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Bill: Blühende Wettbewerbsgesetzes
Details
Submitted by[?]: Fortschrittspartei / 進歩党
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 3620
Description[?]:
| We need to thrive competition not inhibit it. Monopolies destruct the free market and forces people to pay more. We need to say stop to this. Julia Lindenkrone MdR Parteivorsitzender von Die Radikalen |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: A single private company owns and maintains the national power grid.
Current: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Proposed: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:41:30, February 09, 2014 CET | From |  Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Blühende Wettbewerbsgesetzes |
| Message | Herr Präsident, The grid ownership isn't the same thing as the energy supply. The reason we have a private company with all shares owned by the state own the grid just like EisenNet administers the railways is that we don't want commercial concerns to damage consumer Interests In terms of maintenance and efficiency of the network. Private companies do supply and generate energy - they then lease a section of the grid from the grid owner. It's a win-win situation. Hijo ni rippana Yoshimune Tsutomu MdR (HDV) Infrastructure minister |
| Date | 22:52:34, February 09, 2014 CET | From | Fortschrittspartei / 進歩党 | To | Debating the Blühende Wettbewerbsgesetzes |
| Message | Herr Präsident, Competition is the key for success, as you said grids need efficiency and good maintenance and with one company in charge we don't expect that company to care about the grid's situation. I think we should enact this common sense legislation. Julia Lindenkrone MdR Parteivorsitzender von Die Radikalen |
| Date | 22:58:13, February 09, 2014 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Blühende Wettbewerbsgesetzes |
| Message | Herr Präsident, I know many people in my own party will not be particularly supportive of this position of mine, but I believe that competition in the energy branch can be guaranteed through the current policy more effectively than through privatization of the grid. By keeping it in public hands (although, which is important, privately managed and thus protected from exertion of political influence), we can ensure that every private company willing to enter the market can enter the energy sector and is not blocked through the action of energy cartels controlling the grid and thus denying new contenders access to it. We must not only strive to keep the economy in private hands, but also make sure it remains competitive and hospitable to new businesses. Sepp Holzinger, MdR LVP-Mitrania Wirtschaftsminister |
| Date | 00:28:39, February 10, 2014 CET | From | Solidarität | To | Debating the Blühende Wettbewerbsgesetzes |
| Message | Herr Präsident, My party opposes the grid being under private ownership, and seeks to return it to public control at the nearest opportunity. We are opposing this Bill on the grounds that it would probably make renationalisation more complicated and expensive. Max Siegel Chairman of Solidarity |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 434 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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