# Greens including Baerbock defend the Building Energy Act against CDU attack

Date: 2023

In 2023 the foreign minister, as a Green leader, politically defended the heating law [Habeck](/people/robert-habeck) ran. Defence is a completed party act, not the statute itself.

## People

- Annalena Baerbock: https://factrail.ai/people/annalena-baerbock

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.gruene.de/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-parliament-passes-controversial-heating-law-2023-09-08/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-baerbock-heating-green