After the temporary stop of the heating law ordered by the judge, the Union faction called for a complete restart of the project. A motion to this effect is being discussed in the Bundestag today.
After the Federal Constitutional Court temporarily stopped the Building Energy Act, the Union faction is calling for the project to be restarted.
The decision is a serious defeat for the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), according to a motion by the parliamentary group, which parliament is dealing with in the morning. The court decision is also “an exclamation point for the right of MPs” to a thorough consultation of laws. It also shows that climate protection cannot be achieved with a crowbar.
Coalition does not want any more changes to the content
The application goes on to say: “The heavy blow from Karlsruhe for the traffic lights must not become a lasting setback for climate protection. That’s why it’s not enough to simply push through the same law in a new procedure. Only with a fundamental new start on the matter can lost trust can be restored.”
The coalition factions had emphasized that there should be no more changes in terms of content.
Federal Constitutional Court stops quick resolution
The Federal Constitutional Court had stopped the traffic light coalition’s plan to pass the so-called heating law in the Bundestag today in an urgent procedure. The planned second and third reading in the Bundestag should not take place in the current session week, said the highest German court in Karlsruhe on Wednesday evening.
It raised doubts that the rights of MPs were adequately protected in the deliberations. The traffic light factions decided that the law should now be passed by the Bundestag at the beginning of September.
Habeck: temporary stop no leg break
Economics Minister Robert Habeck, on the other hand, did not see the temporary stop as a defeat. “Of course, the opposition should have plenty of time, enough time. The opinion of the governing factions, the government, to which I belong, as you know, is that it was circulating for about a week, that’s enough time because it was a deeply discussed law,” said the Green politician in the evening on the ZDF talk show “Lanz”. “But ok, if more time is desired and required because the court determines it, then that’s the way it is. That’s not a broken leg either.”
The decisive factor is that no faction has moved away from the law, not even the FDP. “I’m happy for the Union that they now have time to study the law again,” said Habeck.
Dobrindt complains about how the coalition treats the opposition
The head of the CSU deputy in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, meanwhile renewed his criticism of the handling of the coalition factions with the opposition. “We currently have a poisoned climate in the Bundestag that I have never experienced before. This puts a considerable strain on the cooperation between the opposition and the federal government,” Dobrindt told the editorial network Germany.
“Every day we learn that the coalition factions have lost or even deliberately discarded any understanding of how to deal properly with the opposition. These atmospheric disturbances have an after-effect and leave lasting damage between the factions.” Union faction leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) had previously made a similar statement.