Union unter Strom - Politsatire mit Max Uthoff, Maike Kühl und Claus von Wagner (S2025/E06)
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Die Anstalt, Union unter Strom, E-Auto, Rente, Wehrpflicht, Uthoff, Wagner, Kühl.
Neu-CDU-Mitglied Claus von Wagner betritt erstmals die Parteizentrale. Seine Mission: die Rettung der Wirtschaft vor dem Klima in eine Rettung des Klimas durch die Wirtschaft umwandeln.
Die Anstalt S2025/E06: Union unter Strom – Der große Schlingerkurs-Check!
Max Uthoff, Claus von Wagner und Maike Kühl beleuchten in dieser ungekürzten Spezialausgabe die Verwirrung und den Zickzack-Kurs der Union in Krisenzeiten. Die Frage, die Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz bewegt: Hat die Union noch einen Plan für die Zukunft?
⚡️ E-Mobilität vs. Verbrenner-Trauma: Warum steckt die deutsche Autoindustrie fest? Die Anstalt deckt die widersprüchlichen Signale zur E-Auto-Strategie auf, die Hunderttausende Jobs gefährden.
👵 Rente, Bürgergeld & Angst vor KI: Steigende Preise und die grassierende Inflation fressen die Ersparnisse auf. Wir fragen: Werden wir im Alter noch vom Bürgergeld leben müssen? Und wie reagieren Politik und CDU/CSU auf die Job-Killer-Potenziale von Künstliche Intelligenz? Das Team seziert die Scheindebatten um Wehrpflicht und Altersarmut.
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Die Anstalt 🔥 Union unter Strom: E-Auto-Planlosigkeit, Rente & Wehrpflicht – Uthoff, Wagner & Kühl zerlegen die Angst-Union (S2025/E06)
Die Anstalt, Union unter Strom, E-Auto, Rente, Wehrpflicht, Uthoff, Wagner, Kühl.
Neu-CDU-Mitglied Claus von Wagner betritt erstmals die Parteizentrale. Seine Mission: die Rettung der Wirtschaft vor dem Klima in eine Rettung des Klimas durch die Wirtschaft umwandeln.
Die Anstalt S2025/E06: Union unter Strom – Der große Schlingerkurs-Check!
Max Uthoff, Claus von Wagner und Maike Kühl beleuchten in dieser ungekürzten Spezialausgabe die Verwirrung und den Zickzack-Kurs der Union in Krisenzeiten. Die Frage, die Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz bewegt: Hat die Union noch einen Plan für die Zukunft?
⚡️ E-Mobilität vs. Verbrenner-Trauma: Warum steckt die deutsche Autoindustrie fest? Die Anstalt deckt die widersprüchlichen Signale zur E-Auto-Strategie auf, die Hunderttausende Jobs gefährden.
👵 Rente, Bürgergeld & Angst vor KI: Steigende Preise und die grassierende Inflation fressen die Ersparnisse auf. Wir fragen: Werden wir im Alter noch vom Bürgergeld leben müssen? Und wie reagieren Politik und CDU/CSU auf die Job-Killer-Potenziale von Künstliche Intelligenz? Das Team seziert die Scheindebatten um Wehrpflicht und Altersarmut.
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00:00Do you have a second?
00:05Wow, Mr. von Wagner. Has the bank increased your credit limit?
00:10I know you did pass the real estate agent exam after all.
00:14No, I just wanted to let you know that I unfortunately cannot be there for the upcoming broadcast.
00:19What? Why do you have something better to do?
00:22So to speak. I'm becoming a member of the CDU.
00:26Have you been lying in the beetle tent for too long?
00:31No. We are heading towards three degrees of global warming.
00:36Ah, and you want to help the Union reach its goal faster?
00:39No, on the contrary. Only with the Union are timely climate protection measures even possible anymore, whether we like it or not.
00:48We don't like it.
00:49They don't care about the climate at all. They only talk about the economy.
00:51And that's where I'll begin. I'll try to explain to you how you can change the climate through the economy.
00:58Wait a minute. You want to explain economics to the Union?
01:01Yes indeed.
01:01What did you study again?
01:03Communication
01:03They know exactly what I studied.
01:08Hopefully he doesn't make a career in the CDU. Otherwise he'll end up on the Heute-Show.
01:13Music
01:25applause
01:35Mr. Merz?
01:53What's up? I'm working.
01:57Why? Doesn't matter. Now would definitely be the time to welcome the new members of the CDU.
02:02Ah, new members in the CDU. So my pep talk has already borne fruit.
02:09I knew it. They barely abolish the basic income, scare people with care level 1, and make the Germany Ticket more expensive.
02:16The masses are already flocking to the Union.
02:19Oh, I see. No, no, no. That's all cabaret audience. The new members would be over there.
02:32CDU. CDU. CDU. CDU.
02:41Only one. That's embarrassing. Look, can't my assistant do the greeting?
02:48You can't have the chairman of the SPD welcoming the new CDU members.
02:52Why not? He's unlikely to be able to welcome any new SPD members.
02:57Listen, this new member, he seems somehow familiar.
03:01That beard somehow reminds me of Angela Merkel.
03:07Angela Merkel doesn't even have a beard.
03:09Exactly. Suspicious, don't you think? I'll give him a thorough check-up.
03:12Okay, please.
03:13Yes, welcome to the CDU, young man.
03:19First, we want to take care of the necessary formalities so that you are recognized and acknowledged here at the Konrad Adenauer House.
