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Strobl criticizes "hooliganism" in traffic light crisis management

2022-08-25T03:15:37.602Z


Strobl criticizes "hooliganism" in traffic light crisis management Created: 08/25/2022, 05:07 Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, has criticism for the traffic light up his sleeve. © Bernd Weißbrod/dpa Not sustainable, half-baked, socially unfair: CDU man Strobl governs in Baden-Württemberg with the Greens, but he doesn't keep a good hair at the traffic lights in the f


Strobl criticizes "hooliganism" in traffic light crisis management

Created: 08/25/2022, 05:07

Thomas Strobl, Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, has criticism for the traffic light up his sleeve.

© Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

Not sustainable, half-baked, socially unfair: CDU man Strobl governs in Baden-Württemberg with the Greens, but he doesn't keep a good hair at the traffic lights in the federal government in the crisis.

Stuttgart - The CDU in Baden-Württemberg has criticized the traffic light government's handling of the energy crisis as "hooliganism".

"Every day a new suggestion, every day by someone else.

This is a traffic light cacophony, but no reliable crisis management and no reliable government," said CDU state chief and interior minister Thomas Strobl of the German press agency in Stuttgart.

"We have long needed a national energy summit to talk about how we will get through the next few months." Valuable time is being wasted, complained the Stuttgart Deputy Prime Minister.

He could not understand the crisis policy of the federal government in many areas.

"The invention of the tank discount, without any lasting effect.

Many people like the nine-euro ticket, but it has no lasting effect.

The gas levy is also a “half-baked idea”: After the traffic lights made gas consumption more expensive due to the levy, the reduction in VAT should make it a little cheaper again.

Strobl expects it to be a bit more expensive for most households at the end of the day.

“You have to manage such a commotion, such a back and forth in such a difficult crisis.

Good governance works differently," said the CDU politician.

Targeted help instead of a watering can

Regarding the traffic light relief packages, Strobl said that he considered the "watering can policy" to be wrong.

“Especially when you completely forget about the pensioners.

There are many pensioners here who really have to look at every euro and every cent.

And that's why they're the first to think about, how they're going to get through this winter." That's why he's calling for targeted relief and help.

The CDU head of state was "amazed at how quickly a surcharge was placed on the gas consumption of all private consumers in Germany in order to be able to help a handful of large companies worth billions very quickly".

He thinks that targeted help for these large companies would have been better than holding all gas consumers, medium-sized companies, family businesses and private consumers liable.

In addition, he considers it a "serious mistake" that the government has not yet thought of the public utilities.

“Of course, the municipal utilities belong under the protective umbrella.

So don't just think of the big ones, but also of the many small municipal utilities.

It doesn't help the consumer at the end of the day if the municipal utility can no longer deliver." dpa

Source: merkur

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