Habeck puts pressure on: companies must not be left alone
Created: 09/25/2022, 12:44 p.m
Robert Habeck (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
© Kay Nietfeld/dpa
Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck is pushing for an expansion of the rescue package for small and medium-sized companies whose existence is threatened by the energy crisis.
Habeck put pressure on Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) to finance this measure.
"I hope that we in the federal government can bring about clarification in this sense," said Habeck in a video message for the party conference of the Southwest Greens on Sunday in Donaueschingen.
Donaueschingen - "We wouldn't do that, one would have to say: We leave the companies alone.
And as Economics Minister, I won't allow that.
We won't leave the companies alone - not at this time, not in Germany."
Habeck wants to take about a million small and medium-sized companies such as bakers under the rescue package.
The additional costs are estimated to be in the tens of billions.
The measure also serves the goal of "slowing down" the recession, said the minister.
Green leader Ricarda Lang had previously said in Donaueschingen: "You can't save yourself from a crisis like this." The economic core of Germany must not be endangered, companies threatened by the crisis must be helped as planned by Habeck.
Lang said to Lindner: "Then let's save these companies now.
Then let's get our hands on that money now.”
She underlined that climate protection should not be allowed to get lost in the crisis.
"In the transport sector, we are furthest away from our climate goals." Here, too, the FDP must move.
Lang demanded a "yes to a temporary speed limit" until the country was independent of Russian energies.
In addition, the FDP must make more investments in rail possible.
"We can no longer afford naysayers in government offices," said Lang.
The federal states need more regionalization funds for the expansion of the railways.
It is good if there is a successor to the 9-euro ticket, but it is more important that the railways also run, especially in rural areas.
dpa