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Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck answers questions from citizens in Kassel. Despite protests, he remains calm.
Kassel – It’s been around two and a half years Robert Habeck (Greens) in office. In the meantime, the Federal Minister of Economics – as well as his party – was attacked numerous times. In the eyes of critics, the reasons for this were the heating law and the decision to phase out nuclear power before the traffic light coalition came into power. These are topics that were also discussed on Monday evening in Kassel at a readers' meeting HNA from Ippen.Media interested.
Before interested guests could address the Vice Chancellorthe Vice Chancellor first addressed a group of demonstrators who were stirring up sentiment against Habeck outside the building – even if only indirectly.
Protests during Habeck's visit: “They are demonstrating against everything and everyone”
While around 50 people protested in front of the doors of the Kassel Kulturbahnhof with posters against Robert Habeck and the politics of the traffic light coalition, the 54-year-old first greeted the guests: “Good evening, nice to be in Kassel”. However, Habeck was not put off by the group, which had tried, among other things, to disrupt the event by whistling: “I think they are demonstrating against everything and everyone,” he said.
Previously, there were calls for protests against Habeck's visit to northern Hesse on Telegram, among other places. In the end, only a few people responded to the call. There were no disturbances at the cultural station during the dialogue between the citizens and the Economics Minister; only quiet protest music could be heard in the background.
Habeck visits business locations in Hesse – and calls for the debt brake to be relaxed
Before the stopover in Kassel, Habeck visited, among other things, the pharmaceutical company B. Braun in Melsungen in northern Hesse. This is part of his two-day trip to business locations in Hesse, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. The Green politician previously spoke out in favor of strengthening the pharmaceutical industry in Germany.
So said Habeck after a meeting with medium-sized companies in Frankfurt, there are good reasons not to allow “perhaps vital products” to be produced only abroad, in Asia or in China. If you want production in Germany, “then we will not be able to avoid supporting these companies financially,” he said, with a view to more favorable production conditions, especially in Asia.
In Kassel, the Economics Minister explained that Germany needed “investment and innovation”. But while he suggested various solutions, he repeatedly emphasized: “Everything costs.” No wonder that shortly afterwards Habeck also spoke out in favor of easing the debt brake – and thus perhaps once again waved his hand towards his coalition partner FDP. (nak)
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