German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/54,
pp. 5954-5955.
Right honorable President. Valued colleagues.
I do not know how you come by the idea that we are screwing
around with the security. The technical security aspects are certainly not
affected by our draft law.
But let us cite someone: “Every kilowatt-hour helps in this
situation”. The Green Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that.
Stephan Brandner (AfD): How is that actually?
That is now since three months. At that time, the picture
was still arranged for us that we are able to independently come out of this
energy crisis in part caused by the government. Nevertheless, now at the
beginning of the week, this pretense of the Economy Minister was given up as he
surrendered Germany’s energy supply to the whims of wind and weather – coupled with
the hope for a mild winter.
Meanwhile, sales of air heaters and kilns attained record
returns. By the middle of this year, 600,000 air heaters were sold. Those are
600,000 motions of no confidence in the face of this government’s energy
policy.
Even if Minister Habeck does not know what an insolvency is,
more and more businesses nevertheless capitulate before the exploding energy
prices. Villeroy & Bosch, Eschenbach, Hakle, Baren Board, Schlechtrimen,
Dr. Schneider, Görtz, etc, etc. Traditional undertakings, which in part have
withstood two world wars or two dictatorships, survive not a year under a Green
Economy Minister. “Every kilowatt-hour helps in this situation”. Robert Habeck
said that. Yet why does he not keep his own words?
Bernhard Herrmann (Greens): Because he has a flu!
Isar 2, Neckarwestheim 2 and Emsland have the potential to
deliver 96 million kilowatt-hours…independent of the weather and independent of
the whims of Gazprom.
Seven months ago, Russia with war invaded the Ukraine. For seven
months the Green Economy Minister refuses to recognize the facts. Seven months
given away in which the Minister watched the rise of energy prices instead of
doing what needed to be done; namely, to mobilize every kilowatt-hour of energy
in Germany. Because: Every kilowatt-hour helps the businesses which then do not
just go insolvent. Every kilowatt-hour helps the citizens who then need not
spend their life’s savings for the next heating bill or in winter need to ask
themselves: Do I want a warm dwelling or do I want to buy a meal at the
supermarket?
Even if you are not here, Herr Minister, I say: Keep your
word and give to the citizens and businesses what they want; namely, every
possible kilowatt-hour.
The operators of Isar 2, PreussenElektra, say quite clearly:
The most exigent duty now is to briskly lead the political discussion to a
durable result. And who says “Every kilowatt-hour helps” can come to only a
single durable result and that is the prolongation of the running time of the
German nuclear power plants. The AfD’s draft law [Drucksache 20/2592] and our motion to amend [Drucksache 20/3586] make possible precisely that.
We thus confirm: The operators can and want to deliver, a
majority of Germans want the prolongation of running time and, yes, there is in
this house a majority of hopeful, responsible members who say no
Vice-president Petra Pau: Herr member, please come to a conclusion.
to a big, green living lie and yes to nuclear power in Germany.
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