The Greens warn the Freedom and Justice Party of the blockade of the heating law

In light of the LDP’s blockade of the current draft heating bill, the Greens have sharpened their tone. Today a decision will be taken on whether the law will be brought to Parliament for its first reading this week.

The Greens have warned the FDP against putting the energy building bill on the Bundestag agenda this week. With the blockade, the party will show “that it does not concern itself primarily with questions of content, but with profiling for its own benefit,” said Irene Mihalik, parliamentary director of the German Liberation Network.

Greens’ deputy leader in the Bundestag, Julia Verlinden, called on the FDP to stick to the agreed timetable for the heating law. In the rbb24 radio info She warned of the need to pass the law before the summer holidays so that citizens plan for security.

“A very unusual request.”

“I don’t remember if in the last few decades there was a cabinet that passed a law, referred it to the Bundestag, and now attached conditions to deliberations in the Bundestag or didn’t want it at all,” said Verlinden. This is an unusual request.

The Traffic Light government had decided at the 30-hour coalition committee at the end of March to bring the project to Parliament before the summer recess. It was also passed in the Cabinet with the approval of the ministries led by the Free Democratic Party.

The decision on whether to bring the bill to Parliament for a first reading this week is expected to take place today. If this does not happen, it is less likely to be adopted before the summer holidays.

Wants a new FDP law Project

The FDP’s parliamentary group is pushing for an entirely new heating law and does not want the current draft negotiated in the Bundestag as planned. “The question is: can the Bundestag really be able to discuss it in detail? And I don’t see that at the moment,” said Christian Dürr, leader of the FDP’s parliamentary group. ARD Morning Journal. It seems that the law is not finished yet.

It does not depend on the day, Dorr said, but “whether Germany will have a good building energy law”. It is now about inclusiveness, not speed. He added, “Robert Habeck has now insisted that the law be sent to the Bundestag.”

Moreover, the group leader insisted on more openness to the technology, particularly in the matter of financing. Citizens should be able to purchase heaters that fit their home type – such as gas heaters, which could also be powered by climate-neutral hydrogen in the future.

Ger Saray, Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party, says that the decision before the summer holidays is unrealistic.
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Scholz also calls for speed

Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently called for speed. His spokesman said Monday that Schulz expects “the Bundestag will now discuss the bill with the necessary thoroughness, but also quickly”.

Social Democratic leader Saskia Esken said on RTL “Direkt” Monday night that residents can count on “that we are designing this law in such a way as to make it practical”. People should be “able to bear what we ask of them.”

She stressed that tenants must be protected from the high costs when replacing the heating system. “Excessive rent increases must indeed be prevented. This means that we will limit the allocation of these investments.”

Parity Society calls for social balance

Because of the risk of rising costs, the Paritätische Gesamtverband, for example, is lobbying for effective social compensation. “We demand that all traffic light parties end the troubling dispute in the coalition and quickly pass a social heating law,” said the association’s general director, Ulrich Schneider, from the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Natrichten.

Schneider said switching to climate-neutral heating is important for protecting the climate and reducing heating costs in the long term. In order for everyone to be able to participate in this “ecological progression”, targeted support based on income and wealth is essential. “Anyone with little money should be able to expect to cover the extra costs,” said the social association’s chief executive. In addition, as Esken warned, tenants should be better protected against transfer costs being passed on to them.

In order to achieve the climate goals, according to the previous plans of Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Grenz), from next year only new heating systems will be installed that run on at least 65 percent renewable energies. State subsidies are planned to replace the heating system. However, existing heaters can continue to run and can be repaired.