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Economics Minister Robert Habeck in the Bundestag: His ministry is under pressure
Photo: MICHELE TANTUSSI / REUTERS
Most of the federal ministries are concerned with the energy crisis and its consequences – but the Ministry of Economics probably the most.
In response, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck restructured his ministry.
The Green politician is setting up a new department for energy security and economic stabilization, as a spokeswoman for the dpa said.
This should create new synergies and concentrate tasks more.
In the fight against the energy and economic crisis, the »impact« should be upheld and strengthened.
The new department is to be headed by Philipp Steinberg, who has previously headed Department I Economic Policy.
In this function, Steinberg was also responsible for stabilization measures by companies such as Uniper and Lufthansa.
According to the spokeswoman, a new department management position is not necessary because two departments have been merged.
Habeck had described the high workload in his ministry at a congress on Thursday: "People, at some point they have to sleep and eat," said the Green politician in Berlin.
“It's not shit I'm talking about now: people get sick.
They have burnout, they get tinnitus.
They can't take it anymore.« It's always the same people who make the laws because that's the way the house is built.
The Economics Ministry is primarily concerned with the consequences of the energy crisis triggered by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
Above all, there is criticism of Habeck because of the gas levy.
The surcharge is intended to support gas importers who have very high replacement procurement costs due to a lack of Russian supplies.
Criticism comes from the Union, for example: Because of the planned takeover of Uniper by the federal government, the instrument can no longer be maintained.
SPIEGEL has reconstructed how the levy became a highly controversial project.
Read more about this here .
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