Apparently, the call to save electricity has not yet arrived in the German Bundestag. Although the building is currently vacant for the holiday season, all the lights are on and the air conditioning is running.
Politicians’ appeals to us are becoming more and more urgent: we should save energy wherever possible. And even? At least in the Bundestag, according to the “Bild” newspaper, you don’t notice anything.
The lights are on there, even during the day all the lamps are switched on – and that in the middle of the summer break. According to the report, the air conditioning is running, there are 22 degrees. All elevators, escalators and conveyor belts are also in operation.
During the summer break, which runs until September, there is practically nothing going on in the Bundestag. A spokesman explained on request that savings can only be made “gradually” by “gradual decommissioning”. The introduction of measures should take more than three weeks.
An absurdity, thinks the head of the taxpayers’ association, Reiner Holznagel. “That is not how it works! Madam President of the Bundestag, please turn off the switch,” he was quoted as saying by the “Bild” newspaper.
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