Olaf Scholz counters the Merz attack in the general debate in the Bundestag (video)

Friedrich Merz (CDU), Union parliamentary group leader: “We are dealing with this gas price development with a classic supply shock. What do you do when you experience such a supply shock? Then you first try to react to it by uses every opportunity to exploit the existing supply that is still available. We still have three operating nuclear power plants in Germany. They are the most modern and safest nuclear power plants in the world. The whole world around is looking at Germany. And outside, people say, have these Germans actually gone crazy shutting down three nuclear power plants in such a situation, which would be able to safely supply 10 million households with electricity?Yes, unfortunately one has to say it like that, this federal government also lacks any political ability when it comes to economic policy strategic thinking They struggle and argue for weeks and months The entire summer break is the best been away from a constant quarrel of this coalition for weeks. And the result is once again a smorgasbord of compromises at the level of the lowest common denominator, which this coalition still holds together, far from, far from providing appropriate answers to these enormous challenges that we are facing.” O-Ton Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor: “I want to answer you one thing: Don’t underestimate our country. Don’t underestimate the citizens of this country. In hard times, our country surpasses itself. We have a good tradition of linking arms when things get difficult. Not even in the opposition had they managed to foist their own omissions on as a problem for the new government. We had it resolved before you even knew there was one. That’s the truth we need to talk about. Because the CDU/CSU is the party that has complete responsibility for Germany making exit decisions from coal and nuclear energy, but has never had the strength to get into anything. They were unable to bring about the expansion of renewable energies. They fought defensive battles against every single wind turbine. And every defensive struggle in recent years is still damaging our country today. That was you.”