Dresden (dpa / sn) – The Saxon state government is today taking stock of the halfway point of the legislative period. Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) and the two Deputy Prime Ministers Wolfram Günther (Greens) and Martin Dulig (SPD) want to sum up how far the projects of the black-green-red coalition have progressed.
Recently there had been disagreements between Kretschmer and Günther about the effects of possible energy embargoes against Russia. From the minister’s point of view, the energy transition is not endangered by not using Russian natural gas. This argument is not technically correct, Günther said on Sunday of the German Press Agency. “It’s true: We need gas-fired power plants as a reserve for the energy transition. But unlike coal and nuclear power plants, these gas-fired power plants are very easy to start up and shut down and only run a few days a year.”
Kretschmer, on the other hand, questions the planned oil embargo against Russia. “There can only be an oil embargo if it is guaranteed that 100 percent of the lost quantities will be replaced by other sources and at reasonable, competitive prices,” he said on Friday.
