PHOENIX
Berlin/Bonn (ots)
The re-elected deputy party leader of the FDP, Wolfgang Kubicki, sees a need for changes to the building energy law of Economics Minister Robert Habeck (B’90/Greens), despite the cabinet decision. “We’ll have to do it because Habeck’s proposal is simply bad,” said Kubicki in an interview with the television station phoenix on the fringes of the FDP party conference in Berlin. “All FDP ministers in the cabinet have declared that they now want to make the parliamentary procedure possible. Massive changes still have to be made to the procedure itself.”
For example, Kubicki sees a need for action on the question of whether heat pumps should be installed in private houses. “It doesn’t make any sense that we build LNG terminals that have to be hydrogen-ready and that we build gas-fired power plants that can be operated with natural gas but also have to be hydrogen-ready – and then ban private individuals from doing so,” criticizes Kubicki . If the supplier is able to offer enough hydrogen, then that can be done. “But dumping on private individuals what the state cannot afford, I think is inadmissible.”
The FDP deputy sees it as a given that the liberals can still make changes to the law through parliamentary channels. “There is no majority in the German Bundestag without the FDP. Our coalition partners must understand that. There is no majority to the left of the FDP, neither in parliament nor among the population,” says Kubicki. “We will make that clear during the negotiations and specific deliberations on the draft law. Robert Habeck’s law will not leave parliament the way it came into parliament.”
Despite the differences between the FDP and the Greens, Kubicki sees no alternative to the traffic light coalition. “The Union is neither capable of governing, nor is there a majority that would indicate this. New elections would be the worst thing of all with a six-month standstill in Germany. We have an obligation to reach an agreement and we will also implement it concretely.”
He again sharply criticizes the protest of the climate activists. “I pointed out that it is undemocratic if you want to prevent democratic parties from forming an opinion. That is not a contribution to climate protection, but simply stupid and only aimed at generating publicity.” In a comparison, the FDP politician becomes clear. “I like to talk to reasonable people, but I don’t let others impose their will on me. I’ll do everything to ensure that that doesn’t take hold,” said the liberal. “Imagine, these are not climate activists, but right-wing extremists who want to prevent a refugee home. Should I also talk to them about the fact that this is a legitimate action?”
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