He assured that “the supply of energy for the winter is probably secured”
Germany endures ‘winter and crises’, Chancellor Olaf Scholz claimed and assured once again that “the energy supply for the winter is probably secured”.
Mr. Soltz he defended his government’s choiceswhich “move us away from the policy of one-sided dependence on Russia and China”, while he reiterated his commitment that Germany would continue to support Ukraine, categorically rejecting opposition criticism of broken promises.
Speaking in the Bundestag as part of the budget debatethe chancellor presented his government’s work just shy of the one-year mark, referring to 100 bills, with which the coalition government has, he said, “routed, implemented and settled more than the governments of the previous twelve years”. .
Earlier the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz had criticized the government’s defense policy, stressing that the commitment to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP, as foreseen by NATO, was being broken, and had attacked the Minister of Economy Robert Habeck, accusing that he “consciously deceived the citizens with the stress tests for the strength of the electricity network, while he knew in advance the … desired results”.
“You don’t give a damn if something doesn’t fit your ideology,” Mr Mertz said, referring to the Greens and their stance on running power plants using nuclear energy.
“When I was listening to you, I was thinking of Alice in Wonderland. What is really big, you consider small. If you believe that we are the problem and not the work of the previous government, then you also believe in the talking white rabbits. Welcome to Wonderland!” Mr. Scholz said in response to Mr. Mertz, adding that it is his own coalition that is actually modernizing the country’s armed forces, unlike the CDU-led governments.
In an account of the last 11 months, Olaf Solz also referred to the single ticket of 9 euros/month for all MMMs, the introduction of the minimum wage at 12 euros/hour from October 1, but also the government’s latest legislative initiative to introduce a ceiling on the maximum price of of natural gas and electricity, in the relief packages from the consequences of the energy crisis and in reaching the goal of filling 100% of natural gas storages before winter begins. “Germany is already resistant to winter and crises,” he underlined.
Referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Olaf Scholz underlined Germany’s commitment to coordination with EU and NATO partners and reiterated the commitment to continue providing weapons to Ukrainian forces, “as long as the barbaric, senseless, criminal war lasts”. He again called on Russia to stop the war and recalled that during his recent visit to Beijing, President Xi Jinping condemned the possibility of using nuclear weapons. “And for that reason alone, the visit was worthwhile,” the chancellor said, pointing to criticism of his trip to China.
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