Sometimes there may be too much consensus. About half of the talk show "Anne Will" on Sunday evening is extremely objective despite controversial topics. There is an impression that the traffic light could really become the progressive coalition it has set out to be.

Philipp Krohn

Editor in the economy, responsible for "People and Economy".

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Then the situation comes to a head again considerably through tactical falling, denunciation and treading trampled discourse paths, and the initial effect fizzles out. What sticks with the audience: The common, even polyphonic struggle for concepts takes us further than the question of whether Wolfgang Kubicki can still remain Vice President of the German Bundestag after his Habeck-Putin comparison.

The editors had invited some warhorses of the central debate on the compatibility of climate protection and the development of citizens. As a former Federal Environment Minister, Jürgen Trittin (Greens) has decades of experience with the subject. Jens Spahn (CDU) and Konstantin Kuhle (FDP) are prominent representatives of their parliamentary groups.

Professor of Building Technology provides the content

The journalist Petra Pinzler ("Die Zeit") already dealt with the topic in Washington, Brussels, Berlin and in books, when others still considered it a sideshow. All four are talk-show-tested. Only the professor of building technology Lamia Messari-Becker is seen a little less often.

Therefore, it was also appropriate to give their conceptual ideas a little more space than the factual arguments of the experienced staff. In the e-fuel dispute, the scientist from the University of Siegen took such a mediating position that the riot potential was quickly skimmed off. Synthetic fuels would become useful in some economic segments, even if they were not energy-efficient.

In addition to new drive technologies for cars, it is important to greatly reduce traffic. In the heat transition, it is wrong to rely one-sidedly on electricity-powered systems. The principle of openness to technology has made it possible to develop photovoltaic systems, wind turbines and heat pumps in Germany.

Lack of expansion of the district heating network

Germany cannot be equated with Denmark, which can simply enforce a ban on oil and gas heating because it has been building the necessary district heating networks for three decades. Germany is focusing on a few options (especially the heat pump), has to cope with the expansion in the middle of the shortage of skilled workers, builds up high time pressure and therefore has to work with a lot of funding.

"We need a heat turnaround, which all those involved who sit here have prevented," she told the other participants. Now there is little time for households. "It's going to be very expensive and very hard." She would like to see emissions trading in which citizens can also sell their emission reductions as certificates. "That would be close to the citizens."