Time is running out for the implementation of the Heating Act, but Chancellor Scholz is demonstrating composure. The heating dispute is causing problems for the SPD, the Greens and the FDP, and there is still no end in sight.

"It squeaks from time to time because the curve is so sharp," says the Federal Chancellor. Only one in five people in Germany is satisfied with the work of the traffic light coalition, according to the Deutschlandtrend survey published on Thursday.