“He has said that decisions that have gone wrong and are open to criticism must be corrected. That happened,” said the SPD politician on Friday during his trip to Africa at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya. “And I assume that everything else will also be done according to the rules that we have.”
A clear swipe and allusion to the events in the ministry, which have become more and more public in the past few days. Only on Thursday did Graichen come into focus again because he wanted to borrow 60 employees from the German Energy Agency (Dena).
Graichen originally came under pressure because he was involved in the selection of Dena’s new managing director, Michael Schäfer, even though he is his best man. Both Habeck and Graichen now see this as a mistake.
Union demanded interference from Scholz – who now reacted to it
Opposition leader Friedrich Merz had demanded that Scholz intervene in the case. “At some point the Chancellor will also have to give his opinion on what he actually thinks of this activity in what is perhaps one of his most important ministries,” said the CDU leader. The federal government must dispel the suspicion “that only felt and nepotism is being worked on here”.
In the dispute over the Building Energy Act on heating replacement, Scholz was confident, despite all the criticism, that the planned amendment would pass the parliamentary process without any major changes. You might have one or two smaller questions. “But the big questions, I believe, have been resolved.”
