Gruber must call for respect and calm
It was feared in the run-up to the demo that there could be a heated atmosphere: AfD politicians had also called for the demonstration. However, the party was uninvited from the rally itself – and was only represented with a stand next to the Volksfestplatz.
The cabaret artist Monika Gruber, who had organized and promoted the rally, had to ask for silence several times at the beginning. “We live in a democracy, friends – please let every speaker finish. And we’re talking about the Bavarian Prime Minister here, a little more respect please.”
Söder accuses the federal government of distrust of the rural population
In his speech, Söder then addressed the actual reason for his visit – the amendment to the Building Energy Act, which he sharply criticized: Berlin has a fundamental distrust of the rural population. Climate protection must be promoted together with the citizens and not against them. The question arises as to who should pay for all the conversion costs and renovations for new heating systems.
“I have no desire to go bankrupt alongside the Greens,” said Söder. There was occasional applause, especially when the Prime Minister attacked the Greens or campaigned for the rural population and agriculture. Overall, Söder still met with a lot of rejection.
Boos for FDP country chief Hagen, applause for Economics Minister Aiwanger
The Bavarian FDP chairman Martin Hagen had a similar experience – due to almost constant boos, hardly anything could be understood from his speech. On the other hand, there was applause for Bavaria’s Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters). He, too, clearly criticized the federal government’s plans: “We can’t go on watching how this traffic light, which is dominated by green, drives Germany to the wall,” said Aiwanger. The Greens didn’t want to save the climate, they wanted to destroy property and prosperity.
Aiwanger described the heating law as “madness” and that it had to be “put in the bin.” Finally, the Economics Minister thanked the people on site: the ball had been set in motion in Erding, which would pull the rug out from under the feet of this law. “Now the point has been reached where the large, silent majority has to take back democracy and say to those in Berlin: ‘You’ve got your ass open up there,'” said Aiwanger.
That’s what the Building Energy Act is all about
The co-chair of the Bavarian SPD, Ronja Endres, responded on Twitter. She warned the parties involved against playing with fire and called on them to get back to business. “Bring your own real suggestions instead of destructive populism,” Endres tweeted.