03:28Many many thanks.
03:29May I first ask you why you chose the Union?
03:33Yes, those were your values.
03:36I mean, it couldn't have been your membership advertisement that you had posted all over the country.
03:42I mean, look at this, enough of this nonsense, let's get this country moving.
03:49It couldn't be more embarrassing.
03:51That one's mine.
03:53That one immediately came to mind after Rambo-Zambo, I was on a roll.
03:57Yes, I recognize the poetry.
03:59Just as poetic, actually, as going on vacation, going to join the CDU.
04:02That's not mine, it really makes no sense at all.
04:05Yes, that's right, it makes absolutely no sense.
04:06What does that mean? If you join the CDU, you'll become a Nazi.
04:09Seriously, that's not...
04:11Uh, member protection, which makes absolutely no sense.
04:14If I think of you...
04:16No, no, well, holidays are primarily an escape from reality.
04:23And that's why I'm here, because you speak so beautifully to people's consciences,
04:27that we finally need to face reality.
04:29And the reality is...
04:31That our economy...
04:34Yes, it can no longer afford climate protection.
04:38The welfare state can no longer afford it.
04:42Oh, yes, yes, but what about other topics, for example?
04:44Climate.
04:45Listen, the costs for the basic income are spiraling out of control.
04:49and now amount to a record high of 47 billion euros.
04:53Yes, however, as a man with economic expertise,
04:57You know, you can't leave a number like that standing alone,
04:59but always puts it in perspective.
05:01Naturally.
05:01Otherwise, I couldn't live with my popularity ratings.
05:04I always compare them to those of Ms. Wagenknecht,
05:07They're so bad, mine are absolutely fantastic by comparison.
05:10Yes, absolutely right, Mr. Merz.
05:11And then let's just do it.
05:12Let's take the 47 billion as an example.
05:15and relate them to the gross domestic product.
05:17And then we see that the share of the basic income in the gross domestic product,
05:21that is, the economic strength of Germany,
05:22in recent years it has not increased, but rather decreased.
05:26And that's the reality we have to face, isn't it?
05:30We, the Union, and therefore you too,
05:33We prefer to face the following reality, don't we?
05:3786 percent of all citizens
05:39They want harsher sanctions for the citizen's income.
05:41Because you're simply fed up with this gigantic welfare fraud.
05:46And I completely agree with you, Mr. Merz.
05:47We must finally put a stop to this gigantic welfare fraud.
05:52Yes, now take a look at this.
05:53100 billion euros – that's an immense economic loss.
05:57which arises from tax evasion.
06:00Please?
06:02Yes, around 100 billion euros are lost to tax evasion in our country every year.
06:07or aggressive tax planning by multinational corporations.
06:10Now, as a man with economic expertise, you will surely put this number into perspective, won't you?
06:18Regarding the damage caused to this country by the gigantic welfare fraud.
06:22I am very impressed, Mr. Merz, let's do this.
06:24This is what it looks like.
06:35The beam is broken.
06:37Yes, that...
06:37No, no, the...
06:39No, no, you just can't see it.
06:42That is...
06:43He really is...
06:45He is...
06:46It's just so small.
06:49Look, the damage caused by citizen's allowance fraud,
06:51It amounts to only around 100 million euros.
06:54Unfortunately.
06:54Attention, attention.
06:57All employees in the Konrad Adenauer House should immediately go to the foyer.
07:03Oh God, oh God, is this a military exercise?
07:05No, it's time for our disco break.
07:07We in the Union simply appreciate certain things,
07:37and to consider topics separately, right?
07:40Okay, let's do that and then you can take a look.
07:44Now you're going to tell me, aren't you, that this isn't a huge problem?
07:48Yes, very gladly, I can tell you, Mr. Merz, that's not a huge problem.
07:52That's not what I meant.
07:53You won't deny that there are a lot of welfare cheats in the country, will you?
07:56who do nothing but lounge around in the social safety net.
08:00Yes, it depends on what you mean by a pile.
08:02You see, the Institute for Employment Research has determined that
08:06In recent years, it has really become clear how many people,
08:09So, which services were completely withdrawn, meaning they were totally denied.
08:13And they've arrived at a number, brace yourselves, it's a maximum of 50.
08:17Thousands, millions, billions, keep talking.
08:20I'm finished, 50. 50 pieces, 50 people at a time, so piece of people.
08:26What are you looking for right now?
08:28A disco break.
08:29Where were we?
08:31Yes, we were just trying to escape reality, especially you.
08:35A reality in which, according to the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband (a German welfare association), millions of people receive citizen's allowance.
08:39are actually becoming poorer and poorer.
08:41In which over half of the recipients of citizen's income can no longer afford it,
08:45to replace broken furniture.
08:47In a situation where 30 percent of citizen's income recipients can no longer even afford it,
08:50to eat a full meal every other day.
08:52Yes, but it's also a reality in which 100 percent of these people have a right to it.
08:57At least once a week, a high-ranking CDU member appears on a talk show.
09:02to be publicly humiliated.
09:04And if you have a problem with that, then I see no future for you in this party.
09:09No, no, I have no problem with that.
09:11As a CDU member, I naturally know how important it is for the Union to denigrate the work-shy.
09:17Indeed.
09:17Truly identity-forming.
09:19That's the way it is.
09:19Mr. Merz, the executives of the automotive companies would then be ready for the gypsum meeting.
09:27Good, wonderful.
