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FDP brakes on heating law – “100 questions to Habeck”

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A man operates an air source heat pump. The federal government wants to enforce the installation of these heaters

A man operates an air source heat pump. The federal government wants to enforce the installation of these heaters

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What does the dismissal of Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Patrick Graichen mean for the controversial heating law? The FDP now considers it “out of the question” to be passed before the summer break. However, coalition partner SPD sees it differently.

NAfter the announced resignation of Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Patrick Graichen, the FDP slowed down the heating law promoted by the ministry. “I think it’s out of the question to say goodbye before the summer break,” said FDP Secretary General Bijan Djir-Sarai “Bild”.

Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) actually plans that the Building Energy Act (GEG) will be passed in the Bundestag by the beginning of July. On July 7, Parliament will go on summer recess.

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FILE PHOTO: German Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck and State Secretary Patrick Graichen attend an economic committee meeting on the current reporting on personnel policy and staffing by the Federal Ministry of Economics in Berlin, Germany May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/ FilePhoto

False proof of trust

“It is not decisive when the GEG is passed. It is crucial that it becomes a good law that does not overwhelm anyone and enables many technologies,” said Djir-Sarai.

He announced a catalog of questions from his group to Habeck. “The FDP parliamentary group still has around 100 questions for Robert Habeck. As long as they are not answered, the deliberations on the law cannot begin,” said the FDP Secretary General.

Habeck should present a “realistic” schedule

The spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group for energy policy, Michael Kruse, had previously said that the legislative projects initiated by Graichen would have to be checked by Habeck for practicality. “In view of the power vacuum in the ministry’s top management, Minister Habeck should propose a new, realistic timetable for a version of the heating law based on the coalition agreement,” said Kruse.

The SPD sees no reason to postpone the heating law because of Graichen’s departure. SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert said on Wednesday evening in the ZDF “heute journal”: “Both issues have nothing to do with each other.” There is no climate neutrality in Germany without approaching the type of heating. Nothing has changed in this need.

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According to the draft adopted by the Federal Cabinet, from 2024 onwards every newly installed heating system should be operated with 65 percent renewable energy. This should apply to all owners under 80 years of age.

Existing oil and gas heaters can continue to be operated, broken heaters can be repaired. The law is intended to herald the departure from gas and oil heating systems.

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