New round of the heating law: The Union faction still sees 90 open questions and now wants them answered by the federal government.
An inquiry received by the German Press Agency deals, for example, with questions about state subsidies, tenant protection, available craftsmen, the further parliamentary procedure and whether the federal government still sees a need for changes to the present draft law. In addition, there are numerous detailed questions.
CDU: Building Energy Act not fully developed
The CDU member of the Bundestag Thomas Heilmann told the dpa that the building energy law was not mature and urgently needed at least clarifications. “A fundamental revision of the heating plans would be right. Unfortunately, the traffic lights are blocked. The funding disaster of the federal government is particularly bad for the necessary conversion of the heating systems in Germany. It looks like further cuts, but the government remains unclear.”
The Building Energy Act (GEG) – the so-called Heating Act – should actually be passed at the beginning of July and thus before the start of the summer break. Previously there had been long conflicts in the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP. The coalition then agreed on fundamental changes. The law aims to make heating in Germany more climate-friendly by gradually replacing oil and gas heating systems.
Law is to be decided after the summer break
However, the Federal Constitutional Court stopped an adoption before the summer break. The court had expressed doubts as to whether the rights of the deputies were sufficiently protected. Heilmann had applied for a temporary injunction because of the tight schedule in the legislative process.
The traffic light coalition now wants the law to be decided in the Bundestag after the summer break at the beginning of September. The Union is now asking about the schedule, what form and what scope of parliamentary advice the Federal Government considers to be at least necessary. The heads of the government factions had declared that there should be no more substantive changes to the draft law.
In May, the FDP submitted a comprehensive list of questions about the GEG to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. There were 77 questions.