09:28At least you really do take care of all the total refusers in this country,
09:31which cause economic damage.
09:33I'll go and get ready.
09:34What is he doing?
09:35No.
09:39The next disco break isn't for another 28 minutes or so.
09:43That's not it.
09:44I need to go.
09:46Where was the Ludwig R.H. again?
09:49You may not have heard, dear audience, but our CDU is in danger.
10:11And with it, the CSU and thus the entire Bavarian guiding culture.
10:14A member of parliament from the CSU and a member of parliament from the CDU have come out as a couple.
10:22They came out as gay and nobody has a problem with it.
10:28Huh?
10:29Quite the opposite.
10:30The group commented with hearts on Instagram.
10:32Secretary General Huber said that homosexuality in the CSU is completely normal and self-evident.
10:42Exactly.
10:45Normal and self-evident.
10:47When did that happen?
10:48Please.
10:49Hashtag not my Union, hashtag not my Bayern.
10:51In the old days, there was still culture in the Union.
10:56There used to be a firewall between the CSU and CDU.
11:00Strauss used to say he preferred a cold warrior to a warm brother.
11:07Dobrindt used to say it was a flamboyant minority that had no place in a mainstream party.
11:12Stoiber previously equated same-sex marriage with devil worship.
11:16This is my party.
11:19OK?
11:20That's where I feel at home.
11:21That's where I come in as a human being.
11:22I am allowed to be there.
11:23The good old days when we were only allowed to be openly homophobic within our own party.
11:29Except for dreams.
11:31The CDU/CSU alliance is now participating in Pride parades.
11:33Markus Söder wore a rainbow mask during the pandemic.
11:38As if he weren't incredibly afraid of accidentally becoming gay.
11:43He also gets them if he accidentally eats something vegan.
11:47Quite rightly so.
11:49What's next?
11:50For the poor members of our union, they now also have to overcome their prejudices against women.
11:56And to admit that we are perhaps whole human beings who can decide about our own bodies, even when it concerns the uterus.
12:04Oh no!
12:05Or do they need to stop being racist?
12:08And maybe just make their dentist appointment a little bit earlier.
12:12Or worse.
12:14They must use gender-inclusive language.
12:15Will our people's party be beaten with a glottal stop?
12:22Until the insides fall out of their mouths like teeth.
12:26However, gender-inclusive language will be introduced in the CSU.
12:30Mark my words.
12:30Because at some point they'll realize that they invented gender-inclusive language.
12:35Yes, well hello.
12:36Who were the very first people in Germany, somewhere, at some time, to cry about the CDU standing there?
12:44And not CDU, CSU.
12:47With special characters in between.
12:50So that everyone is included.
12:52Yes.
12:54Yes.
13:05Of course, I feel sorry for all the members of the CSU now, because they can no longer make their lesbian jokes with impunity.
13:12And constantly having to fear at the regulars' table that a man in the room might want to talk about his feelings.
13:16But I feel especially sorry for myself, because I have spent my entire life doing everything I could to distance myself from the Union.
13:25And they're constantly following me around.
13:27I don't know what else to do.
13:30I drink non-alcoholic shandy.
13:33I say things like men's football.
13:36And I am in a relationship with a woman.
13:38And they would still accept me into their party.
13:41What else do I need to do?
13:42To finally be the perfect enemy image for the CSU.
13:47What should I do if gender is no longer enough?
13:49Should I build a wind turbine on top of the Bundestag?
13:53Should I get into a Palestinian taxi without being afraid?
13:58Or should I calculate that Friedrich Merz is not from the fucking middle class?
14:04I'm not swearing right now because I know my parents are watching.
14:07Hello.
14:08Queer people who come out within the Union receive more hate from the queer community than from their party.
14:18Because people can't wrap their heads around how someone can be homosexual, for example, and in the CDU.
14:24It makes perfect sense when you look at it from a societal perspective.
14:27Because this is a group of people who have been socially ostracized, marginalized, and hated for centuries.
14:33And now more and more again.
14:34It makes sense, then, that you might hate yourself a little.
14:38And the best form of self-flagellation is and always will be joining the CSU.
14:43Thank you very much.
14:44Yes, hello, this is the German automotive industry speaking.
15:04Yes, this is Friedrich Merz's office.
15:07No, he's not there.
15:09Why do you want to hear his position on the internal combustion engine?
15:12Why don't you just ask me?
15:14Hello?
15:15Hello?
15:16Yes, yes, enough phone calls now.
15:18Thank you very much, gentlemen.
15:18Welcome to the Konrad Adenauer House.
15:21Please have a seat.
15:22So, you all know Friedrich Merz's new motto.
15:24We all need to work harder and more efficiently.
15:27Please take a seat.
15:28So, I am your new case worker.
15:30Come visit us.
15:32Yes, come here.
15:33And maybe we should put our phones away for a while.
15:34No?
15:34So.
15:35Uh, hello, we actually wanted to speak to the boss.
15:37Yes Yes Yes.
15:38He wanted to as well.
15:39He can't make it right now.
15:41He needs to straighten.
15:42So.
15:43Um, in the meantime I'll take care of your cases.
15:45Why don't you sit here?
15:46Yes, immediately.
15:46Good.
15:47How exactly do you talk to us?
15:48We are high performers.
15:49Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm.
15:50Understand.
15:50According to my records, you are a high performer.
15:56Oh how nice.
15:57Come on, you.
15:57Please, have a seat.
15:58Come.
15:59Yes.
