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Family businesses attack Habeck: Scholz defends the government
Bogeyman Habeck attacked: Association of family businesses sharply criticizes Economics Minister Robert Habeck at an event with Chancellor Scholz. Habeck is threatened with boos. Scholz defends government work.
Family businesses attack Habeck: Scholz defends the government
The Association of Family Businesses sharply criticized Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck, even though he did not take part in the anniversary event. Instead, Chancellor Olaf Scholz was there, who was greeted with friendly applause by the entrepreneurs. The president of the association, Marie-Christine Ostermann, made it clear how dissatisfied the 6,500 member companies are with the federal government, as it is allegedly depriving small and medium-sized businesses of their breathing space, including through the Supply Chain Act.
However, the criticism of many participants was not directed against Scholz, but rather against the Green politician Habeck, who was accused of “simply not being able to do it” and of only thinking about new subsidies. Ostermann, however, emphasized that it was necessary to reduce corporate taxes, to design energy policy in a market-oriented manner and to reform social insurance in a demographic-proof manner in order to be able to keep up with international competition.
Olaf Scholz defended the government's work and named his economic policy priorities, which partly coincided with the demands of the association head. He emphasized successes such as the reduction in electricity tax and the abolition of the EEG levy for renewable energies, which would save companies billions of euros. Scholz also praised investments in renewable energies, infrastructure, the expansion of all-day care and the Skilled Immigration Act as measures to strengthen Germany.
In the subsequent question and answer session, a participant evaluated Habeck and asked for a grade, to which Scholz replied in an emphatically neutral manner that Habeck was making a great effort to move the country forward. He also praised the entire government for averting a feared economic crisis caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Despite the criticism, Scholz continued not to mention Habeck's name directly.