The talks at parliamentary group level were “reasonable,” said Klingbeil. The traffic light coalition “can no longer afford” a dispute like in the past few weeks.
Green Party leader Lang said she was “very optimistic” that the amendment to the Building Energy Act would be put on the agenda for the current week of parliamentary sessions. Homeowners and craftsmen “finally need clarity”. The talks between the traffic light factions are on the right track. Your party has signaled that it is willing to compromise.
FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai was more cautious. Djir-Sarai said on Monday that he could not say at this point in time whether the draft would be put on the agenda of the Bundestag on Tuesday. For him, the schedule is not decisive anyway, “but that we make a good law in the end”.
The FDP continues to demand “fundamental changes” to the draft law. The heating law must be “open to all technologies” and should not overwhelm either the people or the welfare state. The FDP will now evaluate the results of the group talks and “then see whether something is possible in this session week or not”.
The traffic light coalition has been arguing for weeks about the amendment to the Building Energy Act. The SPD, Greens and FDP factions continued to look for a compromise at the weekend. The ongoing discussion jeopardizes the coalition’s original timeline of passing the heating bill before the summer recess. To do this, it would be necessary to schedule a first reading in the Bundestag this week.
