Overview

• Carsten Schneider insists the exit from fossil-fuel heating remains intact despite the coalition’s pledge to abolish the Heizungsgesetz and he vows targeted support for low-income households.
• Verena Hubertz reaffirms that new heating installations must deliver at least 65% climate-neutral performance under the reworked legislation.
• Ministers stress that planned changes will be limited to technical details rather than a full repeal of renewable heating mandates.
• Schneider highlights the EU’s 2035 ban on CO2-emitting new cars as evidence that Germany’s transition away from fossil energy is irreversible.
• VDA president Hildegard Müller cautions that outright bans on combustion engines could hinder innovation and provoke resistance from consumers.