Stefan Wolf, President of the Confederation of Employers’ Associations in the Metal and Electrical Industry, expects a difficult winter for Germany due to the energy crisis. One of his suggestions for saving energy: lower the temperature in the offices and wear one more sweater.
“The concern is very great. Gas supplies from Russia have already been reduced. Putin is a strategist who will continue to throttle if it hits us harder in autumn and winter,” believes Stefan Wolf, President of the Confederation of Employers’ Associations in the Metal and Electrical Industry, in an interview with “Welt”.
In his own company, Wolf, who is also head of the automotive supplier ElringKlinger, is already taking action. “We save where we can and consider how we can save even more in the fall. If we do it cleverly, we can save about ten percent of our consumption.”
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If the employer president has his way, there will also be changes for the employees. “We’re trying to lower the temperature in the offices, but there’s the workplace ordinance that tells us we can’t go below 20 degrees. You could also work more at 18 degrees with a sweater. To do this, politicians must now quickly change the workplace ordinance,” says Wolf.
And further: “You don’t freeze at 18 degrees. There are people in this world who have to endure completely different temperatures in winter.”
In the German-Dutch border area, the difference in petrol prices is more than 50 cents. That’s why many Dutch people drive across the border to fill up. The lines are long. And the methods failed.
The affair surrounding the Hamburg Warburg Bank’s criminal business draws ever closer circles around Olaf Scholz. Now the Cologne public prosecutor’s office has found new evidence that is putting pressure on the chancellor.
