Hardly anyone polarizes as much as Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck. A conversation about government mistakes and the dangers from the right.
Mr. Habeck, when you were on the ferry recently, just before Schlüttsiel, what was the first thing you saw on board?
The lights of the tractors. The second was a sign that said, “Get out!” But I went there consciously.
Did you know what to expect from the investor?
I knew there would be protests. Information arrived at me around midday. A CDU colleague from local politics had tipped off Green MPs that something was brewing at the investor. That was very thoughtful of her – and a sign of how fair politics can be.
At the beginning of January, angry farmers blocked the port of Schlüttsiel. Habeck’s ferry has to turn back
© Hagen Wohlfahrt/Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag / Picture Alliance / dpa
The BKA had offered to fly you out of Hallig Hooge.
I did not want. I wanted to talk to the people at the ferry dock.