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> [...] Katharina Reiche is continuing the powerplant strategy of the previous Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Robert Habeck I'm honestly flabbergaste
by Timon3 1mo ago
> [...] Katharina Reiche is continuing the powerplant strategy of the previous Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Robert Habeck
I'm honestly flabbergasted at this propaganda attempt, because you happen to have left out (just a tiny excerpt):
- Reiche's previous employer being one of Germany's biggest energy firms (Eon), and almost every decision she has made happens to be according to Eons interests
- Reiche has been trying to stop renewable energy projects in any way she can: https://www.t-online.de/heim-garten/aktuelles/id_101189302/netzpaket-von-reiche-in-90-landkreisen-droht-stopp-fuer-solar-und-wind.html https://www.t-online.de/heim-garten/aktuelles/id_101189302/n...
- Reiche is trying to move parts of her ministry to run on consultants instead: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Strategische-Top-Beratung-Reiche-will-Aufgaben-des-Ministeriums-an-Berater-auslagern-id30679526.html https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Strategische-Top-Beratung-Reiche...
- Reiche is subsidizing fossil fuels enough for her own party to criticize her plans: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/spritpreise-entlastung-pendlerpauschale-cdu-kritik-reiche-100.html https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/spritpreise-entlastung-pend...
- Reiche ignores studies from her own ministry that show positive economic results regarding renewable energy: https://www.t-online.de/finanzen/energie/id_101226464/wirtschaftswachstum-durch-energiewende-reiche-laesst-studie-verschwinden.html https://www.t-online.de/finanzen/energie/id_101226464/wirtsc...
- Reiche is literally and explicitly asking the fossil industry to supply reasons her ministry can use for swerving investments from renewable towards non-renewable energy (and these requests were not documented as required, before investigative journalism found them): https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/katherina-reiches-ministerium-bat-enbw-um-argumente-fuer-gaskraftwerke-a-1ce69ada-8eff-444b-a7f9-4eaf4d6e5447 https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/katherina-reiches-minister...
- Reiche keeps lying to the population about the costs of renewables, and many other related numbers: https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/katherina-reiche-so-vergeigt-die-union-ein-weiteres-zukunftsprojekt-kolumne-a-94e5ac30-f259-474e-ba8a-a50bc0e3e1ac https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/katherina-reiche-... (heading "Entweder sie weiß es nicht – oder sie lügt"; there are older issues where she lied, easy to look up)
- Reiche is introducing legislation that's openly corrupt enough for the Bundeskartellamt to publish a statement against it: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/DE/AktuelleMeldungen/2026/05_07_2026_Stellungnahme_Entwurf_StromVKG.html https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/DE/Aktuel...
- Reiche's change in plans compared to Habeck is disastrous enough to unnecessarily cost the population up to 40 billion euros: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/verfehlt-reiche-ihr-ziel-wirtschaftsministerin-konnte-energiewende-40-milliarden-euro-teurer-machen-15587598.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/verfehlt-reiche-ihr-ziel...
- Reiche's modifications of a law planned by Habeck is so disastrous that even the oil & gas lobby spoke out against them: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Auch-Reiches-Verbuendete-warnen-vor-neuem-Heizungsgesetz-id30887570.html https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Auch-Reiches-Verbuendete-warnen-...
- Reiche's modifications of said law, e.g. removing the ban on new fossil heating systems, are unconstitutional: https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/belastet-reiche-gebaeudemodernisierungsgesetz-verfassungswidrig-gutachten-zr-94374634.html https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/belastet-reiche-gebaeudemoderni...
- Internal documents show that Reiche is literally acting in the interest of her previous employer, one of Germany's biggest energy firms: https://fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exklusiv/2026/07/die-eon-ministerin/ https://fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exklusiv/2026/07/die-eon-min...
- Reiche is trying to push back the ICE ban, which is not only incredibly dangerous from a climate change perspective, but which is going to kill the German car industry because they'd rather stick with ICEs than actually invest into building EVs, when the EV market is growing rapidly! https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-07/co2-flottengrenzwerte-eu-kommission-katherina-reiche-autobauer-strafzahlungen https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-07/co2-flotteng...
- Reiche is using dirty tricks (like not hiring enough employees in certain positions) to prevent a supply chain due diligence law from actually taking effect: https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/lieferketten-gesetz-reiche-100.html https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/lieferketten-ges...
This is just a tiny excerpt from the last few months. Since the current government came into power, Reiche has been relentlessly acting in the interests of the fossil lobby while deliberately putting the breaks on anything renewable, all while lying and acting as a mouthpiece for fossil propaganda (again, explicitly proven!).
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Seriously, I'd love to know - why do you deliberately spread propaganda for the fossil industry, like you did here?
- vkou 1mo agoSo, tl;dr, it's the environmentalists' fault?
- Timon3 1mo agoCould you please explain how you arrived at this response? I genuinely cannot imagine what your thought process was unless you're a troll, and I hope that's not the case.
- leonidasrup 1mo agoI was only comparing the fact, that because of nuclear phase-out and the future coal phase-out both the previous and current Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy agreed that a large expansion of gas power plants is necessary, this was known already in 2024. If we are now criticizing persons, please remember that German Economy Minister Robert Habeck famously stated in July 2022 during the energy crisis that "we do not have an electricity problem, we have a gas problem" https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/nord-stream-eins-pipeline-gas-stopp-krise-deutschland-russland-ukraine-krieg-zr-91659756.html https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/nord-stream-eins-pipeline-g... Nuclear phase-out at any cost, including lying to the public. Withholding documents about nuclear phase-out until court order. https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/meistgelesene-artikel-2024-april-habecks-geheimakten-wie-die-grunen-beim-atomausstieg-getauscht-haben https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/meistgelesene-artikel-202... The personal connections between Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Agora Energiewende - Patrick Graichen. https://www.weforum.org/people/patrick-graichen/ https://www.weforum.org/people/patrick-graichen/ During the energy crisis debates, government-commissioned or environmental institute estimates (such as from the Öko-Institut) argued that procuring new fuel rods required 18 months to two years, which was cited as a physical constraint preventing longer life extensions for Germany's final reactors before they shut down in April 2023. But Westinghouse Electric Germany told a parliamentary committee of inquiry that federal ministries never asked if the standard production time for nuclear fuel elements could be shortened. https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1033104 https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1033104
- Timon3 1mo ago