Interview: „Privatjets und Superjachten gehören in einer Energiekrise verboten“
Die Ökonomin Isabella Weber fordert eine Margenbeschränkung für lebenswichtige Güter, staatliche Pufferlager – und sagt, Wirtschaftspolitik entscheide über den Aufstieg der extremen Rechten.
Frau Weber, during the Berlin election, the topic of affordability was at the forefront, coinciding with the federal government's sprit fuel price package including a price cap and a potential windfall tax. The Union has made affordability one of its three future priorities. Is the politics moving in the direction you envision? To begin with, affordability has shifted from a peripheral issue to a central campaign topic, not just in Germany but across the United States, United Kingdom, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
This price package raises the question for me: what essential good is at stake? Gasoline is not the essential good, but mobility, the ability to move around. The measures only address the gasoline price, but they should encompass a package that returns the "Deutschlandticket" price to nine euros, includes a speed limit to save where savings are easy, and a bicycle bonus.
In an energy crisis, it's crucial to make car alternatives as attractive as possible while ensuring gasoline remains affordable for those reliant on it.
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