16:00How wonderful that you were able to arrange it.
16:02Next time you are five minutes late,
16:04In that case, we would say we'll reduce your benefits.
16:06Who is he?
16:09He is supposedly, or at least he says he is, the case worker.
16:11Yes, come on.
16:12Here, please sit down over there.
16:14According to my records, you wanted to apply for welfare benefits.
16:18Is that right?
16:19Support?
16:19Oh dear.
16:20We simply wanted the state to provide us with funds.
16:23from the special infrastructure fund,
16:26so that we can, for example, expand highways.
16:29So, support.
16:30Okay, we like that.
16:31To laze around for years,
16:33to miss the connection and then hold out their hand.
16:36Tell me, does he even know who we are?
16:39Yes, I know who you are.
16:40They are the CEOs of BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen.
16:43Volkswagen and Porsche.
16:45Congratulations.
16:46So.
16:48Mr. Blume?
16:50Yes.
16:50That's you.
16:52Zipse?
16:53Yes.
16:54And Mr. Kelenius?
16:56Oh, yes, you.
16:58We were all on a first-name basis here in the house.
17:00I'm Olli.
17:01I'm also Olli.
17:01I am Ola.
17:04That's Swedish for Olli.
17:08So their name is Olli.
17:10Yes.
17:11Olli.
17:12Yes.
17:12And Olli.
17:16An Olli-Gopol.
17:17Okay.
17:17I would say, let's move on to your work references.
17:30or, as I would call them, certificates of poverty.
17:33Take a look at this, Olli.
17:35Do you mean me?
17:36No.
17:36Me?
17:37No.
17:38Me?
17:38Well, who else?
17:40Here, take a look at this.
17:41This is the Porsche share price over the last three years.
17:43That's possible.
17:44This is going down.
17:46They were even pieced together from the DAX index.
17:47Yes, wait a minute.
17:48I am not only CEO of Porsche, but also of Volkswagen.
17:51Congratulations again.
17:53Let's take a look at Volkswagen's stock.
17:55So.
17:58What did you do all day?
18:00I work twelve hours every day.
18:03That's a good thing you don't work 14 hours a day, isn't it?
18:04Look, I already said it at the IAA.
18:16The relevant market in China for companies like Porsche has shrunk by 85%.
18:21Your sales have declined now, haven't they?
18:24Because the market is still there.
18:26The market is gone, but that sounds better than "the Chinese no longer want to buy our products".
18:30Yes, let's all think together about what could be the reason why the Chinese no longer want to buy their products?
18:36I don't know it.
18:37They build such awesome combustion engines.
18:38Us too.
18:39And us too.
18:39You can see that for yourself, right?
18:52While Chinese manufacturers are engaged in price wars to produce the cheapest electric car,
19:03Olli, you haven't delivered a single affordable model yet.
19:07Would I be?
19:08Yes.
19:09And me?
19:10Yes, you too.
19:11I?
19:11Yes, you too.
19:12Hold on a minute, slow down with the horses.
19:13We do indeed have affordable electric cars in our portfolio.
19:16Let's take a look.
19:16Mercedes, cheapest electric car, 50,000 euros.
19:20This is advantageous for our customers.
19:22Mhm.
19:24The manufacturer BYD, for example, sells its affordable electric car for 20,000 euros.
19:29My God, those are Chinese people.
19:31Yes, okay, what about Dacia?
19:32Yes, well, those are Romanians.
19:34Okay, what about Citroën?
19:35Yes, well, those are...
19:36Yes, let me guess, they're French.
19:37No, those are not cars.
19:43They're still world market leaders in their arrogance, aren't they?
19:46OK.
19:47Listen, instead of finally producing competitive electric cars, you now go to politics and want to postpone the combustion engine project.
19:55That's why we're here.
19:57Approximately when can we expect it?
20:00They really are Germany's cheekiest car manufacturer.
20:02Thanks.
20:03According to my records, we had a target agreement.
20:05Namely, that you will no longer build combustion engine vehicles from 2035 onwards.
20:08They also had 20 years for their further training in electromobility.
20:12What did you do all that time?
20:14Well, they sold some awesome combustion engines.
20:16How come?
20:21Why, I ask you.
20:23Yes, why? Because we made huge profits with those eight evil combustion engines in China.
20:27Should we have stopped doing that, or what?
20:29Yes, for example.
20:29Our strength lies in building internal combustion engines.
20:32So let's build internal combustion engines.
20:33Build combustion engines!
20:34Build combustion engines!
20:35But the Chinese don't want them anymore.
20:40And China is and has been their largest market.
20:42I can hardly believe I have to tell you this.
20:44Look, you are the entrepreneurs.
20:46You have to, as an entrepreneur you have to produce products that customers will buy.
20:51Wait a moment.
20:52Shouldn't politics be creating customers who buy our products?
20:56Yes.
20:57But really.
20:58What my colleague is trying to say is, it's not our fault.
21:07The politicians are to blame.
21:08We need better framework conditions.
21:10Exempt us from the tax on electric cars.
21:12I understand.
21:13The EU is helping you all the time.
21:15Look, since November the EU has been imposing tariffs of up to 35 percent on Chinese electric cars.
21:21And that's in addition to the normal car customs duty of 10 percent.
21:25You need to do more.
21:26Yes.
21:27Do more, what?
21:28100 percent customs duty.
21:29No, Alba, no, we want fair competition.
21:31Yes, for example, by the Chinese tying one arm behind their back while building cars.
