Economics Minister Robert Habeck says something about insolvencies at “Maischberger”, which raises doubts about his competence – and provokes a lot of comments in the German media.
In the ARD program “Maischberger” on Tuesday evening, when asked whether he was expecting a wave of bankruptcies at the end of this winter, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) replied: “No, I’m not doing that. I can imagine that certain sectors just stop producing for now.”
Robert Habeck and the bankruptcy
Habeck gave flower shops, health food shops and bakeries as an example because these shops “depend on people spending money”. Such companies would then have real problems because there would be a reluctance to buy. “Then they are not automatically insolvent, but they may stop selling,” said Habeck.
These statements are not just a treat for the opposition, but also for the commentators in the German media. However, they usually do not go to court with Habeck as harshly as the Union. The press review:
“Bild” newspaper: “The office of Federal Minister of Economics is not a trainee program in which politicians can first get a taste of things for months and try things out. Anyone who does this job must be an ace when it comes to economic issues. This is particularly true in times of crisis. Habeck – despite all his personal commitment – shown that he does not meet the requirements. He has already made too many mistakes for that. The gas levy and the final nuclear shutdown are among the most difficult. It is time for Chancellor Olaf Scholz to recognize that. And Robert Habeck himself too.”
“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”: “Despite all the natural and hard-working helpfulness and closeness that Habeck tries to establish: Here he only shows that he lacks down-to-earthness. And his otherwise vaunted pragmatism seems more like ideological obstinacy in the energy debate. But none of this has to have a lasting effect on his sympathy values Green is still primarily a way of life. And a place. If you’re on the right side, you can do anything.”
“The Bell” (Oelde): “At the latest, the appearance at Sandra Maischberger has disenchanted the Green Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck. For a long time he was celebrated as the ‘true’ man. The thinker and philosopher, who does not hesitate to say that we are facing difficult times, not all of them economically will survive. But the green figurehead is increasingly going into a tailspin when it comes to tough crisis management. The gas surcharge – poorly done technically. The proposed reserve operation of the nuclear power plants – expensive and ideologically influenced. The assessment of the economic situation in Germany? Completely misjudged.”
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“New Osnabrück newspaper”: “Merz’ attacks against Habeck sat. His plan to only keep two nuclear power plants in reserve instead of producing as much electricity as possible turns out to be insane. After all, creating more supply is the easiest way to lower prices. That one of the two operators considers the reserve operation to be technically impossible, increasing the pressure on the chancellor to bring the Greens to their senses and not to deny citizens and business the nuclear power potential in winter.Whether Habeck is up to the challenges, the question is asked about his bizarre More and more people appear on the talk show. It is not at all possible for a Minister of Economic Affairs to confuse bankruptcies and company closures. The companies are scared and anxious.”
“Northwest Newspaper” (Oldenburg): “The children’s book author Robert Habeck, who in one of his works already describes ‘how exciting a power failure at night can be’, apparently believes that you can simply switch the market economy on and off again. That leaves you speechless. What he stuttered out with Maischberger , means in plain language: He knows that livelihoods will be lost – and he doesn’t care. Habeck and many of his Greens live in a parallel world in which electricity comes from the socket and money from the machine. They once moved in with a poster the election campaign that read “Experience your green economic miracle”. If we don’t take care, we will actually experience this miracle – in the form of power cuts and a wave of bankruptcies.”
“Doubts whether Habeck has any idea about the economy”
“Nuremberg newspaper”: “What the Green Economics Minister had previously tapped into in the talk with Sandra Maischberger was an unexpected template for an opposition leader; but what weighs much more heavily: Habeck’s rhetorical twists and turns and will-o’-the-wisps to Maischberger’s actually simple question as to whether he feared a wave of insolvencies in view of the galloping energy prices, raises justified doubts as to whether there is a minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs who has a clue about the economy – or rather one who verbosely hides a ignorance and is thus able to lather his numerous admirers in the bubble of political moralists and in many media.”
“The Daily Mirror”: “Habeck at Maischberger: That was a communicative debacle. Anger, however, is a policy that has to put up with the accusation of not really doing everything to combat the energy shortage. How serious does the situation have to get before the last Remnant ideology transformed into pragmatism? Anyone who refuses to answer this question feeds the populism of the Monday demonstrators – from the left as well as from the right.”
“The time”: “Can you expect a minister to explain that in an understandable way? Yes. Is it proof of professional inadequacy if that doesn’t work so well? No. Because no matter how important communication may be in politics, in the end it all comes down to what someone does and what results they deliver.”
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