The demand for the nationalization of the Walchensee power plant was a constant topic in the election campaign. Andreas Steppan, deputy editorial director of the Tölzer Kurier, says the plan was not feasible from the start.

Expropriation is not possible in a free market economy, he says. The SPD and the Greens also have to put on the shoes of voter deception, he adds. Only the FDP really distanced itself from the proposal, he writes.