Overview
- Markus Söder urges an industry electricity price to keep companies competitive and protect jobs, calling for immediate decisions.
- He demands a joint power-plant strategy with new gas-fired capacity concentrated in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg to secure supply for industry.
- Söder backs faster renewables expansion but argues stable output still requires new gas plants to maintain current production levels.
- Germany’s Council of Economic Experts now projects 0.9% GDP growth next year versus the government’s 1.3% outlook, heightening urgency for action.
- EU state-aid rules could limit subsidies for gas plants, while Söder claims backing from CDU Economics Minister Katherina Reiche and presses the SPD to help block the 2035 combustion-engine ban.