21:36Then it's fair.
21:36So.
21:37Bam.
21:39You know what, from a political standpoint, we wanted to give you time with these tariffs.
21:43that you develop affordable electric cars.
21:45And what do you do?
21:47Internal combustion weapons!
21:47Internal combustion weapons!
21:48Internal combustion weapons!
21:50The Chinese are doing that now too, and they're doing it more cheaply than you.
21:54That convinces me.
21:55They need a ban on combustion engines.
21:56What?
21:57For Chinese use only.
21:57Aha.
21:58Is that possible?
22:00Listen.
22:01They will only succeed if they finally start producing affordable electric cars for a mass market.
22:06to produce.
22:07Everyone should take a leaf out of their book.
22:08Gernot Döllner on the Audi ship.
22:09He said it wonderfully: I know of no better technology than the electric car.
22:13But if you force us now.
22:14But if you force us to switch to 100 percent electric cars now, then you are forcing us
22:18100 percent dependence on the Chinese, because almost every battery is made by them.
22:22for electric cars from China.
22:24Why didn't you take care of the battery development yourself?
22:27Do we have.
22:28We relied on our suppliers.
22:29Yes.
22:30But I thought there wouldn't be any battery production for that long.
22:32Our suppliers came from China.
22:35Wait a minute, you've made yourself dependent on China and now you're complaining that the
22:40Politics would make them dependent on China.
22:44Damn, he's the first person from the CDU to figure that out.
22:53It must be said that in China they have state-planned and financed e-mobility strategies.
22:57These are completely different conditions than here; we have another one.
22:59Quite different, I see.
23:01So you want a communist economic dictatorship that will give you entrepreneurial freedom.
23:05Does the risk decrease?
23:06As long as it doesn't affect my income?
23:08Yes.
23:09Let's at least continue building hybrid vehicles after 2035.
23:14Hybrids, electric cars without combustion engines – a great compromise, right?
23:17May I quote?
23:18A certain Olli has said he wants to take his hybrid cars off the market as early as 2030.
23:23Do you mean me?
23:24No.
23:24Me?
23:25I mean him.
23:25You've got him again.
23:27Quote from you.
23:29Once you've started swimming and reached the middle of the river, you naturally want to get to the other side.
23:34Riverbank.
23:35Is this from me?
23:37But when you arrive on the other side and see the Chinese man already standing there, then you want to
23:41one goes back again.
23:44Hey, Fritze!
23:45There he is!
23:46A human!
23:46Yes!
23:46Yes!
23:47Yes!
23:49Now he is.
23:53Hi!
23:54Hi!
23:54Hello Ollis!
23:57Yes, I'm sorry, I'm a little late, I had an important meeting.
24:00Good.
24:01Let's start with the car's corner.
24:05Giffel!
24:05Uh, Merz.
24:06Before you begin.
24:07I've already sorted some things out.
24:09So, what we have here are total communist refusers.
24:12Not?
24:12They want to continue receiving state support, even though they have been receiving state support for decades.
24:17Enjoy support.
24:17I've written it all out for you here: company car privileges, scrappage premiums, electric car premiums.
24:22They are clinging to a completely outdated drive system at all costs, and because of their
24:26Future blindness and denial not only jeopardize climate goals, but
24:31100,000 jobs.
24:32I would advise you now as a new CDU member.
24:35Sanctions.
24:36Sanctions will cut off everything down to the subsistence level.
24:39That's 8 million for me, by the way.
24:41I have 12.
24:42So, Mr. Merz, what are you doing?
24:46Well, what am I going to do?
24:59I will urge the EU Commission to lift the ban on combustion engines.
25:04Morning!
25:05Rum!
25:06And now, a disco break.
25:12Thank you, thank you very much.
25:30Wow, that's amazing.
25:34Whoever is thinking right now, oh, Kajana, I recognize him.
25:38No, I'm Abdelkarim and driving isn't really my thing, I admit.
25:41I have a driver's license, but I'm a trained passenger.
25:44One of the good guys.
25:45I'll give you tips during the ride.
25:48Caution, green!
25:50But on weekends I am a very sought-after man.
25:52Then I have to drive.
25:53Everyone wants me at parties because I don't drink alcohol.
25:57My neighbor said...
25:59Thanks.
26:02No, my neighbor sees it differently.
26:03He said, do what you think is best.
26:05You don't have to drink in Germany.
26:07But then you have to live with the fact that you'll attract negative attention.
26:09And I knew immediately what he meant.
26:12Regardless of the reasons why someone doesn't drink, in Germany they have reached the bottom of the food chain.
26:18Way in the back, even behind those who haven't showered.
26:21There is only one group that will forever remain behind us.
26:24People who leave their bicycle helmets on in the supermarket.
26:26I think we're teachers, to be honest.
26:29I don't know, I think we're teachers.
26:31Or a blind date.
26:31We'll meet at the tomato stand, wearing our bicycle helmets.
26:34Shake your head, I'll see you.
26:37As a passenger, I don't stay out, so of course I know many drivers.
26:40I know a taxi driver, for example.
26:41He loves driving.
26:43Even when he has time off, he likes to drive around.
26:45This is insane.
26:46He even got a nickname from his taxi driver.
26:49Superman.
26:50I thought, oh, cool nickname.
26:51Until he explained to me why he's called Superman.
26:53His boss gave him a diesel car and he filled it with premium gasoline.
26:57He has been driving an electric car ever since.
27:00Because he realized that then I might live longer.
