Naturally, the partial gas price cap was the dominant topic in November. It was also a new lesson about the speed with which politics and new laws can be made in times of crisis - with all the risks and side effects of accelerated legislation.
The chronological sequence: On 26 October, the first draft of an 'Act on Emergency Aid for End Consumers Natural Gas and Customers of Heat supplied through Pipelines' (EWSG - Gesetz über eine Soforthilfe für Letztverbraucher von leitungsgebundenem Erdgas und Kunden von Wärme) became known. On 31 October, the expert commission on Gas and Heat published its final report. On 1 November, the first key points for implementing the relief measures for households and industrial users circulated in Berlin. On 2 November the cabinet adopted its final draft of the 'Act on Emergency Aid for End Consumers Natural Gas and Customers of Heat supplied through Pipelines' (EWSG), thus starting the legislative procedure. On 7 November, the Bundestag (lower house of German parliament) held a hearing on the EMSG...