Dispute over Edeka, Tengelmann: Gabriel strikes back – tagesschau.de

After the veto of the Court Economy Minister Gabriel has vehemently defended his yes to Tengelmann takeover by Edeka. For a press conference, he interrupted his vacation and criticized openly the judges.

From Angela Ulrich, ARD Studio Berlin

Actually it is the case of legal disputes mostly nuances, so to cautious, weighed and secured formulations. Not this time. This time can hardly contain himself a troublesome dominated Sigmar Gabriel. “I regret the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf much, because it is about 16,000 jobs,” rumbles the economy minister.

The day needed Sigmar Gabriel to his opinion, appropriate response to the find yesterday’s slap the judge. The had his ministerial approval for the merger of the trading market giant Edeka with the floundering company conceded Kaiser’s Tengelmann.

The Düsseldorf lawyers refer to documents that had been submitted by the Ministry of Economy itself. The decision of the Senate is concerned is to partiality, of secret talks the talk. And jobs are not a common good, the Senate stated.

Gabriel criticized errors in judgment

But Gabriel strikes back, accusing the court of serious error. The judgment contained a number of false statements of fact, so Gabriel. “Therefore, the Federal Ministry of Economics is now assessing the possible remedies and Also insert to revise the judgment.”

The lawyers would have called false dates for conversations he conducted with stakeholders have and it drawn wrong conclusions. And anyway, why it should not be a common good, to care for the preservation of thousands of jobs? Therefore alone it had gone to him, Gabriel makes again and again clear

In addition, Gabriel criticized the lawyers would exceed his opinion of their powers. “I do not think that it is up to a court to intervene by way of antitrust proceedings in this

political debate, “the minister said.

Green criticize Gabriels argument

For the appearance of Gabriel, the Greens have only scorn. The Minister had thrown it shortly from vacation Dress in the suit, as he himself said. . A criminal lawyer on his own behalf, commenting on the Green Financial politician Kerstin Andreae, the Gabriel attested an oath

The head of Monopoly Commission, Achim Wambach, it remains: a With political means to allow fusion of the food chain, was wrong. Because would not help job-arguments. “Full employment is a goal of economic policy and that is a public interest argument, however, does not work with a specific company,” said Wambach.

So far, there have been nine ministers permissions

the Federal Economics Minister had given the Edeka Group in March under green light numerous editions of the controversial merger with Kaiser’s Tengelmann. He had defied a ban by the Bundeskartellamt.

This ministerial approval had the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court again conceded. Such special licenses is controversial and seen as the last hope of companies whose merger was previously prohibited by competition watchdogs.

Previously there were nine such Ministerial permits. In the case of Kaiser’s Tengelmann thousands of employees of the grocer now fear for their jobs

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