27:02It can be so simple.
27:04And it doesn't matter whether someone's name is Jürgen or Ali.
27:06If the automotive industry wants to sell electric cars,
27:10She simply has to approach the alpha males.
27:12Create advertising and incentives that appeal to such people.
27:15For example, quite simply, when you buy an electric car,
27:18A Weber grill is included free of charge.
27:20I think that's great.
27:21Weber grill instead of a cooler grill.
27:22I think that's great.
27:22That would attract people.
27:23Someone wanted to clap.
27:25Why not?
27:25These are the easy ways.
27:29It can be so simple.
27:33Or, I think the idea is truly brilliant,
27:36A special air freshener tree, just for electric cars, that smells like gasoline.
27:41Why not?
27:42Leoctane.
27:43I think it's great.
27:44I think it's really great.
27:45With the right incentives, electric cars are for everyone.
27:47But I know that Muslims driving electric cars is a difficult topic.
27:52I know that.
27:52My neighbor actually told me that if there's a Muslim in the car, I'd really like to hear him speak.
27:57That's really true, he's a bit... but I liked that.
28:00There are other ways to criticize.
28:01It can also be a little sweeter, it can also go around the corner.
28:03I think it's the tone that makes the music.
28:05Even if he has a different opinion.
28:06And I commend the young people here; they really manage to get to the heart of the matter.
28:10I once saw two boys, no more than 16 years old, sitting on a park bench, playing a game.
28:14Paper crumbs in the trash can.
28:15Whoever scores more often wins.
28:18A man on a bicycle, an older gentleman, saw this and didn't think it was right.
28:21stopped and said, hey you two, look what you've heard about sustainability.
28:25And one of the boys replies, "Your mother is sustainable."
28:29I think that's great.
28:30To the point.
28:30This is a short version of "Please continue driving".
28:34Time-efficient criticism is also sustainability.
28:36Sustainability has so many faces, and when it comes to sustainability and climate protection, one must...
28:41It's also about setting the right priorities.
28:44I mean, we discuss the New Year's Eve fireworks every year in December.
28:48Does it have to be that way?
28:49That's already outdated, what's the point?
28:51At the same time, if there is anything that is not sustainable, it is war.
28:54I wonder why so many people currently find war exciting again.
28:58Mostly uninvolved bystanders.
28:59If they say Rambo 3 is a boring movie, I want real thrills,
29:03I want real war victims and a bowl of popcorn.
29:06You can do that, it's probably a fetish I'm not familiar with.
29:09In my opinion, you should go outside.
29:11Actively protect the environment, and if anything is sustainable, it's peace.
29:15And even if I now sound like the Moroccan Kai Pflaume,
29:18I'd like some peace.
29:19Thank you very much.
29:23Olli, Fritz.
29:24Katharina, how are things?
29:35Your Minister of Economic Affairs.
29:37Who?
29:38Mrs. Reiche.
29:39Oh, Katharina, yes.
29:40So, at least I'm currently trying to explain to her how she can use the economy to save the climate.
29:45And I think she's trying to explain to me how to save the economy from the climate.
29:51And I'm afraid he still hasn't understood gas.
29:54Well, he didn't understand the internal combustion engine either.
29:56Perhaps you could explain your energy transition to him again in such a simple way that he understands it.
30:02Okay.
30:03So, let's start again.
30:07So.
30:09Please.
30:12For the energy transition to succeed, we must balance affordability, security of supply and climate protection.
30:21This is my energy policy goal triangle.
30:24Do you understand gas now?
30:27Did you just ask me if I now understand gas?
30:30I didn't ask about gas.
30:34So what I understand is that we in the Union obviously must not focus too one-sidedly on climate protection.
30:42Exactly.
30:43Survival at any cost is not a solution.
30:46Look, what good is a planet that I can't see at night because the lights go out?
30:51After phasing out coal, our main focus must be on security of supply.
30:56And that's why we need gas-fired power plants.
30:59When the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.
31:03Ah, I understand.
31:04We need gas-fired power plants because gas can be switched on and off quickly.
31:08I'm sorry, what?
31:10So, did I understand you correctly?
31:12We need more gas-fired power plants for security of supply.
31:15Are you absolutely sure about that?
31:16Gas-safe.
31:16So you consider wind and solar power less reliable than Putin?
31:22I beg you.
31:23Putin once stopped the gas supply, while the sun arbitrarily stops and starts supplying energy every day.
31:32Exactly.
31:32Besides, it has now surrendered itself to Russia regarding gas, hasn't it?
31:36We are no longer susceptible to blackmail.
31:38Is that really the case?
31:39I quickly looked into it again and had a graph made up showing liquefied natural gas imports into the EU.
31:47If you are reading this, you are not reading natural gas.
31:50They will never read anything else again.
31:54Sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
31:55So, 21 percent of liquefied natural gas imports still come from Russia.
32:12Yes, but now, as gas providers, we no longer only have enemies.
32:15Oh, so our friends from the USA are now also taking over the blackmail.
32:19This is called diversification.
32:22So, not blackmail.
32:24Katharina?
32:26Trump has threatened the EU with higher tariffs if we do not import $750 billion worth of gas, oil and coal from the US.
32:35That sounds a bit like blackmail.
32:38That's a perfectly normal deal.
32:40This is a perfectly normal deal when the US Energy Secretary calls on the EU to abolish all environmental and climate regulations so that they do not jeopardize the purchase of oil and gas from the US.
