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Despite the current quarrels in the traffic light coalition, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has drawn a positive interim conclusion of the government's work. "We have safely led Germany through a major crisis together (...) in the face of a very great challenge associated with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine," said the SPD politician on Sunday on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting in Meseberg joint appearance with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The crisis may not have made itself felt for everyone “because it didn’t happen. But she was ahead of us," said Scholz.
The federal government has big plans to lead the country into the future, Scholz announced. This is associated with many changes. "That's why it's also completely normal for these many steps to be discussed very intensively." It's easy "to do nothing and turn a blind eye to the challenges of the future. It is more challenging to ensure that these tasks are fulfilled”. This is what we have planned.
The federal government has "managed it to be warm" and guaranteed Germany's energy supply, said Scholz. Energy prices would even fall again. Social cohesion was also ensured and citizens and companies were "relieved, so that there was no economic crisis". The Chancellor added: "Everything that some people predicted for us and our country last year has not happened. And that is the achievement we are now building on.”
In the dispute over the end of combustion vehicles planned for 2035, Ursula von der Leyen was unable to announce an agreement. The topic was "briefly addressed" during her visit, said von der Leyen after attending the federal cabinet meeting on Sunday. "We are in a constructive dialogue there." The negotiations should be concluded "as soon as possible".
The EU had had to postpone the decision to phase out combustion engines from 2035 planned for next week. The reason is a veto threat from Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP). He insists that internal combustion engines that are operated with so-called e-fuels, i.e. synthetic fuels, should be exempt from the ban.
The EU Commission gives "full support for the principle of openness to technology," said von der Leyen, but at the same time restricted: "But that must always be in balance with our climate policy goals." Both sides now have to " work out".
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