In the run-up to the German federal election, a controversy is unfolding between the ideas of the CDU/CSU and part of the economy in a key climate policy area: While the CDU/CSU wants to revoke the requirements on new heating systems adopted by the current government and significantly cut heat pump subsidies, the German Heat Pump Association (BWP) calls for „continuity.“ And the tone is also getting rougher, as was evident at the association’s „Heat Pump Forum“ on Wednesday in Berlin: Jens Spahn, Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, commented on the government’s new regulations: „There is no planning security for nonsense.“ Kai Schiefelbein, Managing Director of the medium-sized heat pump manufacturer Stiebel Eltron, on the other hand, urged politicians: „Don’t screw around!“