32:51Admittedly, to the untrained ear, that sounds a bit like blackmail.
32:55Okay, let's be honest, we don't really want climate protection anymore anyway.
32:58You're right, it's a deal.
33:00Yes, but if we implement this deal, up to 10 billion tons of CO2 will be emitted.
33:05That is significantly more than the EU emits in an entire year.
33:09Not that I, as a CDU member, am particularly interested, but how does this affect the climate?
33:15Gas and not at all.
33:17Please?
33:18The effects are actually not measurable at all.
33:21Because they are so small?
33:22No, because Trump is having the measurements stopped.
33:25They gasp.
33:26I have been able to maintain my weight for years using this method.
33:30So we made ourselves more independent from Putin in order to become more dependent on Trump.
33:35Well, don't forget, we still have Qatar as a supplier.
33:41The interesting thing is that Qatar has now announced that it will halt liquefied natural gas exports to the EU next year.
33:47if the EU does not relax the supply chain law.
33:50Is that so?
33:51Yes, so now my question is, is this a deal or blackmail?
33:56Katharina?
33:59This is a favor for a friend; we didn't want this damn law anymore anyway.
34:04Interestingly, you didn't even mention gas in that sentence.
34:07Oh, I forgot.
34:09We haven't even talked about the costs yet.
34:12It is important to me that the energy transition remains affordable.
34:16Due to renewable energy sources, electricity prices for German consumers are higher than in gas-dependent Europe.
34:22That's quite interesting; I had a graphic made of it.
34:25Look, these are essentially the electricity prices on the electricity exchange throughout the day, right?
34:30This is the daily schedule, and here you can see the electricity price as it goes up, down, and up again.
34:35And the electricity price is particularly low when the sun is especially high, because this form of electricity, solar power, is so cheap.
34:41Now, as a conservative, it's naturally painful to ask this, but shouldn't we be basing our energy policy on solar power?
34:51How do you envision that working? Am I supposed to decree that it's lunchtime 24 hours a day in Germany from now on?
34:57This will probably be difficult to explain to our global trading partners.
35:01They would then have midnight forever.
35:04So I'll say it again, we need more gas-fired power plants.
35:08When the sun isn't shining, the wind isn't blowing, the cow isn't pooping, when nature takes a break.
35:14Yes, but that's interesting, when nature takes a break, you see, the price of electricity rises, doesn't it?
35:19So when the sun takes a break, the price is so high because fossil fuels are so expensive.
35:23And gas is the most expensive fossil fuel.
35:26And if we want to reduce costs now, then the only logical conclusion is that we need...
35:31More gas.
35:32More gas.
35:32More gas?
35:33More gas.
35:34Now you understand. And that's why the federal government—that is, me and a few others—is planning new gas-fired power plants. Lots of them.
35:43But if you build all these gas-fired power plants that you have just announced, then that will cost 435 billion euros.
35:52Yes, doesn't that pose a certain challenge to affordability?
35:56Yes, that's a challenge. Becoming more expensive while simultaneously improving affordability.
36:02Yes, gas-fired power plants need to run that often to be profitable. Do you understand?
36:06This is due to the mandated "muesli electricity," which, with its competitive prices, ensures that the gas-fired power plants cannot run continuously.
36:12Yes, I'm very, very sorry about the gas-fired power plants. But isn't that simply how the market economy works, when, so to speak, the cheapest offer prevails?
36:21Look, a market economy is what I call it.
36:25Okay, did I understand that correctly? So you want to make electricity cheaper with the most expensive power plants and call the whole thing a market economy.
36:33Yes why?
36:34This is only interesting because the Ifo Institute for Economic Research calls this type of policy, using a different technical term, nonsense.
36:42Oh, I see something over there. Where?
36:45There, back there.
36:46Where, there? No, further up.
36:47Where, further up?
36:48Even further to the left.
36:49Where, where, where? Ah, there? What's there?
36:51The end of your party career.
36:54Listen, it would be nonsense to think that the sun and wind don't send a bill in the end.
36:59To use their energy effectively, we would have to expand the grid.
37:02That will cost hundreds of billions of euros.
37:05This poses a threat to the economy.
37:07Do you sometimes ask yourself, which is the greater danger?
37:10Which is more dangerous?
37:11Billions of euros from German companies and tradespeople to make our infrastructure fit for purpose?
37:16Or billions for gas and oil in Putin's war chest.
37:19It depends on who arrives first.
37:22The tradesmen or Putin?
37:23So if cost is so important to you, why don't we focus on large-scale battery storage?
37:32Just look at it as an advantage.
37:34These large battery storage systems would power the sun if we were at the highest point, if we were completely
37:37If there's a lot of solar power available, you would essentially store this energy and then, when the
37:41When the sun is no longer there, spend it online.
37:44That would stabilize the grid, lower electricity prices, and free up many of your gas-fired power plants.
37:49make unnecessary.
37:51Or we could build lots of new, expensive gas-fired power plants with taxpayers' money and then develop them further with even more money.
38:00More taxpayer money is being used to fund a future technology called CCS that is not yet ready for the market.
38:05They capture CO2 emissions, then pump them in with even more taxpayer money.
38:11constructing a network of pipelines across Europe, through all of Germany, into the North Sea, where
38:16that stores CO2 permanently beneath the seabed.
38:22God willing.
38:25Listen, that sounds like the future to me.
38:28But large-scale battery storage systems already exist, don't they?
38:30And that's why it's simply not a future technology.
