In the witness affair, Habeck stands by the controversial state secretary. But the Graichen scandal is leaving its mark.
In the Bundestag, the minister lost his composure. In some cases, politicians from the SPD and FDP have been involved in a battle with several hours of questioning. The background to this is the selection of a new managing director for the state-owned German Energy Agency (Dena) The choice fell on Michael Schefer, the best man of Habecker's state secretary Patrick Graichen.