38:35But there are already hundreds of applications for large-scale battery storage in Germany.
38:40Yes, but unfortunately you cannot connect them without the permission of the responsible authorities.
38:44Electricity network operators.
38:46For example, look at Westnetz; there it currently takes around 15 years.
38:5115 years, that's insane!
38:52Who was the agreed-upon CEO?
38:54Yes, I would also be interested in that.
38:57Although there are of course entrepreneurial decisions that are so clever that we should all...
39:02I can't understand it at all.
39:04But the capacity of the requested battery storage would already be sufficient for all German
39:09To supply households with electricity for one day.
39:12The investors are already queuing up.
39:14Terrible.
39:14Standing in line, that's socialism.
39:17That's capitalism, because the batteries pay for themselves, because they work without...
39:22Subsidies work, quite unlike their gas-fired power plants.
39:24Oh, they're also profitable for E.ON, for example; they get a profit with every new gas-fired power plant.
39:29an orgasm.
39:33Yes, if you're feeding it 30 billion in taxpayer money, don't always say that you
39:38They want to reduce subsidies in energy policy to a minimum.
39:43Yes, yes, yes, yes, I hear you.
39:45That's why we're cutting subsidies for solar roofs.
39:47Yes, it's now worthwhile even without subsidies if the homeowners generate their own electricity
39:54Sell at market prices.
39:56Yes, but you can only sell your electricity at market prices if you use smart systems.
40:00They have digital electricity meters, the so-called smart meters.
40:03Yes, but they already exist.
40:04Yes, in Scandinavia or Italy.
40:06In Germany, three percent of households have such a smart meter.
40:09Listen, that puts us at the bottom of the table in the EU.
40:13Yes, please stop badmouthing your own country.
40:18If you are interested in such a smart meter, why not buy one? It only costs 100 euros.
40:22Okay, that's fine.
40:23Yes, that's possible.
40:23Unfortunately, you are not allowed to connect them.
40:25We want this to continue to be done only by the responsible electricity grid operators.
40:29Take Westnetz, for example, where a smart meter costs 973.59 euros.
40:35Westnetz again, now I'm really curious who the CEO was back then.
40:39Yes, I must say, I'm starting to get really interested in that.
40:42Isn't that right, because such calculated, astute prices, isn't that pure market economy?
40:47This is not a market economy, these are monopoly prices.
40:50Again, a market economy is what I call it.
40:55I'm slowly beginning to understand your energy policy triangle.
40:58And above all, I understand why it's upside down.
41:01Not?
41:02They want to increase security of supply, they want to make it safer, and yet they make it unsafe.
41:06Not?
41:06They want to improve affordability, reduce costs, and instead they make it more expensive.
41:12And climate protection is at the very bottom of your list.
41:15Incorrect.
41:16Wrong, on the contrary, we want to increase the share of renewables by assuming that
41:21that we will need less electricity in the future.
41:23But you need more electricity for the energy transition, because we are electrifying everything.
41:26They have heat pumps here and they have electric cars.
41:27No, we need less electricity because the traffic light system has destroyed Germany's industry.
41:33Yes, but you are the Minister of Economic Affairs, surely you don't want things to stay this way with industry.
41:36You want the industry to grow, right?
41:38Yes, of course.
41:38Yes, but then your energy transition won't work anymore.
41:41Now you understand the energy transition.
41:44We in the Union are undertaking an energy transition, but a complete 180-degree one.
41:51And now, a disco break.
41:52What?
41:53No, none.
41:54No, none.
41:56Thank you for your hospitality.
42:02Yes, we would be ready for your Instagram reel.
42:14Yes, of course.
42:14Stand here.
42:16This is your camera.
42:16As we rehearsed it, with feeling.
42:19Naturally.
42:20And please.
42:21Hello, dear Instagram community.
42:25Many of you may not know me yet.
42:27My name is Katharina Reiche.
42:29I am the Minister of Economic Affairs.
42:30I almost said I was your Minister of Economic Affairs, but I'm not.
42:34I have never made a secret of for whom I took on this office.
42:38Many politicians change their tune depending on the prevailing winds.
42:40I'm not doing this simply because I don't trust wind power.
42:43More than ten years ago, as State Secretary under Environment Minister Altmaier, I torpedoed the energy transition and helped to ruin the German solar industry.
42:53And that's exactly what still drives me today.
42:55As I said at the BDI, I want to further reduce the business case for renewables, stifle their expansion, and massively promote gas.
43:04Don't be bothered by what might cause a stir in the coming days.
43:09According to a legal opinion commissioned by the German Environmental Aid Association, which I have exclusively obtained here,
43:15Our plan to subsidize 70 new gas-fired power plants violates European law.
43:21As you know, we will not let legal concerns from the Union stop us.
43:26That's why I'm sticking to my ten-point plan for the energy transition.
43:30The fact that I used text modules in this plan that had previously been found verbatim in documents from E.ON and RWE,
43:37This will probably only surprise those who didn't already know that my partner is Karl Theodor von und zu Gutenberg.
43:44He confirmed to me that it is not a disgrace, but rather an efficiency, to build upon the work of others.
43:51Completely legal, of course.
43:53Completely legal, of course.
44:02We're not Bonnie and Clyde, after all.
44:05We call ourselves Copy and Paste.
44:08That's all from me.
44:09Good night, Gaskati.
44:10That was the institution.
44:26Today with Teresa Reichel and Abdel Karim.
44:29That's all from me.